Characters: Terus, Julian, Anthony, Cael, Randal, Grim, Balin, Davvin.
NPCs: Ras-Dal-Var Whisperstone, Elder Lava Elemental, Sentinel of Gorm Gulthyn.
6 Alturiak 1374 - 7 Alturiak 1374
2850 XP
The party rested with their strange visitor on the outskirts of their camp. In the morning Davvin casted a Find the Path spell upon Julian who commanded that they move toward the Harador Clan Greathold. After a couple hours of walking through the barren stone caverns in the upper city, the party reached a smaller staircase going down, some distance from the main staircase. They followed the crumbling stone stairs down until at the very bottom they found themselves in the presence of an even more massive cavern. The lower ceiling of this cave stretched toward many tunnels and mining entrances. Crumbled stone structures dotted the landscape, and in the center was a great volcanic opening where the old dwarven forges had been built against. The every surface seemed to be covered in a sharp, grey crystal formations which Terus suggested contained fragments of Hizagkurr ore and dust.They followed the spell's path for another hour through this massive cavern until they reached a river which flowed around the base of the overspilled volcano. The party carefully crossed and were now within a stone's throw from the Harador Guildhall. Whisperstone felt something unusual in the volcanic stone however and quickly moved away. The blackened stone heated red as an ancient Lava Elemental bursted from the rock and sent flaming material against the party. Cael shielded himself in a Piercing Cold sheath and flew toward the gargantuan beast. The two clashed in massive blasts of fire and ice, and soon the Lava Elemental cooled to black stone and was destroyed in an icy blow from Cael's mage blade.
With the terrible Lava beast gone, party spoke longer with Whisperstone about the Harador Clan and then entered through the long destroyed ruins of their Guild Hall. Along the way they picked up many hints and clues about this Clan's mysterious history. Slowly and cautiously the party descended into the lowest room of the Guildhall. A large council room with the long rotted remains of thousands of dwarven people. The party cleared a place in the center and began to rest. In the middle of their rest, Anthony Manton's watch was disturbed as the most unlikely of foes appeared with a blast of energy, and sound. The sentinel of Gorm Gulthyn demanded retribution for the destruction of Gildabarr's ancient holy temple. Anthony tried to reason with the spirit, but it immediately charged at Cael, draining him to death. The party already stirring returned attacks against the sentinel but soon Randal was drained of all his life. Davvin had seen enough, and summoned the power of Kelemvor to once again destroy this dwarven spirit. He charged forward, and struck it in a great faithful blast, dissipating the sentinel into thin air. Its material tie to Gildabarr however, continued to remain.
