7th January

The Black Rangers descend the trap door to the dungeon beneath the ruin. They follow a long corridor. As they approach a right turn, they smell the putrid smell of rotten flesh. They pass the half-eaten corpses of giant insects - possibly bees.

Behind the turn, they see a 10’ wide double door. Ealard presses his ear against it to listen for any sounds, but does not hear any. Auciell carefully opens the door and the group enters, ready for combat. Inside are six armed dwarves, who have set up a camp. They ask the party what they want and who they are. They answer that they are just exploring and looking for treasure. The dwarves seem to relax slightly and answer that they don’t have any and that the group should leave. Taking a look around, none of the characters see anything that would indicate otherwise, so they do leave.

Walking back the long corridor they hear rythmic noises from ahead, sounding like something is jumping up and down. Whatever it is, it’s getting closer. The party reaches the ladder they used to come down here and form up around it, in case they need to get out quickly. It is now clear that the is noise is from multiple creatures and it’s very close. Eight giant frogs hop into the flickering torch lights. They are obviously mutated, with viciously sharp talons. One jumps forward and slashes into Byre, who only has time to let out one last scream; cut short as the sharp teeth sink into his neck.

Seeing this, the party scrambles up the ladder. Auciell receives one last slash from sharp talons, but the group manages to get up the ladder. Horrified, they watch as the group of frogs rips the body of Byre apart.

They decide to return to their camp to allow the shock to wear off and Auciells wounds to heal.

On the 7th of January, Byre the Hairy was torn apart by mutant frogs.