The kruthik came out of the ground and attacked the group of villagers from the back. Luckily, the heroes were all there and Aishar was ready for it. What he was not ready for was the Direguard Deathbringer, a vile undead creature whose sole purpose is to kill. The undead seemed to be giving orders to the insects who attacked ferociously. The battle seemed hopeless when 2 more kruthicks appeared close to the villagers, charging them, trying to bring the bodies back. Acane and Fylikiel combined their efforts to protect the villagers, then turned their focus on the remaining threat: The Direguard. Joe Brandis seemed to shake out of his letargy when he saw his brother fighting valiantly, and he was able to handle 2 of the kruthiks on his own! Victorious, and with very little casualities, they decided to rest.
During that night, Fylikiel and Acane went scouting the coast and located an entrance on the side of a cliff, which could have been used by the Kruthiks.
The following day, they made it to the lighthouse, where they were welcomed by the priestesses and the few remaining guards. Turns out lizardfolks had been attacking them. They were glad to see the fishermen alive, and started working with them to feed everybody. Auburn charged his brother with the task of leading those men, a task Joe accepted as a challenge. Maybe was he still good for something after all.
After a night of rest, on the darkest Midsummer day the Realms have seen in years, our Heroes set forth to the cave entrance they had spotted next to the ambush. Crawling in the narrow tunnel, they descended into a larger passage, deep in the cliff, covered with slimy fungi and puddles of water darkened by the chalky black rocks of the cliff.
Thus starts their hunt for the Kruthik hive. What are they to encounter in the depth of the sword coast, they do not know, for none of them has ever explored the depths of their world...
