Chapter 4: Adventures in Blingdenstone

"More ooze-infested tunnels, nothing to concern ourselves with at the moment," Jagder responds, "Like I said, we're withdrawing for now, there's just too many of the slimy bastards."

Jagder and his galeb duhr escort you back to Blingdenstone, where you are greeted to thunderous applause. Looking around, you see numerous gnomes wounded, their flesh seared by the oozes that they set out to defeat. You are led back to Diggermattock Hall, where the leaders of the gnomes await your return.

Dorbo stands as you enter, "How did it go?" he immediately asks.

Senni, his wife, glares at him, "Please, have a seat and rest yourselves," she says graciously, then turns to a guard, "Go and fetch Gurnik, it seems our friends here could use some healing."

"I'm sorry," Dorbo says, looking embarrassed, "Please, do sit down and we can speak about what has happened"

"Faceless Lord? Queen of Fungi?" Dorbo asks, looking to Senni, who looks just as confused as him, "Never heard of either of them. Perhaps Gurnik can shed some light on the subject when he arrives."

Gurnik shows up minutes later and casts some spells of healing over those of you who are injured, "It's good to see you've returned to us in relatively good health."

Once Gurnik is done praying over you, Dorbo speaks up, "They said that the 'Pudding King' mentioned the 'Faceless Lord' and the 'Queen of Fungi'. Do either of those names mean anything to you?"

Gurnik pales a little bit and swallows hard, "The Faceless Lord likely refers to Jubilex, while the Queen of Fungi may refer to Zuggtmoy. Both of them are powerful demon lords..."

Gurnik shakes his head, "They're supposed to be trapped in the Abyss. If they've reached the Underdark, that means that something terrible has happened. You don't sound too surprised about this, what do you know?"