Session 25

We begin down the tunnels from Category:Dol'Sulrich indicated by the Kobold Sorcerer Brork. The tunnel initially seems natural, but we later notice pick marks where it has clearly been dug out. That tunnel then opens up into a broader cave (but not a tall one) containing an underground lake. Knot suspects that this is a natural aquifer.

We circle the underground lake clockwise. It is loosely oval. We find an offshoot but continue circling the lake until we reach a dead end and have to turn back. We take the offshoot rather than circling all the way back around the lake to check the counter-clockwise direction.

Down that tunnel, Beans notices a torchlight ahead! We attempt to sneak, then realize our torches are still lit. After putting out the torches, we resume sneaking. We find a disheveled, malnourished man with a looong beard gesticulating wildly at the wall in front of him. Suleiman speculates that this is the missing student.

We approach. He initially assumes that we're figments of his imagination. Upon inquiry, he informs us that his name is Cayden he "used to be at the Academy," appearing to confirm Suleiman's guess. His gesticulations are attempting to convince his "Professor" (the wall) that the ruins down here are real.

We try and fail to convince him that we're real. Suleiman attempts to convince him by putting out his fire, which also fails to convince him. He does confirm that the ruins he's talking about are those of Category:Dol'Sulrich. We convince him to come with us (having nothing better to do). Xanie inquires about his chair. It is carved from the "wood" that grows down here aka mushrooms.

The mushrooms grow in the direction we're going, which he says is a dead end but does confirm that there is a hole there that water seeps out of that may be a way out.

We find the dead end with the mushrooms, and the hole. We can see a brick wall through the hole, and Cayden speculates that its a well from a farm. Knot tries to cut off a piece of a mushroom, and gets a face full of spores. That's the last of that.

Suleiman tries to widen the hole with the end of his glaive, but accomplishes little more than damaging his weapon. We grab Cayden (literally) and head back to the Dwarven city to search for some mining equipment. On the way, he falls asleep in Suleiman's arms. We easily find some in the Forge of Moradin and return to the cave to dig out the hole. We eventually succeed, causing some water to gush into the cave---we have indeed broken into a well.

Beans and Knot climb up