Slave Rescue -Complete-

Well, this post is dedicated to our last full adventure, which consisted of three very cool sessions.

After arriving back in Caran Has the two scars took some time to get there own personal affairs settled away. The entire troupe had a great deal on there mind, but it would not be long before they were brought about to action. After meeting up with the secondary branch of the company, Laurelle made his decision to seek out the library in an effort to find a missing member of the secondary troupe that disapeared under some strange circumstances. During this rest period in the port city, merric approached Kharask about his vision, stating that he knew the whereabouts of his father, and that the Cult of Tiamat had an established slave camp far north where they were forcing there slaves to uncover a hidden object. After hearing of this news Kharask gathered his company and prepared for the trek north. Using merrics knowledge the troupe followed the river to get to there destination. The trip wasn't exactly safe, but aside from a few ogres, a giant alligator and a few other delays, the days went by without much grief. The culmination of there journey ended at a slave camp. The slave camp was fairly well fortified, having a watch tower, a temple, a giant statue of tiamat, a slave pen, and the mining facilities. It took some time, a bit of stealth, and some tactical planning, but the troupe took care of the watch tower fairly quick. After saving the halfling fishermen by the watch tower the troupe made there way towards the temple where they were told the cult planned on sacrificing the female halflings. The Two Scars dispatched the guards at the base of the temple and made there way in. Within the temple were more guards and a priest, the company destroyed there enemies, laid waste to there alter, and made there way down to the basement where they destroyed the last of the slavers guarding the halflings. With the females free, Kharask made the decision to free the slaves at the slave pens. This was not a popular decision. Merric was pining to be reunited with his father, and Erantaelik and Dalanor both came to the conclusion that freeing the slave pen would be too risky. The issue with freeing the slaves, was that the troupe had seen a powerful dragonborn fly in on a red dragon, and there was a cave above the slave pens that the dragon was using as its lair. His primary mission being the lives of the halflings, Kharask ordered his troupe into action. Merric made his way carefully towards the pens, unlocked the main door, and with little fuss managed to get the halflings out quietly. Kharask met the halflings mid way, intimidating the halflings into silence and order as he pointed them towards safety. With the rescue mostly done, the troupe made there way up towards the mines. Within the mines the Two Scars ended up doing battle with a large troupe of slavers, some blue scales, and a wizard. The troupe made short work of there enemies and proceded further inside. Before too long they came to the sight of a great cave in, wounded halflings lay about and a powerful dragonborn leader stood behind a handful of experienced slavers. Destroying the heavily armored exarch was no easy task, but the troupe accomplished there goal, destroyed Kathorax (sp?) and put the slavers down. After helping the survivors they made there way to the only alternate channel, at this point they found passage to another flimsy cave where over a dozen halflings where chained to a wall. Merrics father was among them. After merric carefully picked the lock on the workers chains he urged his comrades to make for the entrance, it was at this point that the entire cave and its connecting tunnels began collapsing. The troupe escaped, and with most of the halflings. Erantaelik used his judgement and cut a few of the halflings off there chains as they were buried alive, using his superior knowledge of similar situations to make the best decision, regardless of how grim it might seem. No sooner had the company moved the halflings to the entrance of the cave, did the great dragon Felkyra make her appearance. The powerful red swooped over the troupe several times, then unleashed a blast of powerful flames to start the fight. The dragon was powerful, and although still in its spring scales, this red was fierce. Using all there resources nearly wasnt enough. In the end, the sheer ferocity and strength of the two scars seemed greater than that of the dragon, and in fit of thrashing and hideous roars, the great red dragon died. After consuming the heart of the dragon, Kharask made sure the halflings had enough time to properly bury there dead, and to tend to there wounded and there sick. In the meantime Kharask and Dalanor set about destroying the great statue to tiamat. With thunderous booms and the ripple of magical force the great statue was sundered into hundreds of pieces. After its destruction Kharask once again called out to the evil mother of his people. Another challenge. Shortly after a thunderhead loomed on the horizon in answer to Kharask, the dragonborn nodded in acceptance, knowing that his fate, and the fate of his company, was being lead slowly to some great conclusion.

I'll have more as we play more! next stop Gaming Convention!!