Episode 1

Ivor is the first up the wall, following Hinka. He faces considerable difficulty getting through the narrow opening in the rock. Hinka, on the other side, works with him trying to pull through. Rhone climbs up on the hallway side also. Ivor very nearly gets stuck. Hinka ends up having to pry loose some of the interior bricks that are binding Ivor's shoulders. Rhone also wiggles loose a few bricks on the entry side.

Finally Ivor is able to pull through, scuffed up and scraped a bit and covered in the dust of the old crumbling bricks and mortar. The room on the other side is completely dark except for a very small cloth burning that Hinka had placed on the floor. The light of the small flame projects out no more than 10', after which there is only a solid wall of darkness.
It seems oppressively, unusually dark.

Ivor climbs carefully down the other side more with a sense of feeling since the light does not illuminate enough to see handholds on the wall. He ends up sliding and skimming down the last stretch of height, landing on his feet but with a jarring jolt. Ivor draws his smaller weapons and backs up against the wall, taking a defense as the others come through. So far he cannot even see the details of the nearby door.

Rhone follows through in a dash, then Thorn follows suit. On the inside, Rhone stays high on the wall to help Thorn through, but calls down to Ivor. "A short walk forward there is a large cauldron. It has strange old peat rock that take fire. You can light it if you wish."

There is no way for Thorn to slide through with his great sword on his back. He has to take on some trouble of detaching it from the holster while hanging up at the small opening. He tries to hand it through the tunnel to Rhone on the other siide, who has some trouble pulling the heavy blade through, Hinka steps in to pull the weapon through, and then Thorn begins the scrapping drag through the high short tight tunnel.

On the ground, the archers work quickly to pierce and injure, hopefully kill, the last few flesh growths in the hallway in the vicinity of the great door. The puffs of smoke from the flesh masses gives a smokey and dusty look to the hallway, partially obscuring the further reaches of the hall, the light of the torches reflecting off of the lingering slow falling vapors.

Watching the hallway in both directions everyone peers out for enemies. The range of the torches, now that everyone has withdrawn and consolidated to the door is a smaller radius outward. Darkness reigns beyond. One torch was thrown to the ground down near the T-intersection at the end of the stretch of the leftward hall, with the hope of giving more visibility at the greater distance.

Shadows shuffle around at the edges of that distant torch's light. Then the torchlight glares on the dark forms of the lurking alligators that quickly charge past!

From the light beyond the far torch, screams and moans of madness echo through the halls, suddenly extremely close. In a burst of furious movement, a flood of other images leap through the far flame light and then snuff it out. The far light is now gone, only the tight radius of light near the door remains.

Everyone can hear but not yet see the attackers. The scrapes of alligator claws scratching on the floor, the pattering of bare feet slapping on the floor, and the muffled screams and battle cries.

Several of the women are openly screaming too now. Others set stance for battle.

From the edge of the light, they swarm in.

Alligators on the floor, Deep Ones plodding in behind, and alongside of them - shirtless men in deerskin pants and leather masks with no eye slits strapped tightly around their faces and heads. Protruding high from wounds on the top of these men's backs are sharp bone spine barbs. Armed with vicious blades and spears, they charge in with reckless abandon.

It is hard to see exactly how many opponents. 8+ are already in the range of the light.
Rolling opponent Initiative below. PCs follow suit and act if you win.
Looks like PCs means Bryn, Kray, Maeriks.
Thorn has option of seeing the development and jumping back down into the fray or continuing on. His mega-sword though is already passed through the tunnel and onto the other side. (Cool timing. Right, X?)

CB, I thought Maeriks burned up his spell slots on speaking with animals and charm animals since the last long rest on Old Island? Pulling from the spear?

Nice.

Women initiative, Round 1

Kray
TR1

Attacking Alligator
Attack 1: Hit
Attack 2: Miss

Doirind
R1

Spear Attack against Deep One (DO1)

Boann
Round 1

Gladius Attack against Glaakieou 1 (G1)

Laoise
Round 1

Shortbow Attack against G2

Casidhe
Round 1

Sling Attack against G2