Our heroes continued their journey to find the goblins and rescue the merchants daughter. They took what they would from the now vanquished goblins and continued to follow the trail which takes them into a forest. Along the way they encountered a robed figure living in the the forest cooking a rabbit. Bl'nx approached him and they were happy to find that he knew the forest quite well and was willing to take them to the closest goblin lair. He brought them within a minutes walk from the goblins cave and preceded to go no futher just giving them directions. Bl'nx, feeling a need to reward the man, wrote him an IOU for the man to use should he ever have need.
The heroes continued on to find a cave and a small goblin child sitting above the enterance keeping watch. Voskas attempted to silence the goblin by throwing two daggers at it but his arm snags a branch of a tree and the first dagger falls about 10 feet in front of him while the other misses the goblin. Saloch then attempts throw his spear at the goblin but misses as well. The goblin child picks up the spear and brandishs it menacingly. Bl'nx attempts some negotiations but as he doesn't speak goblin and the goblin doesn't speak common the negotiations fail. The Voskas then scales part of the his up to where the goblin is as does Saloch who takes his spear back from the child. The goblin then jumps down from above the cave enterance and runs inside screaming. As the Bl'nx enters the cave he sees that it is completely pitch black so he casts dancing lights and has them move into the cave to illuminate the terrain. He finds that he is standing in a room about 20 by 20 feet with a halway on the otherside of the room that bends around a corner. He also sees the goblin child running down this hallway. Voskas attempts to swing into the cave from above the enterance grabbing the ledge and lands but does not take into account the slippery floor of the cave and falls prone to the ground. Saloch jumps to the ground and runs into the cave. At this point Eden charages in a head of the group and turns the corner. The rest of the party can hear deeper goblin voices and Eden cry out in pain. The rest of the party runs around the corner as Eden retreats to Saloch for healing which Saloch provides. The begining of the fight is frustrating as the goblins have made their stand in the hallway ensuring that the fight becomes one on one combat. Or so they thought when Saloch summons a wolf behind them which throws a massive wrench in the goblins plans. The entire party makes it into the room and makes short work of the goblins. The room they are in now contains a table, some beds and a number of pilfered goods from caravans. To the north there is a hallway that splits to the west and to the east. The party makes a note that they will check through the loot of this place later as time is of the essence and goes west. Going down the west corridor they come to a room with the goblin child and 4 small wolf like pups cowering agains the back wall. Bl'nx reattempts negotiations uses gestures to ask where the girl is. The goblin child points back down the hallway. The party goes down the hallway that leads east. At the end of the hallway they find an artificial wall with a door in it. The door is solid wood and has a slot in the top that if slid to the side a medium creature could see through. The party begins to argue as how to proceed before the slot open and a feminine voice demands to know their identity. Bl'nx asks her for her name and wants to know if there is a human child behind the door. The person behind the door tells them to go away and that she hasn't heard of such a thing so they obviously have the wrong cave. The party disbelieves this and continues to question her. She tells the party she had heard of the goblins kidnapping a girl but they didn't bring her here and that they should leave because the parents of the small dogs that live in this cave are coming home soon. The party decides they're going to have to force their way in. Bl'nx is about to open the door but Voskas stops him checking for traps. Voskas doesn't find any and so Bl'nx turns the doornob only find the door is locked and a poisoned needle sticking in his hand. Bl'nx is not impressed with Voskas and informs him that the door is locked. Voskas picks the lock and they try again. The door remains shut and they conclude that it is deadbolted. At this point the femine voice tells them if they can spare 1000 gold she will release the girl. Saloch tells her that they are willing to pay. The voice tells them to start and just to shove the money through the slot in the top of the door. Voskas tells her it's in a nice chest which she probably also wants. The voice doesn't believe him and just wants the money. At this point Saloch summons a wolf behind the door and it begins to attack the woman. The woman crys out in pain and agrees to open the door if they call the wolf off. Saloch does so and the woman opens the door telling the heroes they've doomed the child to death. The room she's in looks like a small study and living quaters with a small child lying on a table in the center of the room. As the party watches the bite wound on the woman slowly closes and a wound opens up on the child. Saloch provides healing preventing the child from dying and the party and the woman begin to negotiate. Bl'nx demands that she stops this dark magic but she tells him she can't as it was performed by her master and she wouldn't if she could because it's all that keeps her alive. Then the party attempts to knock out the woman but both Saloch and Bl'nx miss with their attacks and the woman electricutes Bl'nx. The party stops fighting. So far the only person who has made a final descion on what to do is Voskas who just wants to kill the woman and take all her valuables with no regard for the childs life. The other members do want to save the life of the child.
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