Re: Return to the Western Heartlands
Surface Camp
Ulfric takes the first watch, standing sentry as the last of the light leaves and darkness descends over the Trielta Hills. The exhausted ex-prisoners are quickly asleep, and the air is silent aside from the occasional snore.
After several bells, Ulfric wakes Kitheras to take the next watch. They're in the process of handing over when distant movement catches Kitheras's eye. Both of them turn, looking to the east, and after a moment they're able to localize three large, dark shapes flying some ways off. They don't seem to be coming directly towards the group, but in the darkness it's hard to tell.
((ooc: Ulfric and Kitheras, please roll Int checks to help ranging and identification. There is a penalty, due to the darkness, so roll low.))
The Mine
The exit tunnel is sized for a dwarf or gnome. It's comfortable enough for Krackor, but both Corym and Torvek need to walk crouched over. It heads northeast and is in general as straight as an arrow, descending slightly with a gentle angle. This is a hard rock mining tunnel, however, so there are two places where the tunnel shifts to one side or another to better follow the vein of ore. Whatever it might have been; the miners were extremely thorough and have left nothing behind.
The rails from the first room continue on down the center of the tunnel. The iron torches and sconces continue as well, though the enchantments are failing even worse in this stretch and only two are still lit.
After about four hundred feet, the tunnel abruptly opens into a rectangular room about eighty feet wide. The rails continue across the room and disappear into another tunnel almost directly across from you. The room contains the crumbling wreckage of wood benches and tables, along with two massive bellows flanking the opposite exit. They are instantly recognizable to Krackor: these are ventilation bellows, and were used to supplement air supply in mines. They are completely inoperable, though fortunately there seems to be enough air down here to support you. At least for now.
((ooc: No map, since this is a very boring room.))