Previously, on The Broken World Campaign…
The heroes tag along with Vayl and her entourage to tour the upper levels of the mines and are then treated to a meal with the miners after working hours. The mines are shut down at sundown, which the heroes thought odd, given the enthusiasm the dwarves have for their work and the limited time they have left on the island. It would make more sense to have round the clock shifts to maximize productivity, but when Karthun is questioned about this he responds that there are creatures called “trogs” (troglodytes) that are active at night for unknown reasons, and they often attempt to tunnel into the mines making work hazardous for the miners. The heroes think this odd, but drop the matter as the dining hall becomes a festive place of drinking and eating. Bantu decides to work the crowd to try and get some information from the miners and he performs rousing songs, spins enthralling tales and evokes powerful emotions with his poetry that he instantly becomes a hit with the dwarf miners. In between sets he signs autographs chats with his new fans and learns that they were told that they had about a month left on the island before they were to leave, something about the place dying and the air depleting, so they’re mining what they can during the hours they’re allowed. Bantu confirms that these dwarves of the Ironforge clan are true professional miners. As the night wears on, Norro notices a group of dwarves enter the hall acting very strangely. They seem to be moving in concert with each other, speaking very little, not interacting with the other dwarves and sitting alone off to the side. He attempts to approach them when they all turn in unison to address him. The speak very strangely, very undwarf-like and seem to be almost artificially scripted. Norro leaves them and informs his companions. Questioning a few dwarves they learn that this group is the night guard of the mines, the only ones allowed down there after dark and they patrol to ensure the trogs don’t open up new tunnels to attack the miners. The strange dwarves depart shortly thereafter, and Norror, Bantu and Brahm pursue them. The strange dwarves are already down the elevator in the minehead building when the heroes catch up to them and they’re unable to stop the elevator from descending. Brahm and Bantu attempt to put the dwarves to sleep with their magic and then Bantu goes back for Leikner and Solomon, who were having too much fun with the dwarves to get initially. Leikner has to be pulled out from under a pile of dwarves that he was attempting to lift at one time, and Solomon was arm wrestling some dwarves. Following Bantu back the three arrive back at the minehead and find that the elevator returned but the strange dwarves are not asleep inside. The group descend into the first level of the mines and find the dwarve’s tracks leading down a tunnel. They wind their way through and find that the dwarves’ trail ends at an intersection. In this section of the mines the heroes are attacked by a number of troglodytes and a fomorian giant. Using a combination of sleep magic and confusion magic, Brahm and Bantu weaken the attackers enough for Leikner, Solomon and Norro to whittle them down with weapons and divine magic. Bantu takes a number of troglodytes out with a fireball and Bantu proceeds to slice the throats of the sleeping ones. When all of the foes are defeated, the heroes realize that Vayl is behind them, apparently having followed them and was waiting for the fight to end. She pulls out a medallion and it begins to glow, which she explains to mean that it is detecting natural incarnum, which is what she’s been looking for. She begins to lead the party down a tunnel and that’s where the session ends.
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