Our tale begins in one
of Brindol’s Taverns; Ilya’s Cardhouse. Sat around a table near to the hearth,
four figures sat, drinking jovially and playing cards. Their motivations for
being in a cardhouse in Brindol were kept to themselves, but their instincts
allowed for the company of strangers.
Towards the middle of
the afternoon, Lucian and Orodrethanthilis, the two elves, happened to look
across the room to a table at the back of the card house where three men were
sat around, playing cards. Of particular interest to the elves were the thirty
golden pieces set on the table, and sensing the opportunity for a profit,
challenged the braggarts to a game. Lucian played extremely well and Oro
managed to claim some coin. Even Grambur the Dwarf Warrior managed to win a few
hands, and they looked very close to cleaning the players out. Just as
accusations of cheating were beginning to fly, the door burst open and some
Goblinoids entered the room…
The Hobgoblins seemed
intent on causing as much havoc as possible, but the elves were quicker to
react and cut several of them down quite quickly. Goblin Blackblades, making
use of their diminutive size, ran around the tavern setting the place on fire,
including the bar and the table on which the card game was brought to such a
juddering halt. For his own entertainment as much as anything else, Grambur
strode straight into the fray, taking several blows but refusing to go down.
Lucian and Sayer, the Eladrin Ranger, took a height advantage of the tables and
sniped at the hobgoblins, and those who had the presence of mind to pay
attention to Oro would have found it curiously amusing that he was doing far
more damage with his quarterstaff and throwing knife than he was with his
spells. The battle was over when a goblin, having backed Sayer up against a
wall, failed to see Grambur coming up behind him and was subsequently chopped
into two pieces, neither side very pretty.
After leaving the
Tavern to a bucket line, and berating the town guards for not being much help,
the heroes learned that attacks like this were happening all over the town.
Sayer and Oro pricked up their elven ears at the sounds of just such another
attack, and used the opportunity to tell the others to get into position. Sayer
took up a vantage point on top of a Barber’s Shop, to see an Ogre pulling a
wagon, carring a lit barrel of pitch and threatening to throw it at any second.
Grambur took in the situation at once, attacking the Ogre head on so that he
could neither proceed further or run away. Lucien, in a concealed position,
took a careful aim and hit the pitch that the Ogre was carrying, causing it to
explode. The fire quickly spread, injuring the Hobgoblins and the Ogre. Oro,
Sayer and Grambur wore the huge beast down with their relentless attacks, but
in the end it was the fire that consumed it. Grambur strode forward to finish
off the Hobgoblins, killing one. The other tried to escape, but another careful
shot from Lucian put paid to any hope of escape.
Exhausted from their
endeavour to stay alive, the heroes learned that the town guard had driven back
the Hobgoblin incursion. However, it was not lost on the heroes that many of
the fallen Hobgoblins bore the mark of the Red Hand, the army that attacked
Brindol 10 years ago. Somehow, they felt they hadn’t seen the last of these
Hobgoblins…
Experience: 279
each
Treasure:
- 30 arrows
- 30 Gold Pieces from playing cards.
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