Delith: the gang, all here?
As you watch Shorty take a few steps towards Orkex and start to wonder if half-ogre brains taste any good to an ilithid, you hear some noise behind you like rock heavily hitting more rock. You turn around and see Dualis and a stone golem.
Dualis:"Hello all, welcome to my home. Please be careful I just had the floor washed." he smiles. "How is it going? Have you gotten what you need yet to go get the Orb?" he pauses and pulls out a battle axe. "Oh, Warwick, I believe this is yours and yes it was your ancestors axe Troll Carver that was reforged to be Giant Cleaver in honor of what was done in the dragon wars. There is a new book in the library if you want to read about the axe." he then motions to the stone golem. "This here is Rocky, he can help if you need some heavy lifting. Now is there anything else you need to get ready?" he sees the Chest. "Ah, I see you have met chest. Nice little thing, can be a bit temperamental though."
--DM2