Chapter 1: On the Trail We Blaze!

Gregory and Atrius come back from the cave lake carrying acorn cap bowls filled with water and hands them out to everyone to drink.

"Here's your water. Drink up. You'll need your strength. " He says with a smile.

Before Gregory can drink his water , a large metal collar is quickly snapped around his neck with long metal chains and he looks up to see a group of 10 Gnolls that quickly surprises and surrounds the party with a hungry smile.

"Let go of me!" Gregory cries out to his captor with fear.

The Gnoll laughs and says in common "Sorry, lil plump gnome. You have been chosen to be the main dish of our feast tonight and we will make meals and slaves of your comrades."

Gregory is then pulled back and dragged back into the center of the cave by the Gnoll after he howled a victory cry.

The rest of the Gnolls quickly grab Flora and Woody before tying them down to a large slave stick and lead them back to the center of the cave where their tribal dwelling is at.

Todd darts away and runs toward Oliver crying out "Oliver help! We got attacked by a Gnoll tribe and they captured everyone. We gotta save them."

Atrius is grabbed too by four of the Gnolls before they all march everyone to their Tribal dwelling in the center of the cave.

As soon as you all get there, one of the Gnolls quickly starts a fire underneath the cauldron and another one throws Gregory inside of it before water begins to fall on him and he begins to cough.

A Gnoll then calls out in Gnollish "Bring out the Chieftain! I found him a new pleasure slave for his harem."

One of the younger Gnolls goes to relay the information to their Chieftain and out pops a Extremely tall, muscular and obese Gnoll wearing a crown of thorn and human bones on his head while around his waist is a rope belt adorned with human skulls. The bones of his enemies also are worn around his neck, arms and legs like a great trophy while his leather armor is covered with a million sharp teeth on them.

The Chieftain looks down at Flora and smiles.

"Give me her chain. I'll take her in myself. You bring us a meal tonight?" He asks back in Gnollish. If you speak Gnoll, that is what you hear. Otherwise, it's a bunch of growls and yips.

The Gnoll nods and points to the struggling Gnome who is trying to escape the Cauldron but falls to the bottom of it and cries out in pain.

The Chieftain laughs at that before saying in common "You all did good. Keep up the great work. I'll take my new pleasure maiden with me. As for the others, bring over the Spirit breakers. If they resist, we'll eat them. Come along my delicate flower."

Flora struggles as the Chieftain pulls onto her chain and drags her inside his hut to be chained down close to his large ragged clothing and skin made throne.

"Leave me alone!" Flora cries out with fear.

The Chieftain just laughs and licks her neck before replying in common "You're my property now, little pleasure maiden. You belong to me."

He then snaps his fingers and a very emaciated Orc woman with a slave collar around her neck walks over to him with a bowl of water. Taking it, he quickly guzzles it all down his gullet and smiles.

"Thank you. That'll be all for now." He tells her in Orc before she nods and goes back to her corner in the hut until she is needed again.

The Chieftain looks at Flora and laughs as she tries to struggle and pull away from the chain that holds her pinned down to the floor near him.

You aim at the Chieftain Woody but miss. One of the Gnoll Spirit Breakers sees what you have done and uses the hilt of his longsword to knock you out cold before placing your hands into metal shackles and placing a slave collar around your neck tightly.

"Stupid human, you are going to suffer for hurting Big Strong Chieftain. " The Gnoll growls in Woodys ear in common before dragging him away with Atrius still tied down tightly to the slave stick.

Oliver as you follow Todd quietly into the Gnoll camp, give me a perception check as you walk in.

You have a hard time seeing where Flora is because there are Gnolls everywhere but Woody and Atrius are close by. What do you do? @Basil