Kantor S1E2 Into the Deep Den

After an owlbear nearly tore their bonds of friendship, Art & Gino are in hot pursuit of the source of these “talking wolves” followed closely by Viago, Nessa, Thea, & Veil. Their pursuit puts them in front of a kobold den, which holds the key to the mystery.

Player Characters Present
Viago, Nessa, Gino, Art, Thea, Veil

Synopsis
The party finds themselves delving into a tunnel, chasing after a fleeing pair of Kobolds in a wolf costume. Journeying into the tunnel they learned that the tunnel reduces in size as they head deeper and deeper into the den. Gino and Art, finding themselves in the lead and still wearing their wolf costume decide to scout ahead, triggering a trap and alerting a group of Kobolds ahead. The pair attempt to convince the kobolds they are one of them as they go into the den and toward a small guardpost. Feeling their cover has been blown, Art attempted to drop an explosive through the leg of the costume which failed and as they scrambled away, the bomb went off and a quick combat ensued with the party coming out on top despite being waylaid by a group of winged kobolds. After the fight, Art found a skunk and attempted to tame it which ended with Thea being sprayed by its cloud of stink.

They searched around the cavern, hearing the sounds of livestock coming from across the way as well as a single tunnel across the cavern, and a pair of tunnels next to a small inlet with a set of large double doors. They decided to head for the tunnel across the entryway, and after avoiding a series of traps, came across three kobolds, one more heavily equipped than its peers, kneeling in front of some kind of altar. Thinking it may be the leader, the party ambushed the trio, killing two of the kobolds and knocking the heavily armed one unconscious. After the living kobold was tied up, the group investigated the altar and finding it to be to Kurtulmak the deity of the kobolds. They learned that Kurtulmak was a demigod of sorts who was trapped in a maze by Garl Glittergold, a gnome paragon, and is forever lost to the maze. As Thea lay the dead to rest beneath the temple the party found beneath the altar an iron statue in likeness to the kobold god, and some coins.

Leaving the kobold temple the party went to the double doors, thinking that this was most likely a throne room. Approaching the door, Nessa read a series of signs that indicated this was not a throne room but some kind of feasting hall and sleeping chamber. Gino tried to peer into the room misjudging the weight of the door and slamming it against the wall alerting a kobold passing by. With the kobolds alerted a combat ensued with Viago charging in with Art on his back. After some intense fighting and Viago going down and being healed, the party managed to overcome the swarm of kobolds defeating them, capturing a single surrendering kobold, and barricading themselves within the room to rest. Chatting with the kobold they learned that the leader of the den was a kobold named Malkrik and that he was responsible for enacting the raids on the tall folk. After some conversations were had the party bedded down hopeful that they would be left unbothered for the night.