#69 - Kobold Temple

 

The party was now at the bottom of one of the deep crags in the desert floor, which formed a sort of canyon labyrinth.  Samm and Captain Hurst split off to explore one branch of the maze.

The rest of the party proceeded, and soon realized that they were being watched and followed.

The faerie confronted one of the lurking spies by flying high above and seeing it from the sky.  Once discovered, the spies revealed themselves to be a group of 7 fearsome scorpion people.

One of the scorpion men could speak the common tongue.  From this group they learned the following

• Sihirbaz had come through this way
• There is a group of newly arrived kobolds along the path that Sihirbaz followed.  These kobolds came to worship and serve the recently killed blue dragons.
• There are other hazards along to path to the ancient cities, including "worms" and undead.
• There is a troop of Thri warriors also exploring the crags

The ranger scouted forward to investigate the kobold camp.  He found evidence that they were in the process of building a new temple.  They appeared to have equipment and weapons that are not made on Ares.

The kobold group was forming a war party, presumably to seek out whoever killed the blue dragons.

The party pushed forward to ambush the kobold war party.  The battle was difficult, but the party triumphed.

The faerie recovered a staff of swarming insects from one of the defeated kobolds.

At the end of the session the party has 3 kobold warriors as prisoners.