Re: Chapter 2: Back to the Hunting Lodge
Elwood takes a few feeble swings with his hatchet on some of the crates and winces in pain, realizing that he is lucky to be alive, let alone walking around. He walks outside the lodge to listen to his colleagues' discussion.
"Cole and Seline are right, burning down the lodge right now is a rash decision, and there will probably be consequences for that decision. As for walking away, well, that just doesn't sit right with me. Besides, this is what we do, whether it's rid evil from our little corner of the world, right wrongs, or just fill our coffers with gold. I feel that we will need to return through that portal again soon. However, our front line fighters are wounded and our spell casters have little or no spells to cast. We should head back into Rotter to heal and try to get information about what's below this lodge and who is this 'Queen of the Woods'."
Elwood stares at the dug up graves, deep in thought. "Those things in the sacks we delivered were probably made up from those bodies that were dug up, and the 'Queen' was responsible for transforming them. Are they some type of zombie eggs, animated by some dark power emanating from the tunnels below? Maybe the corpses were used to make some type of cocoons for carrion crawlers cadaver caterpillar larvae? Aye, I'm just babbling." Elwood gathers the items he took out of his backpack and repacks. "We need to go back into Rotter to rest, heal, and gather information. We know what to expect when we decide to go through that portal, and we can develop a plan of attack. Besides, we still have some items from those orcs we killed earlier today that we can sell."
[OOC - Any objections? Honestly, I'm down to 1 hp and a few orisons, but I do want to eventually return]