quartz/content/Journal/Day094.md

2023-07-18

• find well-built but not recently used path in the mountains
• may have extended all the way to ../Places/Taverlan in the past
• come to a large gate in the side of the mountain
  • oak bound with iron
  • very well crafted
• Bayden taps cane on the door
  • requests shelter from giants
  • describes helm
  • mention scroll from ../People/Torbin and ../People/Corbin that we need to deliver also
  • after some negotiation we need to put items down and back up 50ft
  • we back up
• dwarves come outside
  • heavily armored, beards nearly touching the ground
  • wear helms of silver
  • blink as they come into the sun
  • one examines helm, other reads the letter
• tell us to come along
  • we follow
  • rotate crank to close door behind us, bar slides into place
  • it's very dark
  • damp, cold
  • tunnels are well made
  • frescoes with stories on the walls
• go through steel doors
  • dwarves seem upset that outsiders are here
  • they see helmet and are calmed
• another set of doors
  • opens into larger chamber
  • dwarves leave with helm/scroll
  • other dwarves watch us silently
• taller dwarf walks into with other dwarves
  • bald, old, beard braided into 2
  • "where did you get this helm"
    • was not taken by undead
  • doors were closed for a betrayal
  • ../People/Corbin and ../People/Torbin leaving was also a form of betrayal
• the silverhelm worn by the clan leaders
  • stolen many years ago
  • son and wife perished trying to reclaim it
• Bayden killed an undead dwarf that was wearing the helm
  • name was Drelygor Silverhelm
  • raised by cult of Orcus
• ../People/Bolg Silverhelm gestures at the wall
  • other dwarves start chiseling artwork of us
  • Lord Kyle's boys - you and your progeny are dwarf friend
  • Our dishonor is over
  • We will feast
• Will reopen commerce as asked by ../People/Torbin and ../People/Corbin

2023-07-25

• Bayden asks about potions
  • blood of a giant to make potion of giant strength ✅ 2023-08-08
  • whole dead hill giant can make a belt of giant strength ✅ 2023-08-08
    • Luca has ethical issues with this
• Great hall set up for feast
  • roast deep rothe, underground cattle that eats mushrooms
  • dwarves sing tales about their people
  • ../People/Bolg Silverhelm sings the song of loss of the silver helm
  • welcomed a half-elf into their home, spent months there
  • convinced uncle Drelygor Silverhelm to steal the helm
  • adds verse about us returning the helm