Chapter 5 - Wave Echo Cave

The quick footed gnome unleashes a devastating attack on one of the undead, his rapier piercing the ghoul completely through. Darting back behind the cover Kerisha affords, Gerbo is stunned to see that his attack hasn't taken the fight out of ghoul. Staggering forward it still manages a weak swing that Kerisha easily dodges.

Karma's toothless attacker takes a swipe as well but doesn't get past the dwarf's chainmail.

With a heavy strike that easily cuts through her opponent, Kerisha cuts the remaining ghoul count in half. The last of the undead, being outnumbered four to one, doesn't stand a chance and is quickly dispatched.

The battle over, you have a chance to look about and find yourself in a large cavern that is divided into three sections by steep escarpments. Carved stone stairs climb the ledges. Two large tables stand in the middle section, along with a pair of old braziers. A small table stands on the eastern edge. The skeletal remains of dozens of dead warriors - dwarves, gnomes, orcs, and ogres - attest to the fierceness of the fighting that took place here long ago.

Gerbo looks around for his bolts, finding only one usable. Looking around, he asks, "What happened here? Looks intense. I'm sorry about your friends, Karma."

It's clear that the skeletons have been here for quite some time - hundreds of year based on the brittleness of the bones and the state of the armor remnants that are scattered about the area. There doesn't appear to be anything of interest or value in the room either.

Finding nothing of interest under the table, Gerbo moves slowly down the northern hallway with Karma at his side. It doesn't take more than a few steps before the halfling notices a dull green glow which appears to be floating in the air off to his left. Inching forward the dim glow of the light reveals that a blast furnace and mechanical bellows powered by a waterwheel dominate this large chamber. The furnace is cold and dark, but heaps of coal are piled nearby, along with carts full of unrefined ore. The waterwheel sits in a ten foot wide channel cut into the floor of the room, but the channel is dry. Passages exit to the west, south, and east. The empty channel exits to the north and east.

More than a dozen withered corpses are scattered around the room. The slain dwarves and orcs are still wearing the remnants of their armor. Floating above them is a skull engulfed in green flame.

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