Out Of The Abyss

Leon gracious takes Grem up on the lesson.

”Grem is it better to hold the sword down here by my crotch like an extension of my dick or up here by my face with my arms cocked like I am ready to hit something?”

Gremryl guffaws at Leon’s antics 

“lad... like they say in the Army. Hold low swing slow, hold high watch ye eye... mid guard is best, defeat the rest , unless ye fighting off a tavern wench eh!! “ 

with a wistful look “ I wielded a sword in my younger days. Some good campaigning back then.. simple times. See orc, kill orc, drink ale and gamble.. now we have demons and drow and goblins I’m not smiting.. duergar brothers... ‘tis strange indeed eh...” 

“I would like to visit this abdar someday Grem. Seems like a magic place where anything can happen... Anyway get your guard up brother. Parry these attacks chum.”

Leon and Grem train for a portion of the evening... eventually Leon become shirtless.

”Enjoying the view Dawnbringer?”

Training montage

    Your long rest is unmolested by the creatures of the Underdark.  You all wake up to the sounds of the Web Runners packing up their gear and getting ready to march out.

Yuk Yuk - "Only a few days away.  Ya's gonna get to da Duerger city soon.  Oh...what did ya's find in da Tomb?"  He holds his hand out expecting you all to remember that he showed you the location on an agreement of sharing any spoils of it's exploration.

Gremryl wakes up and shakes the dust from his beard 

“spoils ye want, well let’s see what we have so far. Here ye go... and we also killed some ghosts that were craving goblin kind to eat... so we also did ye a service..take these as payment and payment towards our total trip” 

He goes to hand the 2 gold bracelets we got worth 100gp total. Figure that’s his share for having opened each coffin.. 

“Let’s be on then... that’s my share and they can have it... oh and the ghost right before the master cleric over there sent it to the 8th level of the abyss mentioned one of our friends passing through here.. a halfing. Tell us again about how that went?” Gremryl will stare hard at the goblins not quite letting go of the bracelets as he hands them over. 

Leon turns to the Goblins,

”Does the name Fargas mean anything to you guys?”

As an aside, I added up all of the loot that we got from that temple and it comes out to 341per hero before Grem paid the goblins.  FYI.

Morgana shakes her head ruefully:  "Well Grem, I still don't see why you are asking these things to do your bidding when I could just make them, but it's your gold so you can do with it as you please, I suppose...As for that piece of shit Elmo, who the **** cares about him.  I hope they tell us he's dead so I can go shit on his grave."

Gremryl looks at Morgana  with incredulitiy .. if  smoke could  literally come out of his ears it would. 

to the goblins: " Ye might be taking a walk for this one...?"

to  Morgana: " Ye know, I've tried, moradins heart I've tried.. and ye refuse.. nay.. i reckon aren't smart enough to listen to  what we say. Ye DAMN NEARED DIED!!!!! And what were ye last words? ye called Leon a coward and me a fool! WE killed the ghosts.. not you! what did ye spells do? eh? righteous fury  and all  that and  ye still got  he life choked  out of  ye!! who saved ye tiefling arse? leon! The coward.. Ye speak of Elmo and ye forget what he did for ye..ye  ungrateful selfish little tart! I've been hoping and praying that ye would heed  me words, but me Pa once told me.. twisted metal  twice molded can will  still make good weapons.. twisted metal twice  bent.. well.. best to leave it to horse iron.. point is, ye bend and learn and become stronger. or ye bend twist, and become broken. I've told ye already me plans  when we get to G-town. Amends with Elmo and Hemmeth, and the fate of me family is what  I seek. Maybe our paths split there then eh? Ye can go forward and use your diplomatic talents with the surface folks? ye have worked wonders with Leon and he's from the surface lass.. ! (he  harumphs..) do  what  ye want as ye always do.. but  I'm done lass. ye take  1 step forward and 2 steps back..." he  makes the  sign of  Moradin..and  walks off  to get  some air. 

Morgana calls after grem:  "What the hell are you talking about?!  I apologized for calling you boys names earlier!  Accept it or don't but don't throw it back in my face!  And who cleared the first room?  Who found the sword?!  How many times have I burned down foes that would have otherwise overwhelmed you?   Elmo hasn't done shit for anybody except steal from us and turn his back on us.  You want to be his buddy, go for it, but I never will. I'm grateful for you boys being my friend but disagreeing with you doesn't make me a bad person, you sanctimonious dwarf! I'm not sure why you are so damn touchy but try to calm down so we can move foreword!" 

Gremryl  ignites is  mace and his  a stalactite...."She's a a fool.. and young.. moradin.. give her strength..."

he'll move onward when everyone is ready. 

Leon mutters, “Looks like the honey moon is over. Relationships can be rough,” as he walks over to consult the goblins on the next path of travel for the group.

Gremryl will pray to Moradin 

“moradin.. he, who’s forges make the greatest will... he who makes the greatest strength I ask for guidance and strength. Morgana.. the lass is strong but her head be tougher than mithrall forged in ye depths!  Demons are upon us and I fear we won’t be strong enough... bless us keeper under the mountain and guide us...”

    Yuk Yuk takes the golden bracelets offered to him and stashes them away in one of his many packs.  Watching the drama then unfold, he pays it no mind and finishes packing up his things with the help of his brother, Spiderbait.

Yuk Yuk - "Ya's follow.  We's be moving on to da Duerger City."  Walking towards their destination, he takes notice of when Gremryl seems to calm down before saying, "Da Halfling and Duerger...Friends of ya's?  Elmo was ya's friend?  Or Fargas?  Elmo not friends with Fargas...no, no no...Poor, poor Fargas.  Shot in da arse and left ta die...dat be his fate at da hands of Elmo."  With a uncomfortable pause, he waits for the group's reaction before saying anything further about the incident.

To the party after hearing the goblin speak:  “stabbing colleagues in the back and running away.  Sounds about right for that snake Elmo.”

“Well Fargas apologized for what he did to Elmo so maybe it wasn’t how this goblin describes. Morgana I don’t know everything that happened between you and Elmo but if you treated him how you treat me and Grem I could see how you two might not get along. Just food for thought. I understand you don’t like him. Sometimes understanding your enemy's point of view can give you certain advantages or turn an enemy into an ally.”

“I’ll keep that in mind Leon.  Can we get going now?  I’ve got business in the town to attend 2.”

“Aye, tis going to be an interesting tale indeed...let’s move along

    You make your way through hours of cavernous terrain.  Mostly its much of the same.  You begin to wonder just how many days it's been since you've been without the warmth of sunlight on your skin.  Or the colors that daylight scatters onto life on the surface.  What choices have each of you made in your lives to eventually brought you here, in this moment together?  As each of you ponder that individually within your own minds, some of you begin to tire.

Yuk Yuk - "Dis be good place to rest.  Next time we get to da city.  Ya's be weary of Duerger.  Treatin' all non-Duerger like slave."  He says in a tired voice.  Spiderbait doesn't appear to be in any better shape.

    Perhaps this is a good place to rest before making entrance with the city.  You realize that you still don't know much about the great city, other than brief conversations with Hemeth while on your otherwise boring travel days.

I’ll train with stool again during the rest.   Did he ever get back to me on any of his burgeoning abilities?