Figured I'd check out the new kobold caves, haven't done a proper search of them before - had a pretty neat adventure, with a somewhat tragic, if appropriate, ending.
My adventurer is a cursed pirate by the name of Lowelli Underchop - mostly doing treasure hunting and the occasional killing of beasts and bandits.
The bossman of her hometown wanted her to recover Whiskerrable, a shiv once belonging to Lon Teethsculpts, another pirate. It came into possession of a Nosferatu, Ty'gar Dashclinched. Figured this was a good enough place to start at - the journey would take Lowelli north, to the territory of the Mute Arrow, an Ogre empire. Joining her were Edwarts Fistsculpted, another cursed pirate, and Math Phlegmviolence, a skeletal pirate.
The journey was fairly uneventful, save for a rather strange
town, called Standbristles, full of naked concubines of various races, potentially being sold as slaves by the Ogres. Despite being a damned, godless, murderous pirate, Lowelli had some standards and didn't stay long to observe this decadent degeneracy, only stopping to speak with the Ogre Imperator, Korgor Hagcastles. He tipped her off to another artifact, which fell into the possession of the Snobolds.
The artifact promised great power, indeed. Of course, she had no intention of letting it get to the grubby hands of the Imperator. First things first though, the shiv.
The lair of the Nosferatu, called "Hogpast", was near - a few hours to the east of Standbristles. Lowelli's crew set up camp not far from it, hoping to spot the wretched being. They were the ones ambushed instead - however, the Nosferatu was ill-prepared, and clearly not a fighter in its former life. It swung the shiv without skill, merely taking advantage of its own supernatural strength and agility.
During the prolonged fight, Edwarts made a fatal slip - the undead bloodsucker bit into her foot, draining the blood from the wound, before tearing it off with ease. Several more bites to her other limbs followed, causing crippling injuries.
Lowelli noticed that Ty'gar dropped the shiv in his frenzy - she quickly took it and thrust it into the vampires stomach, sending him reeling. A quick stab to the fiends head put it down for good.
Aside from Whiskerrabble, the emaciated night creature was clutching onto another item - a slab made out of demonic steel. Tampering with demonic artifacts was known to be quite foolish; Lowelli was undettered, however - nothing the slab could do would be worse than her current fate. Indeed, reading it invigorated her and empowering her with superhuman strength.
Due to Edwarts wounds, she had to be abandoned - to replace her, Lowelli hired a two-headed ogress, Do'ronn Toldshocked, who was skilled with a sword.
Travelling further north to the Winter of Ice, the crew eventually found the cave - the Echoes of Fortune, it was called. Appropriate. The Snobolds had set up many traps in their home, to deter intruders. Some of them managed to inflict injuries upon Math and Do'ronn - one of them appeared to even poison Do'ronn, who complained of dizziness and nausea.
Nevertheless, they found their way, eventually reaching the Snobold religious leader, Orghosa Mothtribes - in her hands, she clutched not only Brandedcakes the Hammer of Holes, the slab bearing the knowledge of pyromancy, but also Bravedrobust the Special Yell, a slab bearing unknown knowledge.
Lowelli gave Orghosa a chance to part with the artifact without anyone getting harmed. The geomancer was unrelenting - something the undead pirate welcomed.
The old Snobold matron turned away, shaking her head, only to suddenly feel the piercing sting of Lowelli's rapier. This time, she was a lot more cooperative.
Reading the slab Bravedrobust seemed to cause no effects in Lowelli. Perhaps it had already been drained of magical energies. However, Brandedcakes bestowed its blessings on her with each word read.
As Lowelli was busy reading the slab, the Snobold crone attempted to run away and call for help - before anyone could come to her aid, Do'ronn cleaved her body in two separate halves, ending Orghosa's long life.
The three made good their escape, only stopping to take trinkets and baubles from the Snobolds trove of stolen goods. While not masterful artifacts, they were indeed quite pretty and in good condition - the Snobolds took proper care of their items.
It appeared that even in death, Orghosa would have one last laugh. As Lowelli was about to escape the Snobold den, an arrow fired from a trap made her jump away on reflex. She fell down into the pit the Snobolds had dug out as a trap for their intruders. Both of her arms were mangled by the fall - unable to hold onto the walls in order to climb out, she called for help to Math and Do'ronn. Even from all the way below, she heard them formulating a plan on getting her out. As hope was starting to set in, everything was shattered - all three heard the sound of approaching, furiously running feet and the frenzied squeals of the Snobolds. Do'ronn and Math fled the angered rat-men, leaving Lowelli alone.
The realization set in soon after. She was fully unable to escape; completely stuck in this small, blood-stained pit. Forever.
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