Session 7 - An Orc Named Girga

Recap
Smooth-talk Girga the orc, travel to the workshop of Tyral Dashar, begin investigating it, combat with warlock and roper and shadow demon.

The party wakes up after their rest. Ebinir and Aldren managed to convince a demon tending the bar to let Aldren cook breakfast in the kitchen. Toussaint wakes up and eats gruel. Anika wakes up and heads towards Toussaint. Another goblin intercepts Anika and picks a fight with Anikia. When the goblin pulls out a dagger to attack Anika, a Gorgon intervenes and turns the offending goblin to stone and then shatters it. Anikia quickly heads over to Toussaint.

Aldren, working in the worst kitchen ever, makes the best oatmeal that he can. The party all gathers and eats their meals. As they discuss their plans to search for Tyrial Dashar’s Workshop. A large female orc named Girga overhears their conversation and interrupts them. She tells them of an accident 15 years ago at the Workshop which released a series of shadow creatures. Tranquility uses his natural charm to convince Girga to guide them to the Workshop. She becomes enamoured with Tranquility, and offers to guide the party to the Workshop.

The party makes a quick stop at the Bazar across the street to sell the armor they had taken from the previous fight, and gather some last minute supplies. While shopping Girga tells them of her family history. She then leads them to the Workshop.

The party begins their search of the Workshop and find a kitchen with supplies to feed maybe a dozen humans, and was used with the past couple of hours. They explore further into a mine shaft and encounter two mimics pretending to be a warforged corpse and a wall sconce. Tranquility takes the most punishment from the creatures, but the party manages to make rather quick work of the mimics.

They continue their search of a few rooms off of the mine shaft. They find what looks like a private room and den, Karola’s apartment. During the search of the rooms they encounter a warlock, who demands to know what they are doing. They tell her that they are seeking Karola, and she smiles and then attacks them. A shadow demon emerges from her shadow as well another small creature and both join the fight. To complicate the fight in the small rooms, the warlock casts darkness that envelops the entire party. Creep seeking light, exits out another door, back into a different part of the mine shaft. He stumbles upon a Roper and swarm of bats.

The party must now split its focus, as Aldren, Tranquility, and Girga focus on battling the warlock and her shadow demon. Anika and Ebinir rush to help Creep, as does Toussaint once he dispatches the smaller mysterious creature who attacked him in the darkness.

The fight is desperate with Tranquility and Girga both being knocked down. But the party manages to emerge victorious, killing all but the warlock.