Chapter 6: Mantol-Derith

Round Three: Meriele, Melpo, Xeliss, and Mai'ngor
Melpomene releases her focus on the spell of slowing that she'd cast earlier and directs her magical energy at D10. He begins to giggle, but quickly quells the urge before it can become overpowering.

Meriele's first arrow catches D12 right in the throat, sending the duergar to his knees and then to the floor, grasping his torn throat.

He magically imbued arrow strikes D10 in chest, blasting through his armor and stopping with it's point sticking out of its back. It, too, falls to the ground, dead.

Mai'ngor's light-forged blade catches the first duergar at the knee, sending him to the ground, where his head strikes a rock and he stops moving. His kris catches the next foe in the thigh, which the duergar shrugs off.

The last enemy howls in anger and goes to swing his pick at the tikbalang's exposed flank, but he is suddenly snatched up by a HUGE eagle which flies up into the air. When it gets high, it drops the duergar, who briefly screams before coming to a stop with a loud crunch.

Enemies
Door
Duergar 1: DEAD
Duergar 2: DEAD
Duergar 3: DEAD
Duergar 4: DEAD
Duergar 5: DEAD

Left Grove
Duergar 6: DEAD
Duergar 7: DEAD
Duergar 8: DEAD
Duergar 9: DEAD

Right Grove
Duergar 10: DEAD
Duergar 11: DEAD
Duergar 12: DEAD
Duergar 13: DEAD

Hunter knocks on the large door, which now has several large chunks missing. A voice calls out, "Who goes there?"

There is a brief pause, and then the doors open. The room within is huge, with a ceiling that is 100 feet high. Niches line the walls; some of these contain goods, while some appear to be homes. The floors are organized, but still cluttered by hundreds of boxes of goods that are being prepared for sale. Standing in front of the door is a single svirfneblin female. She bows as you enter, "Gabble Dripskillet, at your service. I offer you our thanks for stopping those uncultured invaders!"

"Peacefully? Oh my, yes!" Gabble says enthusiastically, "Do you think that you can make it happen?"

Meriele sees that two of the duergar as still breathing, though very shallowly.

The rest of the expedition forms a perimeter outside, to prevent any further attacks.

Gabble nods and begins explaining, "A duergar merchant by the name of Krimgol accused my friend Yantha of stealing a gem from him. When Yantha denied it, Krimgol and his boys busted in when we weren't prepared and grabbed him. I guess they couldn't find the gem on Yantha, so they came back just now to ransack the place. Thank goodness you came along when you did!"