5th session: The Oracle

4th moon, 5th day, year 4553
After being barely surviving the fireball attack, the brothers return home to the T'orgh Palace in a hurry.

4th Moon, 6th day, year 4553
As they return to Scumtown, they run into R'azz who warns them that Red Skulls are not happy about the damage to their property as the Lusty Maid is on their territory. The brothers decide to square things with the innkeeper of the Lusty Maid, by giving him 140 gold for information. 140 gold is oddly enough exactly the cost of the damages to the inn from the fireball.

Ukerin head over to Al'zar, the wizard who identified their magical items, and pay him to learn Charm Person.
They then return to the T'orgh Palace to sleep.

4th Moon, 7th day, year 4553
The T'orghs return to Scumtown, and Raheem ousts some goblins from an appartment on the opposite side of the street from the Shadowknives' HQ/inn. From the window, Ukerin charms an orc, and then slips down and across, magically disguised as an orc, catching the charmed orc outside. He learns that Griark, an orc shaman is the leader, along with with the big Orog. Griark is the one who is on the lookout for the oracle, and it was also him that sent the T'orghs a "message". On the way back, the T'orghs hook up with R'azz and tell him about the oracle. As it happens, he knows exactly who the oracle is, and for an audience with their father, he agrees to show them.

Unfortunately, when they arrive on site, the orc family who had cared for the human girl and smuggled her into Menzo, are all dead.

A quick interrogation of nearby neighbors reveal that she was taken by orcs. It must have been the Shadowknives. Raheem attempts the impossible, and manages to find their tracks, thus figuring out which way they are heading back to Shadowknife territory.

The T'orghs run ahead, and ambush the orcs. Ukerin plows down a lot with a lightning bolt from the wand, while the others take care of the rest. The orc holding the girl escapes, and Raheem puts an arrow through his neck, but unfortunately, he falls over, landing on the little girl. Nalfein heals her, and at the same time, the Orog arrives with more orcs and quickly, both Tagar and Ukerin are dying on the ground from the orog's greatsword. Raheem manages to kill off the orog, and after Nalfein heals Tagar, they grab the loot (a bit of gold, a nice greatsword and a wand) they drag Ukerin back to the palace.

4th Moon, 8th day, year 4553
While at the palace, R'azz is introduced to father, and Ukerin gets back on his feet. The T'orghs decide to finish off the Shadowknives, and in the wee hours of the morning, they head back to the inn.
There they find about 10 orcs, which they quickly deal with. In the backroom they find a big hole in the ground. It seems there is a buried temple beneath the inn!

 

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