Episode 2.8

Kathy, Brad, Tony, Ernie, Greg

Everyone sprung into action. Kathy fired off her wand, then her magic missiles. Greg and Brad took on the Troglodyte king. Tony and the Wolf took on the Grimlock chief, who also attacked the party. Ernie healed people as fast as he could. Brad and Greg eventually wore down the Trgolodyte king, killing him after several rounds. The Grimlock chief hopped up on the cage, ordered his guards into the room and uncovered the Basilisk. Tony and the wolf went after him, as did Brad, after he finished off the Troglodyte. The basilisk started turning people to stone – first Greg, then Tony, then finally Kathy. Brad finally covered the cage and stopped the basilisk from petrifying people. After finding the wand the Grimlock chief used to free the troglodyte king, Ernie turned everyone back from being statues.

Meanwhile, The main door had been barred and the guards began pounding on it. Everyone set themselves and Ernie opened the door. Kathy unleashed a fireball and then Brad, Greg and Tony cut down the survivors. They closed the door, waited for the next group to arrive and repeated the operation. Seeing the futility in trying to kill an unknown number of guards, they searched for a secret exit from the room. They found and snuck out, making their way back to Stonekeep.

Arriving in Stonekeep, Ceodoc told them that an army of thousands of humanoids had been spotted near the avalanche they had set off previously. (see episode 2.6). He had another trap for them to set off, destroying a stone at the side of a mountain lake. He also said that the humans were going to have to relocate. There was no way they could stop a besieging army of that size. The group told them about the now empty Troglodyte lair and agreed to give them a map to find it. Everyone set off, the group followed them part of the way and then went up into the mountains to find the stone that Ceodoc had told them about. They found the stone and cracked it, using the tools the dwarf had sent with them. Water began to flow out of the lake, pour down a valley and into a large sinkhole. The group recognized the sinkhole as the “sun hole” (see episode 2.4) and wondered where the water would go. They made their way back to the Troglodyte lair and asked Ceodoc where the water would end up. He said it would fill the valley behind the avalanche, turning the valley into a lake.