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 ==== Summary ====
+The Company Clandestine started the session off looking into the valley from the structure they'd just won. Symon and Angelique came into the back door of the gate house and entered a small anti-chamber. Angelique took the lead in case there was trouble. They walked into an area that was directly below the rampart. It was full of straw beds, buckets, and a brazier. They entered the door leading into the first floor of the north tower. There were real beds here and some chests. Angelique continued up stairs, opened the door leading to the rampart, and called out to the others. They entered the tower and searched the top floor, then the first floor and the area under the rampart. They didn't find anything. Cal-El had gone to the other tower and found on the second floor, a weapon rack, a bed, and some general supplies. Nothing worth noting.
+The main party moved into the central area under the bridge from the north side. There was a set of stairs leading up and through the trap door in the center of the bridge. There were braziers and barrels in there as well. As Eryn made it to the other side, she heard sounds of movement, clanging. It was like pots and pans along being suffled about with the sound of chains moving as well. There was a large staircase in front of her leading down. She moved slowly down those and found goblins in a kitchen of sorts. These were goblins much like Duzzt, and were chained up. They hadn't noticed her and since Symon was not with them, she backed out and then fetched Symon.
+Symon entered the area with the rest of the party behind him and spoke to them. He said, “Peace my brothers!”. The goblins freaked out and pulled on their chains shouting, ”Don’t kill us! Don’t kill us!”.  They bore the Wyvern patch. Symon told them that they meant them no harm and that they were safe from them. To the northwest of them was another room full of straw bedding and a brazier. The goblins called out, “Don’t hurt us! Where the others at?”. Symon told them that their captors had been defeated. They asked, “They is dead?”. Symon answered, “They is!”. They asked, “You not kill us?”. Symon asked, “Do you intend to harm us?”. They answered, “We hurt nobody, went want to go home!”. Symon asked if they knew where the keys to their chains were. They said, “Big dracon have the keys”. They didn’t remember finding any keys amongst the piles of ash where the draconian had exploded. Eryn picked one of the locks without any trouble. The other lock was damaged and wouldn’t work. She called up Xor to see if he could break it. He broke the lock without any issue. They thanked us for freeing them. Symon asked where they would go now. They said they would go west to the mountains but they had no family, they were all dead.
+Symon asked them about the draconians. He asked how many more they had seen. They only indicated a bunch. They said, “Bunch at big stone house!”. Symon asked, “Down the hill, in the valley?”. They indicated yes. They said, ”They start coming two three moons ago! Grish-ta-nak say Grizzolo send them.“. Symon pointed at the wyvern patch and asked, “You ever see one of those, a real one?”. They answered, “Grish-ta-nak, oh yes, we see too much!”. Symon asked, “Is Grish-ta-nak one of these?”, pointing at the wyvern on the patch. They look at the patch at the wyvern symbol and color and said, “Grish-ta-nak! Nasty!”, while nodding their heads. They said something about Grizzolo when Symon cut them off asking, “Where is Grish-ta-nak?”. They answered, “Stone house!”. Symon followed up with, “Where is Grizzolo?”. They answered, “He come!”. Symon asked, “Have you seen him?”. They shivered and answered, “Yes, scary, big scary!”, waving there arms. They continued, “He come and eat. Goblin have to feed him. We tired. Hands hurt, back hurt! They mistreat us, they don’t feed us, they whip us and beat us and make us work harder!”. Symon tells them to eat whatever they want. They started eating and offered food to the party. They also started stuffing food into bags to carry.
+Symon asked if they were expecting anyone soon, someone important, like a big dignitary. They said no, “A big army came through the other day!”. Symon asked where they were headed but the goblins didn’t know. They said, “They just came through and went under bridge. The rest of army down below.”. Symon asked if there were as many down below as went through the gate before. They nodded, “Down mountain, in town.”. Symon asked, did most of them leave?”. They answered, “No, only part!”. Eryn asked through Symon, “How will you go to get back to their mountain?”. They answered, “They go south and then west. They not go north!”. They wished them luck. They asked if they could leave now and were told they could go. They scrambled up stairs and out of site. Xor ran up stairs and warned Cassandra that the goblins were coming out and not to shoot them. She saw them come out and scurry off to the south.
+They searched the kitchen to find a way into the lower part of the southern tower but found none. The exited up through the trap door in the center area and made their way to the tower. There was a staircase in the center spiraling down. As Eryn started down, she was hit by two magic missiles. Symon recognized the darts and called out, “Magic missiles! Enemies afoot, to arms!”. Eryn rushed down the remaining stairs and engaged a draconian. There was a second one behind her, on the opposite side of the tower room. Cal-El rushed down behind her and they both attacked the first one. The battle raged on with the draconian casting a stinking cloud causing Cal-El problems with fighting. Symon called out to Cassandra to come help which she did. Angelique and Xor made it into the room where Xor engaged the other draconian and Angelique fired on the first draconian.
+Very quickly the second draconian cast a web spell clogging up the whole room with webs, hindering movement for some and completely stopping others. Cassandra climbed down the stairs trying to avoid the webs but failed and was caught up in them, coughing from the stinking cloud spell. Symon moved down behind her and pulled her back out and up the stairs. The webs were hindering their attempts to put down these two so Angelique ignited the webs burning them away in an instant. Everyone in them took a little damage but they were freed again. The first drconian had fallen and within a round or so, the second one fell as well. They searched the area and found the booty stash. Eryn, Xor, and Angelique divided up the three potions of extra healing they found. Symon took the scroll of Remove Fear. Angelique cached the potion of cold resistance.
+They rested at the structured while Xor and Cassandra stood up the dead along the wall to make it appear to be manned. The night passed with the only event being a 2 inch snowfall. The next morning, the group ate and set out down the hill to the first village. They could see movement in the village but couldn't make out what kind of creatures they were. In order to conceal their movement, they used the winter wolf pelts to warm them and to camouflage them. As the road leveled off, Cal-El noticed oddities in the snow off the road. He inspected it to find broken draconian and bugbear armor. There were broken weapons that were similar to those used by the bugbears and gnolls. The scene didn't make sense. The armor was broken and crushed, not shredded. There was a spot that looked burned. As they contemplated what might have befallen the defeated ones here, Cassandra noticed big rocks all over the place, especially all over the road. She said, “Why would there be big rocks in the road?”. That indicated possible giants or yeti's about.
+Cal-El tried to cover everything so it didn't look disturbed. They moved on down the road. As they started into the wooded area, it became obvious to Xor that they were on the wrong side of the road and he suggested that they all move to just off the eastern side of the road. As they were doing so, loud screams ripped through the air as two ogre's charged the Company.
+The week ended there.
+Start the recording!
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 They moved forward and found a kitchen area with a couple of goblins, chained and working on preparing meals. They hadn’t seen our group yet. Eryn looked back to find Symon as she knew he could talk to them but he wasn’t there. They all quietly backed out of sight and then Eryn went back up top to find him. They came back down and moved back to the goblins where he began talking to them. He started with, “Peace my brothers!”. The goblins freaked out and pulled on their chains shouting, ”Don’t kill us! Don’t kill us!”. They looked much like Duzzt and the others that they had been running into along the way. They also bore the Wyvern patch. Symon told them that they meant them no harm and that they were safe from them. To the northwest of them was another room full of straw bedding and a brazier.
-The goblins called out, “Don’t hurt us! Where the others at?”. Symon told them that their captors had been defeated. They asked, “They is dead?”. Symon answered, “They is!”. They asked, “You not kill us?”. Symon asked, “Do you intend to harsh us?”. They answered, “We hurt nobody, went want to go home!”. Symon asked if they knew where the keys to their chains were. They said, “Big dracon have the keys”. We didn’t remember finding the keys amongst the piles of ash where the draconian had exploded. Eryn picked one of the locks without any trouble. The other lock was damaged and wouldn’t work. She called up Xor to see if he could break it. He broke the lock without any issue. They thanked us for freeing them. Symon asked where they would go now. They said they would go west to the mountains but they had no family, they were all dead.
+The goblins called out, “Don’t hurt us! Where the others at?”. Symon told them that their captors had been defeated. They asked, “They is dead?”. Symon answered, “They is!”. They asked, “You not kill us?”. Symon asked, “Do you intend to harm us?”. They answered, “We hurt nobody, went want to go home!”. Symon asked if they knew where the keys to their chains were. They said, “Big dracon have the keys”. They didn’t remember finding the keys amongst the piles of ash where the draconian had exploded. Eryn picked one of the locks without any trouble. The other lock was damaged and wouldn’t work. She called up Xor to see if he could break it. He broke the lock without any issue. They thanked us for freeing them. Symon asked where they would go now. They said they would go west to the mountains but they had no family, they were all dead.
-Symon asked them about the draconians. He asked how many more they had seen. They only indicated a bunch. They said, “Bunch at big stone house!”.  Symon asked, “Down the hill, in the valley?”. They indicated yes. They said, ”They start coming two three moons ago! Grish-ta-nak say Grizolo send them.". Symon pointed at the wyvern patch and asked, “You every see one of those, a real one?”. They answered, “Grish-ta-nak, oh yes, we see too much!”. Symon asked, “Is Grish-ta-nak one of these?”, pointing at the wyvern on the patch. They look at the patch at the wyvern symbol and color and said, “Grish-ta-nak! Nasty!”, while nodding their heads. They said something about Grizzolo when Symon cut them off asking, “Where is Grish-ta-nak?”. They answered, “Stone house!”. Symon followed up with, “Where is Grizzolo?”. They answered, “He come!”. Symon asked, “Have you seen him?”. They shivered and answered, “Yes, scary, big scary!”, waving there arms. They continued, “He come and  eat. Goblin have to feed him. We tired. Hands hurt, back hurt! They mistreat us, they don’t feed us, they whip us and beat us and make us work harder!”. Symon tells them to eat whatever they want. They started eating and offered food to the party. They also started stuffing food into bags to carry.
+Symon asked them about the draconians. He asked how many more they had seen. They only indicated a bunch. They said, “Bunch at big stone house!”.  Symon asked, “Down the hill, in the valley?”. They indicated yes. They said, ”They start coming two three moons ago! Grish-ta-nak say Grizzolo send them.". Symon pointed at the wyvern patch and asked, “You ever see one of those, a real one?”. They answered, “Grish-ta-nak, oh yes, we see too much!”. Symon asked, “Is Grish-ta-nak one of these?”, pointing at the wyvern on the patch. They look at the patch at the wyvern symbol and color and said, “Grish-ta-nak! Nasty!”, while nodding their heads. They said something about Grizzolo when Symon cut them off asking, “Where is Grish-ta-nak?”. They answered, “Stone house!”. Symon followed up with, “Where is Grizzolo?”. They answered, “He come!”. Symon asked, “Have you seen him?”. They shivered and answered, “Yes, scary, big scary!”, waving there arms. They continued, “He come and  eat. Goblin have to feed him. We tired. Hands hurt, back hurt! They mistreat us, they don’t feed us, they whip us and beat us and make us work harder!”. Symon tells them to eat whatever they want. They started eating and offered food to the party. They also started stuffing food into bags to carry.
 Symon asked if they were expecting anyone soon, someone important, like a big dignitary. They said no, “A big army came through they other day!”. Symon asked where they were headed but the goblins didn’t know. They said, “They just came through and went under bridge. The rest of army down below.”. Symon asked if there were as many down below as went through the gate before. They nodded, “Down mountain, in town.”. Symon asked, did most of them leave?”. They answered, “No, only part!”. Eryn asked through Symon, “How will they go to get back to their mountain?”. They answered, “They go south and then west. They not go north!”. They wished them luck. They asked if they could leave now and were told they could go. They scrambled up stairs and out of site. Xor ran up stairs and warned Cassandra that the goblins were coming out and not to shoot them. She saw them come out and scurry off to the south.