Episode 8: Tell Us About the Poops!

Episode 8: Tell Us About the Poops!
The Jug or Naughts woke, refreshed, and returned to Hamun Kost at Old Owl Well. True to his word, the necromancer gave them a ring of protection he found in his diggings at the ancient ruins. PewWee seized the ring and put it on; it immediately shrank to his size, but he found he could not take it off.

The party returned to Phandalin to obtain their promised orc-killing reward from Harbin. As they entered town very late the next night, they woke the townmaster from his sleep. Needless to say, Harbin was unimpressed and a little irritated that they still had no news of Gundren, but he did reward them as promised.

The next morning, PewWee tried to give the rat he adopted in the Redbrand hideout to his nephew, Carp, but the rat showed a decided preference for PewWee. In a fit of frustration, PewWee chopped the rat's head off, traumatizing the young, blood-spattered halfling who ran inside screaming, followed by a very puzzled Qelline.

Our heroes decided to find Reidoth the druid to get information about Cragmaw Castle, where the goblins seem to have taken Gundren. Their path leads them to Thundertree, where Mulan showed decided initiative in leading the party forward, but was hesitant to answer many questions about her interest in the town. Once they arrived, though, the party's interests diverted a bit. Bobby, accompanied by Madislaka, yelled at a pair of twig blights, who paid him … less attention than he would have liked. Mulan, with PewWee and Eldeth, investigated a brown house near the outskirts of town that proved to be the home of a few ash-encrusted zombies.

In frustration with their lack of response, Bobby attacked the twig blights, freezing one with a blast of ice. Its partner retaliated in turn, injuring the wizard. The group battling zombies defeated two of them before retreating from the cloud of ash that quickly permeated the building where they fought. They met outdoors, where PewWee turned one twig blight into kindling, and Eldeth vaporized a zombie. The other soon followed, and the Jug or Naughts caught their breath in the midst of the now eerily quiet remains of Thundertree…