Session 1: Ascent through First Find

It should have been just the site The Prospector found after the earthquakes. But given the geological shake up of the environment it could be that this previously sealed up section of the complex has collapsed into a series of kobold warrens.

No ones really plumbed the depths of the Western Reaches before so no one is really sure what the state of the caverns are down here. It could be the entire thing is a network of caves all loosely arranged over each other.

The room you're in does resemble the architecture of the temple you were in before the fall though. That much is clear.
Oh no. No nothing like that. Good grief could you even imagine?
No they're Shoulder mounted HARPOON launchers.

One of the kobolds growls and barks back something guttural. It's vaguely understandable. They're panicked and weren't expecting to see a group of surface folk wandering about down here. Some of the other kobolds are yipping and arguing about what to do here: the barbarian being right out in front bellowing a challenge has them obviously spooked. Finally one with a better command of language yarks out a reply to Lucas

"Not drop weapons. Not trust you. You stop be still. We work out what to do with you"

Florian, you've heard an ode named The Worrisome Kobold, often sung in taverns when everyone is raucous during winter festivals. The lyrics start off about a kobold being worried about disappointing it's dragon overlord, getting into more and more ridiculous situations and getting even more exasperated as a result. Like all tavern songs, the lyrics quickly get bawdy as the verses go on and there's many regional variants of the song (generally substituting local lords and ladies as characters in it), but it always starts the same; the kobold is deathly frightened of failing it's dragon master.

Tezoc's voice echoes through the cavern. The two aiming their harpoons at him are looking nervously at each other, as well as the one who spoke out just now. Probably terrified about what will happen if they miss. The amount of movement from behind the scree and pillars gives Tezoc the impression that there's at most six or seven of the critters here in the room with you.

The kobolds start chittering and yarking at each other. The loud one that's been speaking to you shushes them all eventually and steps forward, unarmed.
"Fine. FINE. We came for fish lizard not humans" they yark "We go kill it. You go away. We not see you. Good?". There's some murmurings from behind them that seem resigned, but reluctantly grateful for not having to be stuck fighting adventurers.

If you want to push them further they might be open to talk, but they are still a little wary of you.

"You... you kill it?" the Kobolds say in disbelief. "We... we let you leave. We move quick. Get tasty food for a month"

The kobolds scamper past, their crude weapons trailing alongside them. Florian gets a quick look one of the harpoon launchers as a kobold passes by; they're launched by some wound elastic, like a gigantic tubed crossbow. They look more likely to fall apart than successfully launch. One of them with no harpoon in the chamber stops as they pass you, looks at your wounded shoulder, and passes on without saying a word.

Seven kobolds pass by, yarking and chirping as they charge past you towards the underground lake. They'll be occupied grabbing that lizard for a while. It is now oddly quiet without them here.

At the end of the room through the archway is a ruined spiral staircase, overgrown with moss; upwards the route has been crudely barricaded from this side; probably by the kobolds. Downwards, it's pitch black.