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Year 120: Eleasis 8-11:

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Having defeated the majority of the Gnolls within the stronghold, the heroes of hollow proceeded to chase the gnoll king (who had escaped during the conflict) down a secret passage. Below the city of Yare they discovered an intricate tunnel system containing several traps and gnolls, but eventually after avoiding most of them they caught up with the king and confronted him. Following the combat Vincent recieved a blessing from his lord Malar.

Once you've seen one gnoll, you've pretty much seen them all.

In order to sew further dissent amongst the ranks of the gnolls, Argent took the tails of the defeated gnolls, and using their own blood painted a message on the wall to intimidate them, and cause them to argue. The message read as follows.

It's going to say YOU CANNOT RUN, although I'd be interested to know what you thought it was going to say.

The heroes proceeded to follow the tunnel system to the surface via a dire badger set (which was empty at the time) and found it led to the surface near the city. Notably, the tunnel system contained a large cavern below the peasant section of Yare, that contained a lake. The wells in the peasant quarter took water from this underground lake. The party proceeded to find their dwarven scout allies, and settled down for the night.

The following morning, the heroes devised the following plan.

Enter the peasant sector of the city of Yare, and make contact with the "thieves guild"
Convince the thieves guild to join forces, and evacuate the peasants before the upcoming battle.
Using a winch system devised by the dwarves and equipment from the nearby barn, lower the peasants down to the cavern below the peasant quarter, where the dwarves would be able to guard them safely during the battle.
Travel back through the tunnel system and defeat any gnolls that still had asperations of leadership, then set fire to the stronghold. This would likely cause a bloody civil war between the gnolls in Yare and those from the outlying villages, as they vyed for leadership.
Wait, while the gnolls from the two outlying villages yet to be liberated brought their armies to conquer the city.
Clean up the remaining gnolls with the army of dwarves.

It's not a proper roleplaying campaign if there isn't an intricate pulley system every five sessions.

The heroes proceeded to enact this plan in an efficient manner, although with a few additional fights along the way as they discovered resistance. The first was in the form of a significant number of gnolls guarding the barn where they needed the equipment. The second fight they had expected, and resulted in the defeat of the entire gnollish leadership. In addition, they also fought against some snakes, some slaad tadpoles and a large amount of brown mold in the gnoll basement system, as they explored it for anything useful.

Yes, that sword does have a whacking great big hole in it. Glad you noticed.

Finally, after clearing out the tunnel system of all resistance, the heroes came across the Gnoll King's vault, and checked it over for treasure. In addition to the King's sword, cloak and armour that they had found earlier, they also found several magical gems, and a arcane map of locations for the magical transport network - a treasure immeasurable in value. Finally, the party came across a magical battle standard, that they would proceed to use to instill fear into the hearts of gnolls everywhere. Do YOU have problems with an infestation of Gnolls? Just call 1-800-GNOLL-BE-GONE and our plucky heroine will fix your problems.