Continuing up the tunnel to the north they came upon an impressive kobold on a throne, King Merlokrep himself. He congratulated them himself and invited them to dine with him, but they refused. The battle began with Preacher casting a spell increasing Budwar's strength and Phain shooting a bolt of frost hitting the king. Merlokrep cast a spell at Phain which was ineffective. One of two of Merlokrep's flunkies was killed by Budwar, Xantumal and Hogie. Phain followed up on his last attack by moving in a dealing a devastating blow with a powerful punch fueled by his shocking grasp spell, but the king still stood. Merlokrep tried to impale Phain with his shortspear that he called "Man Sticker" but to no avail. Budwar finished him off with a powerful smite attack.
Xantumal took the king's weapon while Phain took his crown. The crown helped boost Phain's magical skills while the spear became a powerful weapon in the hands of the druid when used against any human.
Moving to the east they found the king's bed chamber. In it a beautiful kobold (for a kobold)was there willing to become one of their consorts. When they all refused she attacked but was quickly killed.
Continuing to the east the found Delek on an altar. Also in the room was a very old kobold that looked almost dead. He sent his minions to attack the group while casting spells. He summoned a swarm of rats, but the party quickly took them out as well as one of the minions. The kobold didn't last long as the party cornered him. One of the minions however fought bravely and lasted longer than both the Shaman and his king, but in the end he joined Pharasma like the rest of the kobolds.
The weapon the old kobold was using was a war razor that held powerful magic, but had to be activated by killing a helpless victim. One power allowed the blade to burn with fire, another power had a healing aspect, while the third power allowed the mind to travel to spy on another or to ask the gods important questions needing answers.
Delek was in bad shape and some healing spells repaired his wounds, but Delek was in some state of shock. He was willing to follow along, but otherwsie was unresponsive.
Backtracking their steps, they decided to check the remaining tunnels and found a nursery. Preacher killed the matron as well as some of the young kobolds sending their souls to Pharasma, but Budwar pulled him away before finishing them all off. Budwar vowed to either find a living kobold to take care of them, or come back and move them where maybe someone could raise them properly.
At this point the lower level was cleared of all creatures, so they decided to investigate the rest of the first level. They found a pair of shocker lizards in one room and a grick in another. There were some trapped rooms including a tilting room with killer statues and a magnetic room with two vargouiles in it that sapped strength with poisonous bites. The major find was a skeleton with a black gauntlet that contained some special properties. Some more research needed to be done to completely discover it's secrets.
So with everything cleared out, the group decided to head back to Sandpoint, bring back Delek for care, and get some rest.
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