12 Horisal 835

A good breakfast is enjoyed, after which the group sets off for the Sticky Cave. On the way to the cave, lots of tracks are seen, but no patrols or guards of any kind in sight. Amadi sneaks into the cave by diving into the pool, moves the walking plank over the entrance pool, and is attacked by 3 giant spiders which he avoids by jumping back into the pool. These spiders are no match for our four heroes, and after they’re dispatched, the group continues on into the cave.

A little further Amadi and 24601 spot and sneak past two bandits, an elf and a dwarf, who seem to be busy training some spiders in a garden patch of giant underground mushrooms. Theraerys simply walks up to the bandits and greets them, upon which the bandits immediately sound the alarm. One of the bandits is knocked unconscious and the other is killed.

Around a cold fire pit 10 bedrolls are found, and under one of them is a 10 foot deep pit trap. When you walk past the corner you come across a sand pit with a training dummy, and Theraerys has the brilliant idea to throw a bat into the pit. When he does that, the bat is caught by a Phase Spider, which appears out of nowhere and then disappears again. In the ceiling another giant spider is hiding, which attacks Seivarden when he walks underneath. A short fight later, both spiders are killed.

At the end of this cave you find a cavern with a roaring fire, its flames illuminating a rough painting of a five-headed dragon. Next to the fire, on top of a stone chest carved in the shape of a dragon’s head, sit Hulil, her face streaked with pulsing green veins, and an elf who’s face is covered in dragon tattoos. Both are in deep trance, praying to Tiamat for a cure for the dwarf’s affliction. The party takes up position and attacks in unison.

The group started off strong, and seemed to be on the winning side, until first 24601, and then Seivarden fall unconscious. Hulil and the elf put their daggers to the throats of the fallen men and ask for the surrender of Amadi and Theraerys. Theraerys hesitates and waits to see what happens. Amadi ignores the demand and continues the attack. 24601 draws his last breath, Theraerys drops to the ground, Seivarden stabilizes, and against all odds Amadi does manage to first kill Hulil and finally the elf.

The stone chest contained green powder inside the dragon’s mouth, but the trap was expertly disabled by Amadi. Inside it, among treasure and gold, a receipt was found for one green glass vial, sold to Irven Tile for 100 gp.

Amadi and Theraerys take the lifeless body of 24601 to abbot Nathaniel, while Seivarden takes the unconscious body of one of the bandits to Elro, to be questioned by the Zhelezo. Nathaniel gives you 50% discount for a resurrection spell, which sadly fails - the soul of 24601 doesn’t want to come back to the mangled body. A sailor’s grave is given, the body dumped into the ocean.

In the evening at dinner time you talk to Elro to debrief, and he pays you 100gp each, plus the 100gp for 24601. And you talk to Irven, who freaks out when you tell him about the vial he bought from Hulil. His whole family has touched the cracked vial, looking at the amazing green color within.

Elro asks to meet again tomorrow.