A beginning...
The twins Ayanda and Asande arrive in Gettis, the home of the hobgoblin Dimitri. It is a lush marshland built with many reed hovels all built around the dungeon. The streets are waterways through the marsh, however there are skyways built between hovels in a limited fashion. Asande is using the sky way so that she can go directly to the dungeon at the center of Gettis. She hopes to find Dimitri there.
Ayanda and Week who has been following the sisters since Kluk was killed are heading to local drink spot. Ayanda has taken a liking to the bog that is Week, she plans to use in him a scheme of hers she has not been able to get finished.
Asande arrives at the opening which is a swirling sinkhole that leads to an under complex. She jumps in not even worried about her plain leather dress. The mud water swallows her whole. The sinkhole can take one to any of the floors and she goes directly to the eighth where a grasslands. The muddy water expels her onto a field next to a camp. It is Dimitri's Warcamp. His personal Warband follows him to every floor.
A Warband scout marked by his three red stripes on his face, looks at Ayanda taking his time to verify her identity. He then waves over for another scout to take his place. He doesn't help her up or even greet her. Simply he starts walking through the organised camp. Soon they arrive at a fire.
"Wait here," the scout does not even look back to make sure she is waiting. He move into the wooden fort built in the center, the round fort is a simple design made to hold enemies back. The scout meets the one of the seven Bannerlord.
The scout returns and Ayanda is lead in. After an hour she leave with thrity mounted thrusters. Their riding the wilddog, a massive hound that is super intelligent and fast. Made for long distance hunting.
A Goblin...
All the ice surronding Palesa and her ten gobo's shatters in a million frozen crystals, the hands and feet of her gobo's have turned blue and so has their hair they stand straighter too looking more like Palesa than before. Thier noses are shorter, they seem slightly bulkier. Palesa awakens dropping even more ice crystals to the ground around her. She opens her blue eyes, she is surrounded by familiar faces. They are two gobolina's with puffy eyes, Gcina falls to her knees as Diana rushes to Palesa.
"You're alive!" Says Diana falling into her arms a deep scent of joy, relief and unwavering commitment she is both happy and grateful. Gcina manages to control her relief bringing herself too Palesa. Gcina wants to shout at them both, Palesa even more so for coming back collapsed. For now thou in this moment she just joins them and for a while it's just the three sitting in another's embraces, surround by goblins in the middle of an empty meadow. Then the cheers start as everyone is moving and well. Goblins celebrate as the story spreads of how Palesa single handledly defeated an entire den of snakes.
"Palesa are you okay my dear?" Asks Gcina, she is busy taking in her scent as any abnormalities can also be detected by scent. Palesa smiles and looks a little worse for wear but is actually returning to her normal color. Palesa can feel her mana is more controlled now as it does not spread out like before it sits just under skin radiating power for her to use whenever she wants.
"Yeah I'm pretty good actually." Palesa scents bewilderment she herself thought there might be consequences to pushing herself this hard however she feels good. She is also relieved at hearing the voices of her gobo's. All of them seem to be okay. The jovial mood continues even as Gcina forces them to push forward to the Kobold dungeon moving doubly quick. A sudden feeling of dread overcoming here, somehow Tau feels very distant and slipping further away.
Gcina would walk ahead right now but she won't push Palesa not matter what she says right now just getting there is what is important. Palesa and Diana don't seem to be having the same feeling as they are swapping stories about their detours. The more she hears the more Gcina is certain that they must be protect she remembers a lot of her friends dying because they tasted success and that made them reckless.
Since she planning to help with the base construction she been thinking about using the Master Goblin Tinkerer Token on herself. The job is very special since not even the sage knows of a tinkerer she is just worried that it will be her old system where job and class are locked once chosen and cannot be changed. It important to be useful she might not want to take risks at the moment like her two other counterparts because she other plans.
An Ending...
Tau lifts his sword again, a Kobold leaps over him, onto the Jackol in front the kobold's have all suddenly moved forward refusing to listen. Even Zetu's Kobold who is heavily injured joins thems. The brief intermission for the goblins let Impi and Tau catch their breathes. Zetu fires trying to get the attacking Jackol off her Kobold. Everyone is battling to there fullest Tau and Impi ready to fight again when the Kobold falls.
Shockingly when the first Kobold is defeated his gobo partner grabs his head and collapses. At first everyone thought it must be a varient Jackol that has some kind of mental attack. Then it happens again as Zetu collapses right after her Kobold dies. Each and every Kobold they have is killed. Leaving Impi and Tau with no one but the each other and the Jackols.
A laugh fills the tunnel, the laugh spreads joined by others echoing in the tunnel...
the tunnels fills with Great Hyenas that run over the dead, Tau had to tackle Impi out of the way to allows to pass. The great hyenas are heavier stronger and faster outclassing the Jackols. Walking Queen the biggest of the great hyenas is Jade with Oda looking unwell behind her.
"I thought you would have killed all them by now," Jade may sound like she is joking but ther is real unhidden scent of relief. She looks of at her hyenas they are savaging the Jackols. She doesn't like using them like this since it is hard to control so many effectively during combat.
"You barely made it in time, where is the Star group?" Tau can't blame her for the loses she did arrive only a min after the agreed upon time. The losses of the Kobold needs to be understood as their partners are still unconcounsious.
"They didn't come, Pilo has gone back to the Get. I should have killed him." Says Oda scenting of shame.
"It doesn't matter we don't him anyway, the fight would have made us too late anyways." Says Jade, Oda had been indignant to Pilo suggestion to abandon them. It was the first time she thought positively of Oda. His scent since then has improved a lot too.
"Alright good at least that's decide then...Impi lets go kill that bastard." Impi for a moment misunderstood while he agrees they should kill Pilo, they don't have to go right. It is only when Tau pushes him towards the Jackol boss does it become clear who they are going to kill. With the aid of the hyenas the Jackols are falling one by one.
The boss who is literally on his last leg, growls a menacing but empty threat, Impi picked it first so was unphased by the growl. Underneath the scent of blood is a distant corner is the sweet smell of fear. It's coming from the boss. Impi and Tau stand to either side of the boss and swings his own Kukri at him. The bosses head thumps onto the ground as he is defeated.
[Your party have defeated boss Nikolia]
x1 Treasure map
x1 Red core [damaged]
x1 skill book: Constructor
x7 lock picks
x4 high grade leather
x3 Teeth
etc...
Tau, Impi and Jade start to pull the cores from all the monsters, since they are now short on man power they decide to only take the cores. The group spends their time doing this the blood is a small comfort. Ever few minutes a light flashes from Tau as he casts group heal. For the most part ever Jackol they come across has blue ranked core. Which is not bad since their value is yet to be determined by Tau.
The treasure map is the first thing he looks at the dirty brown piece of leather shows the next floor and a secret room. The room is inside the biggest tree on the map, it sit next to a Gemsbok herd. The warning on the map suggests that while they are peaceful the a Gemsbok are extremely territorial. Tau smiles the image is of a great buck with amethyst horns. He thinks they would be perfect for the long walk to the Lake.f