The Summative Sixth Adventure

The Sixth Story

June, 1917 Hollywood, California
Newspapers blow by and dance over the grounds where movie sets used to be. The United States entered the Great War on April 6, 1917 and with great fervor and patriotism, many young men rushed to enlist and prove their heroism on the battlefields of France. Much of the cast and crew of Revenge of the Goblin King were among the early recruits, and production has permanently shut down. In the interest of providing an end to the narrative we will recount what happened after the group had finished capturing the fighter Orik.
The group had settled in for the night. The Monk Tyack guarding the main entrance with Shilelu while Valdaire meditated in the cell room before guarding the long passage leading toward the stairway down. Lodeseeker guarded first and placed the everburning torches in sconces outside the temple of Lamashtu.
At 4AM the attacks began. First came a pair of yeth hounds who chased the party through the cell room and pinned them in within the temple. The hounds howled and Valdaire was overcome with fear. Then through the main doors of temple strode Nualia, the demon-clawed adopted daughter of the former high priest of Sandpoint. Bock pinned her down with arrow fire while Lodeseeker threw himself into a defensive mode of guarding the entrance and keeping the hounds at bay. The hounds were fierce and their enchanted hides made blows bounce off of them. Lando rushed to assist while Shilelu and Tyack ran down from upstairs. The party seemed doomed, but fortunately Bock’s brilliant bow work felled Nualia. With Nualia slain, the yeth hounds disappeared, and the spirit of Nualia’s adopted father brought her soul comfort into the afterlife.
The party then continued their rest and investigated the lower level of the Thistletop fortress. They enlisted the aid of the fighter Orik in return for promises of his freedom. He led them downstairs and informed them how to avoid a deadly trap. They searched Nualia’s chamber and found numerous notes on her search for the demon Malfeshnikor. In the chamber across from Nualia’s the group noticed a door that Orik informed them contained “Hell Shadows”. While searching the room, Bock’s brilliant perceptions were able to spot a column that contained a passage to the secret chamber Nualia had been seeking but not found.
The group journeyed into that chamber and saw a projected loop of a Thasalonian warning about some kind of disaster. Valdaire cast a spell to comprehend the language and got the gist of the abbreviated message. The group then debated on whether or not to go through a door at the end of this hidden chamber. Much of the group felt that the demon Malfeshnikor might be behind it and therefore opted to leave and take the prisoners back to Sandpoint.
Returning to Sandpoint, the party let Orik go as they had promised and returned to the city hailed as heroes. Many ceremonies took place and the group received monetary as well as magical compensation and were presented with purple scarves to recognize them as heroes of the town. Tyack parlayed his new-found hero status into serving as a role-model for the citizens and proclaiming that the people of Sandpoint who did the day-to-day jobs were the real heroes.
The group then did more research on Nualia and experienced a dream where the ghost of Chopper finally received peace. Tyack, Lodeseeker, and Valdaire then proceeded back to Thistletop accompanied by Father Zantus and two town guards. They went to clear Thistletop of the rest of its information in addition to any more material chamber that remained and to make Thistletop secure while they escorted the prisoners down to Magnamar. They also desired to show Father Zantus the temple of Lamashtu and have him look at other areas that his religious expertise might come in handier.
Once Father Zantus had seen the place the small group decided to open up the doors where Orik had said the shadows were. Casting many defensive spells and accompanied by Zantus and one of the guards named Cam. The group engaged the shadows and dispatched them without taking a single bit of damage. The group then found a secret door that led to passage leading to an underwater exit to the sea. Within a pool leading to the sea, the group saw a giant-sized golden helmet. Within the helmet was a monstrously huge hermit crab that attacked the party. Again the group fought valiantly and were able to dispatch it. The honor of the group demanded that the split all treasure gained equally and Father Zantus was moved and the guard Cam nearly fainted with his new-found wealth.