From Greenest to Raider Camp

Before we set out from Greenest, Aberard does a bit of cogitation upon the subject of the attackers, and shares his wisdom:

The cult seems to refer to a Queen, and the cult worships Tiamat - whose many heads represent the various chromatic dragons. I'm assuming the Queen and Tiamat are one and the same, but I'm not certain yet. It is said that Tiamat has been imprisoned in the 9 hells for aeons! I'm sure she is a bit disgruntled, but it was surely for the best...

Not long after leaving Greenest, we come upon a small group of humans and kobolds, a small group of the raiders. No challenge for our merry band! I did receive my first wound though! Great joy! I remembered my lessons on meditation, and put them to good use. We interrogate one of the humans, and Leoben intimidates one to spill his beans. Unfortunately, he also spilled the contents of his bladder, and we had to move on. I can't recall anything important being revealed - I just think Leoben likes to bully people, but I'll reserve judgement.

We follow the trail, and we come upon an obvious ambush. Actually, I found the ambush. But if I must be truthful, I stumbled into the ambush. But I did manage to expertly deflect a crossbow bolt directly back at its shooter! Of course, the next two bolts were not deflected at all... Things went dark for a while.

By the time I was revived, it seemed Leoben had brokered some kind of truce. But of course, that was just a ruse to get closer to the ambushers! The battle was not very long, but one of their leaders managed to escape.

The next day, we arrive at the raider camp. It appears very defensible! Leoben and I decide to infiltrate the camp, wearing some black robes with purple trim that we liberated from the ambushers. We had some difficulties getting any information at all, but we did manage to get a few tidbits: There appears to be some sort of dragon (or draconic at least) creature in the caves at the back; There is someone named Rezmir (half dragon) who seems to be in charge here...

We are able to confirm that Leosin is here, but I can't find him! In the end, Leoben and I decide to leave, regroup with our companions, and discuss a better course of action that we can take as a group.

As told by Aoth,

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