Quest Report - "cleaning up the mess"

[Quest Report]

July 8th

Cleaning up the Mess

From the desk of Riddniss of House Stonetree.

On the day mentioned myself along with Gerry, Chef, Bhelroth, John and Mist met with Fiddlestick who insisted we finish clearing out the tunnels. We agreed and ventured inwards where we were once again attacked by bugs. Mist and John held off the cockroaches in the back while Gerry, Chef, and Bhelroth handled the maggots and flies up front while I supported each of them. Once that was dealt with we continued to the lair of the feared giant centipede, a large cavern with water deep enough to impede our movement. Chef carried Gerry into the fray where they fought the creature head on while I used my magics to empower mist’s weapon. Bhelroth was knocked down quickly but brought back by Chef. I was able to land a summoned Bloodseeker (Rudolph) on it so when it ran, Rudolph continued to drain it’s life. We followed it to find it’s corpse right at the cave’s entrance. We circled around through the necromancers chambers and decided to head into the ants tunnel. Learning from the last party’s “fiery” entrance we approached peacefully and found giving them rations would keep the ants at bay. We moved down into the tunnels utilizing rope. They go down for a ways and contain branching tunnels. The ants had to be continually fed to keep them at bay. At one point I very gracefully and nimbly fell down a large tunnel sustaining a good deal of harm. We pressed on and found larger ants as well as honeypot ants storing nutrition for the colony. At the bottom of these tunnels we met Foogus and Amoogus, two mushroom men who agreed to help us pass the ants blocking our exit in exchange for some cooking equipment. When we returned Fiddlesticks paid us, but demanded the any colony be exterminated. Gerry and myself were outwardly against this while the others seemed a little apprehensive.

Fiddlesticks wants them out so he can begin mining tin in the area. No final decision was made on how to proceed with the ants though several options were proposed including: training the ants to mine, opening a competing business, and robbing Fiddlesticks. In the end we returned with more meat for the people, and the caves are now much safer for travel.

- written by: Riddniss of House Stonetree

- source/citation: https://discord.com/channels/858449417152233472/861331235661807647