Stinking Goblins...literally.... (an update by Uta the dwarven warrior)

Ok, I like being in underground quarters, generally, but this place is a mess. Rak, Darg, Fergus and I cleared the tunnels of goblin corpses, and as a finishing step, the Hydra (Darg called if "Fluffy") was dragged out to the center of the flooded lower level, and left there. As we were preparing to do that, Max and Argos returned from whatever sissy thing they were doing. Something about flying to a village, and getting a bath. If that is all they were going to do, why did it take half the morn to decide to do it? Not to mention the most of the day to actually do it.

e a bit, since we were already in the boat...ach, I hate boats and water!...and found a couple of tunnels that had not been mapped yet.

I was in the front of the boat as we went down a narrow tunnel that hadn't been explored yet. It had passages opening up on each side, each about 5' across, and one with stairs rising out of the water. Darg suggested we see what was at the end of the passage before exploring the stairs. That seemed reasonable, so we did. The narrow, flooded passage opened up to room about 20' x 20' with vaulted ceilings. There was mildew and mold everywhere. Another narrow passage led off this room, and within 20' it had a sharp left turn that we couldn't negotiate in the boat. I asked Darg for an oar, to test the depth of the flooded passage, but I couldn't find the bottom.

We backed the boat out, turned around in the room, and returned to the two passages that we had seen on the way in. Darg and Fergus decided that I should stay in the boat, since the water was, most likely, over my head. They went up the stairs.

I am not sure what they found, but they returned, after several minutes, at a run. Fergus was in front, and I barely was able to retrieve his lantern before it was doused as he headed from the stairs to the boat. Darg was right behind him. As I asked what they found, Fergus nearly yelled that he had received a message and we had to get back to the others. I don't know what kind of magiks he practices, but he seemed to be sure. So, off we go.