Against The Giants

Voltan's going to lead the gang up to Area 8 and onto Area 4 if nothing is in there.

AREA 8 and AREA 4 appears to be bugbear outposts of some kind, most likely to guard the orc slaves. If you let the orcs out of their cells, they dispatch the bugbears easily. 

Icarus will pick through the wreckage of the bugbear outpost, looking for anything useful (like a map, or a ring of keys, or anything that might give us a clue as to how large the forces are down here).

Perception: 19

None of those things are found.

Shadow Icarus continues to be invisible, appearing as Voltan's shadow, but whispers into Voltan's ear "How about the hallway past room 11?"

OOC: The hallway with a "B" on the map

Voltan will head back that way and as he does, he continues to free the orc slaves. "Your oppressors are dead. Kill their minions and be free."

Splat follows the lead of Voltan, primarily here to shred apart Giants. The orcs could be freed, but they would likely be a distraction if any more Giants come along. 

The area marked B on the map is a cave in. DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check to remove it.

"Let's see what these bones can do."

Too old for this shit: 18

Noodle arms Icarus makes an attempt, if only to impress his friends of how weak he is:  5

(lol)

Paeris gives Icarus a light applause at the sight of noodle armed man removed the rocks blocking the passage.

"Very well done." Voltan says in response to Icarus.

Another pathway is revealed. Looks like a cavern system ahead, and the passageway towards 17.

Panting from exertion, Icarus points down the leftward cavern...."Left.  Always go left."

Ebony nods in agreement, her sickle freed from her side and in her hand, ready to summon in a friend if needed.

Paeris sized Icarus up, then quickly added, "You know you didn't need to do that all alone...you could have paused to ask for help." Giving the smallest smirk of amusement, he pats his comrade on the back before nodding, and looking down the left-most corridor, "Left sounds fine."

Splat shakes his head. At least he could move a boulder so one of his own size could squeeze through. Seeing the left path get chosen for some strange, unexplained reason, Splat scampers onwards!

AREA 20 appears to be the home to a tribe of troglodytes that dwell in the central portion of the cavern complex. The group includes twenty-three adult troglodytes and fourteen young. They don't appear hostile, in fact, when they see you, they scuttle off.

With the troglodytes scurrying off, and apparently causing no threat to the group, Icarus gladly slithers off to the north, towards area 21.

NOTE: He's completely invisible in these caves

Ebony continues to take up the rear, sickle in one hand and book in the other.