Scene 2 - The Averndale Adventurers' Guild

Leon moves towards the creature and to the side so as to give his comrades space to move. Thrusting with his rapier he hopes its enough to give everyone else and opening.

The rapier's tip is turned away by the beetle-like insect's carapace, as the creature commits to its attack, attempting to grapple Sadur.

Sadur, even caught by surprise is able to shake the beast off and free his stance.

Sadur and Leon are inside a chamber that is around 20x15ft in a slightly irregular shape. The light is still in the tunnel with Jasper, but there does not seem to be any other movement or creatures in the room. Sadur has enough room to maneuver and swings true with his Greataxe, cracking into the beast who shrieks in return. It did not enjoy that one bit but has a bit more life left in it.

[I need Xarakas's initiative before we go further.]

The beast shrieks with the combined assault, viewing Sadur as the most dangerous it attacks the half-orc again, this time using its forelimbs to batter the Barbarian... and fails to connect substantially.

Sure enough, the creature retracted in pain under the contact of the firebolt, and with the swing of Sadur's mighty ax the creature is bisected, spraying its innards out before slumping to the floor. You remain uninjured, though Leon and Sadur both are a bit messy with bug guts. As you recover and take stock, the miner seems to pass out in relief.

The man is suffering from severe exhaustion. There are multiple bruising across the body, and strange bruises on his face.

There is some abnormal wearing of the teeth, and while the trauma in the mouth is minor it is significantly concerning. Upon further inspection of the patient, you find a mass in the abdomen that could indicate a blockage in the intestine. You might consider the mundane reasons worth checking first, until you feel the mass wriggle beneath your palpation. This man was kept alive for use as an incubator.

The chamber here is closed off, but there is a collapsed tunnel that was filled with loose dirt and stones that was likely where the bug came from initially. These species will be a problem, regardless of what the Mayor would want.