Chapter 2: Fell Tunnels

"That's the end for you!"

Hrafe brought Glaezentorg down once more attempting to cleave through the bloodied troglodyte. His brutal attack hampered somewhat by the internal injuries that had weakened him.

"We already showed you kindness, and look what you did to us!" Makasi says, enraged at the creature's crocodile tears. "I think maybe we throw you in that pit over there."

To emphasize her point Hrafe grabs the trogs throat and lifts him overhead. "I demand you repent before the gods amd goddesses of light. Swear on your immortal soul or I will destroy you!" Hrafe who was still in the throes of his rage spat in the troglodytes face each syllable.

Ylliane sighs. There was something to be said for the temerity of youth, but all the yelling was doing her head in. "Perhaps instead of reciting empty words, he can demonstrate his repentance by leading us to this pale man. He's undoubtedly the one we're looking to end."

Edgar sighs as the creature starts running. Had it been back in the days when he worked for the Crusader he wouldn't have let it live longe enough to talk, but he was playing by different rules these days."Would have been easier to just kill it immediately," he mutters before he attempts to follow the vile creature.

Makasi can't help but feel a tinge of pity for the vile creature. "Well no one's going to be throwing you food anymore. The pale man is dead. Are there others of your kind down here?"

At some point before you leave, you notice something reflexive in the pits near where the chanters were. It seems those were pits to throw unwanted bones, but the trogs have no use for gold and thus threw that stuff down there as well. If you spend half an hour or so, you can dig out 200 gold from each pit (400 total, so 100 gold for each of you)

You all debate for a while, and ultimately more decide to let it live than insist on killing it. The debate this becomes on if it should be left here, probably to die without new food, or to let it know about the dungeon and be allowed to leave. In the end, it is decided it should be allowed to leave. You life it up out of the hole and it runs away, hopefully to find a way out.

With that done, collect 400 gold total from the pits down below, use the command words and key you found on the wight to return to the prisoners, and let them free.

The young priestess in the room with the gnome gets up and approaches Hrafe. "Thank you for saving us. While I was praying, i was told to pass this along to you. The priestess gave it to me in case I was harmed, but if I did not need it I was to give it to my savior." She reaches out a hand and a light forms. the light leaves her hand, circles Hrafe a few times, and then enters his chest. "This is a blessing of recovery. If you would be harmed to the point of falling unconscious, it will save you once." She then gives a respectful bow, hands together, and makes for the entrance to get to safety. She mentioned that she would head to fort triumph, where she would find safe passage back to the dragon emperor's capital city. She insisted she did not need to be escorted.

"We should check the tower thoroughly, there may be weapons or tools previous delvers lefr behind."