Chapters 1, 2, and 3

As Elfog's attack speeds for his chest the gnoll has just enough time to lean back and the axe merely draws a long gash along his torso (10 damage). He takes a sudden step forward, reverses momentum and swings Tolvihar back the other way. The gnoll watches in morbid fascination as the axe cleaves him in two at the waist (29 damage). He then looks at Elfog in confusion before shrugging and toppling to the floor in two pieces.

GB1 and GB2 look panicked as they watch their leader get chopped in half. Then suddenly, they turn and run in the opposite direction down the tunnel. You can hear their frantic footfalls fading quickly down the tunnels.

On the corpse of the leader Xeliss finds two bloodstones worth 50 gp each and a brown tourmaline worth 100 gp.

"I wonder what the hook horrors were running to? It's not like them to retreat from battle..." Sarith muses aloud.

Sarith nods, takes one more look in the direction that the hook horrors fled to, and begins leading the way toward Blingdenstone.

Four days into the continued travel you begin to hear strange sounds from nearby tunnels. As you continue, they grow louder and louder until you can hear terrible cries, moans, and incoherent gibbering. You can't seem to tell where it's all coming from, but after a short time it begins to get to you. Sarith urges you to keep moving, "Don't get distracted, don't let it get to you, keep moving!"

Easier said than done...

Everyone manages to ignore the horrible sounds around them. After a couple more hours of travel, the sounds fade away.

"I think we should take a rest now, that was exhausting," Sarith announces, sitting down and taking a steadying breath.

"Demon trickery would be my guess," Sarith answers without looking up.