Genesis Gauntlet Session 1 Recap

Sitting around a table at a tavern, you see a small kobold take the stage. He was a curious sight, for barely topping two feet tall, the mandolin he carried with him extended past him in both directions, though it didn't seem to bother him.

"Ah, I see a good crowd tonight. Perhaps you would like to hear something new, a tale still yet unfolding." He begins to pluck the strings, and though his fingers and arms were stretched as far as they would go, the sound was sweet and clear, a subtle undertone to the story he was about to tell.

"I am Valaquiqui, and this tale happened a few weeks past, more advenurers seeking the gauntlet of genesis - though one that ended differently than any so far. You see, this group of travellers did not arrive together seeking the gauntlet, they arrived seperately. An ancient wizard by Marresisio, a devout cleric named Horace, and a pair of curious twins, each as large as a mountain and both named Chint. Odd fellows. They came to yours truly asking for information on the gauntlet, seeking it out after meeting in a drunken party the night before. They asked the right questions, and promptly left the town, seeking the treasure of a lifetime."

The kobold pauses a moment, and plays a more complicated peice on the mandolin, an interlude of sorts. "I understand they found a map on the oblisk, a map leading to a secret place underneath the city. They followed he map, and under the city, they found this building that they suspected to belong to Vireem, buried under centuries of silt from the seasonal flooding. I would have never have guessed the forces of time and nature to be so secretive. Inside, they immediately encountered a thick swarm of rats, using an ancient storage closet as their nest, though they simply stuck their torches to the ground and scared them away. Clever, if I must say. They continued to move through the corridor, only to find that the dungeon had become the recent den of a pair of bear cubs. Deciding they were too close to the town to be safe, they promptly struck them down, only to do so within the very line of sight of their mother bear! One of the Chint brothers was knocked to the ground at the bear's maw, only to be saved by the other. A true tale of brotherhood, indeed. With Horace's help, they dispatched the bears, and I for one am thankful, I did not care to have such lumbering beasts so close to my own doorstep."

Another intermission, and the kobold continues, "Ah, I need a drink. Excuse me for a moment, I shall return once I whet my tongue. Would anyone care to join me?"