Session 3 - Le Morte d’Margaret

3 new slaves caught up with the expedition. Tricks the gambling addict, Almeer another elven navigator, and Ben the woodcutter. Before opening the metal door you discovered an alcove in the room of sand. It contained many jars filled with all manner of teeth, beetle husks, and dried hair. A note was in one of the jars said “For the collection of Dama Zhadna”.

Margaret finally opened the metal door to be greeted by a giant clawed lizardman fighting a warrior with a spear and shield. The fight was strangely quiet and the combatants partially see through. Ben stepped forward and attacked the lizardman which turned on him. The lizardman rent and bit at the unknown warrior, wounding him further. Navvarron, Steve and Almeer peppered the huge lizardman with arrows. Margaret bravely stepped up to fight beside the unknown warrior only to be killed by a single blow from the huge lizardman. Ben, having broken his axe, flung a club at the lizardman and finished him off. The mortally wounded unknown warrior whispered to you “They stole the sword... Save Jorg... Across the river”, before disappearing. 

You followed the smell of cooking mushrooms eastward and found a group of gnomes that invited you to tea. Eating bread and mushroom soup, the old gnome Migmar plied you with beer. The female gnome Lob said they had a problem with giant lizards and asked you if you could sort them. They said they were friends with the sheep headed fauns but an ogre also gave them trouble. You headed off to sort out the giant lizards while Tricks and Ben stayed behind to play dice with the gnomes.

Heading to the underground river you met with Grimm, leader of the gnomes. He gave you directions to the lizard lair. You backtracked and entered a tiled algae covered room. Under the algae you found the message “PRAY FOR THE BENEDICTION OF KEZEK. THE BLESSED MAY PASS THE FALL AND COME TO THE DEEP SHRINE” etched on the wall. Creeping along the passage Navvarron peered around the corner to spy 4 enormous three eyed lizards resting in a shrine to a forgotten lizard god. You decided to retreat.

Meanwhile Tricks won a keg of beer from Migmar. Ben was persuaded by Lob to visit the rest of gnomes’ living quarters. Upon getting to a dining room with more gnomes, the smiles vanished and Ben was threatened with clubs if he did not come quietly. Tricks heard the commotion and the two of them intimidated the gnomes and the gnomes backed off. Almeer turned up to further even out the numbers. Grimm the gnome leader returned from fishing and explained it had all been a bit of a misunderstanding. He said the gnomes had been attacked in the past and were simply trying to get insurance in case things turned nasty.

Ben, Tricks and Almeer retreated and met up with the rest of the party at the river. The sound of rushing water came from downstream. Thorto spied a bridge upstream crossing the river. An assault on the enormous lizards in the shrine was decided against.