In which Badger...
- Explores the Lost Valley of Huutaka after entering it.
- Encounters some deformed humanoids, the Traldar, who extort him out of his traveler's yurt and the tapestry/magic needle and thread.
- Is joined by Sebastian, the surviving finalist from the Top Shots team on the Ruby Phoenix tournament who'd found his way into the valley after the tournament - and was recruited as a Traldar spy.
- Joins a group of Huutakan dog people, who take him in and heal his and Sebastian up after seeing their mistreatment by the Traldar.
- Is tasked by the Huutakans to search the Valley for the Book of Elders and stem an undead threat spreading throughout it.
- Runs into Ahmitar, his teammate from the Ruby Phoenix tournament, who too found himself in the valley and was caught by the Huutakans.
- Convinces the Huutakan patrol to let go of Ahmitar and have him join the party, along with one young Huutakan hopeful Len who wants to adventure as well.
- Comes across the Vault of the Elders, the lost tomb which is said to hold the Book of Elders.
- Encounters Slipper, the Viper goblin that was Badger's former prisoner picking the lock to the tomb. The goblin is shocked and flees when it sees Badger.
- Enters the vault, only to be attacked by a large ghoul that paralyzes the party and starts feasting on Len.
- Manages to shake it off, and steals the book and some gold before running (with Ahmitar and Sebastian following as the ghoul feasts on poor Len).
- Brings the book back to the Huutakans, who then task him to search for the Singing Water pool on the other side of the valley.
- Goes with some priests and warriors, as well as Seb and Ahmitar, to grab the holy water when a strange grumble from a cave near the pool scares some large predatory birds away.
- Enters with the group to find the monstrous tentacle beast Kartoeba which kills Seb and Ahmitar with its tentacles crushing them before they are able to slay the beast.
- Retrieves a magic key and discovers the entrance to the treasure vault of the Temple of Pflaar, the lost temple of the gods of Huutaka.
- Barely survives a poison trap that kills most of the Huutakans, save for himself and one priest.
- Kills the priest in a fit of greed, planning to take as much loot as he can hold and run.
- Realizes his mistake when Slipper and the Viper goblins, who had been following the Huutakans and Badger, enter the treasure vault and give chase to Badger.
- Runs from the goblins only to emerge from a secret door into a chamber in the main hall of the temple where the Thieves guild from Threshold, who had also tracked Badger, where camping and exploring!
- Uses the Rope of Climb to quickly climb up and again into the high arches of the temple as all out chaos breaks out between the thieves and the goblins.
- Watches as a much reduced number of goblins comes out the victor, and decides to try his luck at slaying them.
- Fails to slay the goblins and is forced to flee - right into the wizard Golthar, who had also followed Badger his mind set on revenge for the adventurer's antics.
- Gets blinded by the wizard and barely flees as the wizard is forced to fight the goblins who now see a new threat to the loot.
- Fails to escape Golthar, who had killed the remaining goblins, who tells Badger he would slowly stab him to death with his rusty dagger.
- Escapes within an inch of his life, breaking free from the hateful wizard and running blindly deeper into the temple.
- Awakes in a strange library with his vision back, still wary of Golthar searching for him in the temple. He is surrounded by texts written in Old Common seemingly on the history of the lost valley of Huutaka...
Current Level: Badger 8
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