Northreach Session 5: Thunderspire Mountain
From Toosigma
After returning to Winterhaven and enjoy the spoils of their advertisers and successes, a wild party rages on into the night. Pieter has collapsed under a table under the watchful eye of Arjhen. Tinverton is no where to be seen but vanished not 30 minutes into the party with three women. Sora had left for Tymanther after Douven Staul sent her in search of some information that could lead him to the existing ruins of Unther.
Two visitors happened into the inn and found the ongoing party. After talking with Lord Padraig, they were introduced to the paladin hero Arjhen. Leia and Raask explained that they were looking for help finding villagers who had vanished and thought to be taken to Thunderspire Mountain. Arjhen agreed to help after consulting a very drunk Pieter. The party would leave at dawn.
At dawn Pieter and Tinverton were woken up by Arjhen and all proceeded to meet up with Leia and Raask. Lord Padraig joins them at the inn and provides them with five horses (and no war weenie dog for Tinverton much to his dismay). Arjhen decides it would be best to consult the sage and found out that the Thunderspire Mountain was the location of the labyrinth city for an ancient group of minotaurs.
(I believe we had something happen between Winterhaven and Thunderpire but I forgot to write it down. Can someone put something in here or remind me so I can post it?)
After arriving at Thunderspire, they group heard a struggle behind some closed doors in the corridor entrance to the mountain. Someone is bargaining for his own life. They crash the party and attack the four goblins that are part of the Blood Reavers. They free the Halfling who named Rendall Halfmoon. He thanks them are invites them into the Seven Pillared Hall where his family runs the Halfmoon Inn (They only inn in the mountain). The party questions the goblins about his group and learns about the Chamber of Eyes where kidnapped people have been taken. Pieter heals the surviving goblins and tells them to leave and never return. They run out into the wilderness to be eaten by wild dragons.
Rendall Halfmoon shows the way to the Halfmoon Inn and introduces them to his aunt Ara Halfmoon. They give the party some information about the Seven Pillared Hall. The group splits up as Tiverton, Raask, and Lea head to rough and tumble tap room while Pieter and Arjhen head to Gendar's shop. After paying to get a map to the Chamber of Eyes, information on the Blood Reavers, selling trinkets, and Pieter exhausting his supply of gold on rituals they head out to the Minotaur Status in the middle of the town. They learned that a crafty skilled hobgolbin warrior named Kraand runs the Blood Reavers out of the ancient holy site for Tauraug, god of the Depths. (Change over for FR tonight). Meanwhile in the tavern Tinverton attempts to wiggle information out of the less than friendly bar keep. The only real information gleaned from the beer spilling grump is that the Dragon Door will lead the group to the Chamber of the Eyes.
The group heads out and finds the Chamber of Eyes with little difficulty. Once inside they fight a small battle with the perimeter guards and then battle Kraand, his warriors, his archers, and a rather large dire wolf in the corridors and a large chamber. They defeat Kraand in a bloody fight and find a polished key and a scale armor shield among the bodies.
End Session. Pause Button for transitions to FR.
