Episode 2.7

Kathy, Brad, Tony, Greg, Ernie

The group set out to track down the destroyer, following the wolf's lead. They first encountered a group of wights, which Ernie dispatched before they could hurt anyone, but not before Kathy and Tony hit them with some sonic orb's and arrows.

Further along, they ran into a nest of stranglers. They only spotted three of the eight that ultimately attacked them. The battle got intense as Brad, Tony, Greg, Kathy and the wolf were each caught in a strangler's tentacle at different times, despite Kathy having fireballed the lot,with a bead from her necklace, before most of the creatures got a chance to act. The triumphed in the end, with Greg, Tony and Brad killing the last three creatures. The party searched the area, finding a bag of gold and a nice quarterstaff, before resting.

The continued to follow the scent, eventually walking into a large cave, one obviously made by the destroyer. The wolf indicated that the creature's scent was fresh and the party began making battle plans and casting preperatory spells. While they were doing this, the creature tried to sneak up on them. Brad heard it just as Kathy spotted it and shot it with her wand. It unleashed a sonic attack, causing a serious amount of non-lethal damage to everyone except the wolf. Tony, who had been made invisible, tried to sneak around behind it. Brad moved towards it and shot his crossbow when he finally saw it. Greg did the same, only he threw his blade at it. Kathy went for the big and hit it with a fireball. Ernie, working on the theory that silence would block it's sonic attacks, cast the spell on Brad. Brad moved in and went to work on it with his fists. Tony moved around behind the creature. The creature moved away from Brad, suffering attaks of opportunity, and unleashed another sonic attack, but this time with regular sonic damage. It hit Greg, Ernie, the wolf and Kathy, putting the mage down. Ernie immediately healed her. Kathy got up, now quite vexed, and struck the creature with a lightning bolt, killing it.

After a celebratory victory dance, the party chopped off the creature’s head, rested and made their way back to the Grimlock’s lair. When they arrived, the chief sent his guards from the room and talked to the party. He seemed delighted that they killed the destroyer for him and turned over the treasure he promised without hesitation. He gave them the gold first and then his dwarven icon. To get the other dwarven icon, he needed to turn the troglodyte king back into flesh. He went to his fur covered box, claiming he needed something out of it to turn him back, but when he got there, he whisked off the cover, revealing a cage containing a six legged reptile. The creature stared at them and the party each felt some type of magical effect try to overwhelm them. All of them through off the effect. Disappointed, the grimlock chief retrieved a wand and turned the troglodyte king back into flesh. The king, recognizing the party, immediately started to attack.