Session 9: Trolls in the dark

While the troll tunnels were being drained overnight, the group sought some much needed rest. They settled into a room for the night and set watches. During the middle watch a horrible creature attacked. Most of the party awoke to Mouse screaming that a horrible monster had beaten and grabbed Arianna and Imm. By the time the rest had been aroused Lath was able to make out a lumbering moss man carrying two slumped figures under each arm. It was striding into the water and towards the broken tower at the edge of the courtyard.
The group raced to fight the creature andeventually slew it with crushing weapons, but not before Arianna had been ripped apart and Imm had been beaten to death and drowned. Prayers were said and they were sewn into their bed rolls, never to awake again.
Dawn came the next day and the grim party headed for the central courtyard. They encountered a stanger in the halls and thinking him a part of the rival goup held him at sword point. It turned out he was a sole explorer, a denizen of the Mist Marsh named Stiggand. He had sworn revenge on the trolls of the marsh for the death of his brother and now was seeking their heads. The group invited the savage warrior along.
Having drained the lower tunnels, the group descended down the broken well and into the half flooded troll tunnels. They quickly found stairs up and a swarm of horrible oozlings on the surface of the water which they quickly fried with burning hands spells.
Next was a room with a lone aqautic troll, and as the group advanced a second aquatic troll stood up along their flank. Pressed in battle the group eventually beat the trolls into submission.
As the last aqautic troll fell a 3rd troll charged the rear of the party. It was wearing a cloak of red scaled hide with a silver hand clasp. The troll seemed more cunning than it's fellows and aimed attacks at spell casters over the heads of the dwarves who rushed to meet it. Eventually even this third troll was beaten down and the group dragged their bodies to a dry area to burn. The cloak and clasp were taken from the lead troll and stuffed into Mendax's pack.
Feldnar convinced the rest they trolls should be burned as the group left, for the stench and smoke would surely alert the competing adventuring group.
The trolls were put to the torch and the adventurers wearily ascended.
On the way out through the courtyard, they were confronted by the other band of adventurers. They demanded the prize, the Fiend's Embrace, or else. The group refused and a fight ensued. The rival adventurers were beaten. Their half orc warrior, human bow man and human rogue were slain, while the human female cleric, human wizard, and gnome bard ran off.