Kalad (the dwarven paladin) led the heroes to the vents early the next morning. They were easy to find. The steam rising from the crevices was visible for miles. A campsite was spotted nearby with 5 horses, but no people. These probably belong to The Ashmen, another adventuring group patrolling the hills for Orc raiders. Footprints lead into one of the larger crevices.
The party makes it's way through a confusing network of steamy, wet caves. They stumble across a group of Orcs on guard duty and quickly take them out. They traverse a trapped hallway and fight through several groups of Orcs and a Cave Troll before entering the Nexus, a convergence of many pipes and engineering gizmos. The Cave Troll was eating the other group when the heroes entered the shrine.
The Nexus appears only sparcely guarded at first, but doesn't stay that way long. The heroes are pressed to wedge shut a number of pipe/tunnel hatches as more and more orcs pour forth. Eventually Tusker (the orog commander) and his Shadar-kai adviser emerge. The fight rages on for a while. Kalad runs about dealing with hatches while the adventurers try to hold back the waves of Orcs. Paleus & Rathos have some close calls, but pull through. Eventually, Tusker is slain and his advisor captured.
The Nexus is sealed & the tunnels secured.
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