Leaving shivering communities behind; dragging lives together again, recovering from the Planar touch, the adventurers trudge on . A brief rest and some uncertain discussion follows the events that called to everyman, and womans, character - and changed some, for all.

And theres still trouble in the mountains.

For four generations shield dwarves have lived under the mountain known as Torgan’s Delve, ever since Torgan Stonehammer seized a complex of natural caverns within the spire from its orcish inhabitants and began transforming it into a fortified citadel. His descendents continued his work, improving what their ancestor had begun as more settlers arrived to work in the citadel or the rich veins silver and iron situated deeper within the mountain. Torgan and the thanes that followed him became renown as wise and just rulers, allowing trade with the outside world and lending their aid to nearby communities threatened by the omnipresent humanoid attacks that are a fact of life in the North of Faerûn.

The current Thane of the Delve is Torgan’s great-grandson, Durgan Stonehammer. Three weeks ago, Durgan fell ill from a strange malady, which soon had him hovering on death’s door. The dwarven community included a temple to the dwarven god Moradin, the Soul Forger, but even the potent arts of the high priest could do little more than keep the ailing thane alive. All efforts at finding a cure met with failure. In desperation, the high priest sought to commune with his god, seeking answers before the thane succumbed to his illness. He emerged from his chambers with news both mysterious and dire; the sickness claiming their leader was not natural, and the only cure was the Well of Cormundan, a magical pool located deep within the Underdark. The dwarven loremasters immediately went to work and found stories of the Well within the ancient dwarven records. One even found a reference to the Well within the journal of old Torgan himself, and as everyone in the Delve knew, there was an access point to the Underdark deep within the mines and caverns under the citadel!

Durgan’s eldest son, the young warrior Argan, immediately called for search parties to penetrate into the Underdark to seek out the waters of the Well. But the high priest had one more piece of information to reveal.

His link to Moradin had yielded a warning, in the form of a prophecy. He said that no dwarf from the Delve would be able to find a cure, and that it would take an outsider to find the Well and save Durgan.

But the young prince Argan would not be dissuaded, and organized several search parties to venture into the Underdark. None of the searchers ever returned.

Durgan’s other son Dalgan took council with the elders of the Delve and prepared a proclamation. They would seek aid from the surrounding lands, calling for brave and mighty adventurers to seek the Well, and save the life of the worthy Durgan.

The proclamation went out four days ago, while Durgan slipped ever closer to death. Now the first travelers have come to the massive stone doors of Torgan’s Delve, and only the gods know what fate awaits them within.

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Dungeon Masters: Jonnytheshirt,
Players: Belly as Farzad Grim, brotherfinn as Findlewick Bandraggle, Mackas as Jak, quirkster as Zanven Marril, Tony Walsh [Gloomveil] as Eune of Elsewhere,