The Fall of the Grim Forge

As the second trial was being prepared and the competitors were getting ready to fight each other a man ran up to the twin Goliaths Org and Norg and started talking to them. He seemed anxious and Org and Norg's faces seemed to grow angry.

"Trials over for today" yelled Org "The blue dragonborn and the druid are now part of the Grim forge, the rest of you can come back next week". The crowd seemed defeated with many casting jealous glances towards Aust, why had he got to join unlike Blueterion he had not won anything.

"We ain't ever had a druid in our gang before" said Org before punching the questioner in the jaw. Aust was pretty sure he heard bones breaking, the man receiving the blow collapsed to ground unconscious. "Does anybody else want to question my decisions" asked Org. The assembled men and women stayed silent.

"Now that we have that settled, it seems some upstart adventurers have taken something that belongs to me. Garrett, you and Nara will take your squads north and sort the problem out. I want the adventurers dead and the thing they stole from me returned" said Org.

"It will not leave you many people here Org" Garrett started to say. The goliath looked at him as did Nara "not that you can't handle things here, I was just, you know, trying to emphasize how important this was that you would send so many out".

"It is good you understand Garrett, I would not want too many people to think they could question me. This mission is important to Frodnogag, so it is extremely crucial that it is successful if you understand what I mean" replied Org. Garrett nodded and left hurriedly to gather his squad.

Aust and Blueterion were told to settle in and find a place to sleep in the keep. Later that night they would go through the initiation ritual until then they were free to look around and get to know the few gang members left behind. So Aust and Blueterion did just that, they started looking around.

Outside Shadow was a little disappointed, he had been looking forward to the competition. He valued the opportunity to put his fighting skills to the test against another worthy opponent. The man he had been about to fight was sobbing at the missed opportunity to join the gang. Shadow offered to fight the man anyway, which brought a smile to the man's face. The fight started off fairly well for Shadow, he was much faster than the larger man and able to avoid his attacks while landing strikes of his own. Then he slipped and the large man managed to land a few blows, the final one knocking the monk out. Quack! and Morisha helped Shadow back to his feet when suddenly there was a loud crashing noise.

Blueterion and Aust were wandering the halls when they passed by the throne room and looked in. There, in a brass holder, was the stolen totem they had been sent to find. They wandered into the room when they noticed the cook sitting there. Aust started talking to the man as Blueterion picked up one of the very heavy wooden chairs and hit the man over the head. The chair did not break. Blueterion looked at the chair with interest "its a good chair" she said and then put the chair down and pushed back into place. Aust for a moment thought the man was dead, but the man was still somehow breathing. He looked at Blueterion with awe. They quickly tied the man up, in case he woke up and then grabbed the totem. Aust shape-changed into an owlbear and then with Blueterion on his back he leapt through the third story stained glass window of the throne room

Aust and Bleuterion landed in the courtyard, AUst was hurt a little by the fall but gathered his wits quickly and started to run. Those in the courtyard were stunned but started to give chase, one of those in the courtyard was Org. Morisha, Quack!, and Shadow were already running. The sight of Aust and Blueterion crashing through the glass was all they needed to know something was about to go badly. They all started running and then from the keep emerged Org riding the largest warhorse the group had ever seen.

Somehow the goliath was able to catch up to the group and a fight ensued. Org was a brute and he smashed the group with vicious blows. Shadow was badly injured and and Aust had taken so much damage that he was forced out of his owlbear shape. Finally a raging Blueterion landed two heavy blows that sent the large man stumbling. Quack fired a couple of arrows the badly injured the man. It was Blueterion who delivered the final blow just as Norg joined the battle. The battle raged on with Aust back in his owlbear form landing vicious claw attacks, and Morisha striking with eldritch blasts. Blueterion landed deadly blows with her greataxe and the giant Norg finally toppled to the ground.