Session 8 Recap

Having cleared the monastery, the party descended stairs into the mountain. The path opened up into a large chasm. Stairs descended from platform to platform into the darkness with braziers spaced regularly along the way.

Orcs were spotted coming up the stairs, so the party found a shadowy spot and prepared an ambush. Most of the orcs were caught off guard when the group opened fire. Rathos and the Orog leader were knocked off the stairs and fell some 30 feet to the slopes of the chasm wall. Two spiretop drakes joined the fight as well, but none were a match for the heroes.

Braziers lit the way to the ancient dwarven forge at the north end of the chasm. The orcs within were busy beating a dwarf, and were quite loud about it. So again, the group surprised their foes. The leader was quickly identified and focused on, but proved to be a tough opponent. An Eye of Grumsh (Orc caster) and a Dark One rogue harrassed the group from the sidelines, while the orc troops beat on the party for a while. The heroes wised up eventually though & took out the softer targets. Then they could more easily focus their attention on the leader.

When the fighting was over, the dwarf was tended to & the fires were put out. Kalad related the recent events at the monastery. This location is safe now, but there are other unsecured tunnels a day south of the monastery. He's urging the group to recouperate & head there at first light.