Campaign Chronicles-15-Conquest of Kobold Hall

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Chapter 15. Conquest of Kobold Hall

Balasar dragged what remained of his fallen comrades back to Fallcrest. After a short time Sabi recovered enough to help, and the two Dragonborn made their way to the Church of Sehanine. Upon arriving, they were shown to an Elf priest, who agreed to aid them for a price. Sabi and Balasar agreed, and in short time the party had been restored life.

After the party was revived and refreshed, they eagerly returned to Kobold hall, fighting their way through the rooms. Aware of the traps that lay ahead of them, they were able to proceed much faster, and soon arrived to the room where the Kobolds had thrown the large stone at the group. After a short fight, only one Kobold remained alive, and, wounded and greatly intimidated by Sabi, he quickly surrendered, throwing his weapon to the side.

The party restrained the Kobold, who revealed his name to be Zug-Zug, and began to interrogate him. They learned that the leader of the Kobolds was a Wyrm Priest (who they had met earlier) and was waiting for them with four other Kobolds and a Spiretop Drake in the next room. After a short negotiation, the party and ZugZug worked out an agreement- if Zug-Zug showed the group where the 'secret room' was, and as long as Zug-Zug and his potential followers refrained from attacking civilizations, they would kill the Wyrm Priest and make him the leader instead. Zug-Zug was at first scared to accept the offer, but the addition of a 'moveable cave' from Sabi, and the offer of free food from Poorly pushed him into accepting the deal.

Forewarned of the ambush ahead, the party forged into battle, and it wasn't long before the Kobolds lay dead at their feet. Handing the Wyrm Priest's skull crown to Zug-Zug, the group was led to the secret room- a dark stairway where promised treasure waited. Zug-Zug left them to attend to his new lair, and the party forged forward...

...after a few steps into the secret room, a roar greeted them, as a young white dragon attacked the party, viciously and completly unprovoked. All attempts at reasoning failed, and the party was soon entrenched in battle with the young beast. Taunts of epic proportions were flung back and forth, and at times it seemed the party was doomed to die a horrible death at the creature's claws, but in the end, the beast claimed the life of only Balasar before it was brought down for good. Angered by the fight and the loss of their comrade, and elated that they had brought down an evil dragon, some of the party took trophies from the beast, ranging from scales to claws... but the beast's treasure was much more rewarding, including gold and masterfully worked weapons and armor. Beside the treasure, Sabi and Cale found the green dragon hide they had been sent for. Retrieving it, Sabi discovered yet another treasure- a medium-sized mottled egg.

Taking their hard earned rewards, the group returned to Fallcrest, where they reported their successes to the various employers, and claimed their promised rewards. Having completed a difficult quest, the group returned to their various residences for a well earned rest.

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