Session 28 Recap

After your meeting with King Ugi Granitehand you were shown to your lodgings in the underground Stone Giant City of Cut'mahard. You went to sleep, and were rudely awoken by a gigantic Purple Wyrm devouring Grundull's trading cart before disappearing into the ground. You traced its burrow back into the Tiamutan Stone mine - before heading deep into the Underdark below. You cautiously proceeded forward, before finding a small, wretched kobold called Ruk hiding in a hole. After initially being rather terrified of you (especially Qelgar - whom he racially abused) Shadow and Duala won his trust and he revealed he used to be part of the White King's court but was driven out by a band of murderous Gnolls assisted by a giant Purple Wyrm. However, the White King was victorious and drove the Purple Wyrm off, along with several Gnolls. The kobolds and Gnolls that didn't escape were forced to live together, and in their misguided ambition to become more like one another in the White King's eyes they performed hideous rituals upon each other turning them into the horrible mutants you encountered near Bowscale Tarn. Ruk explained that the White King has fallen into a deep sleep. Ruk said he'd seen Drow, along with Gnolls within the Underdark and he usually just hid in his hideous little hole so as to not be killed by them - but you convinced him to be your guide in searching for the Gnolls. He clambered up onto Shadow's back and you continued on your way. After a couple of hours, you were ambushed by three insectoid Umberhulks who burrowed through the walls and attacked. After a rough fight, you emerged victorious.