Dave and Christmas decided to scout the nearby fenced area. They climbed the trees nearby to survey the place. Around the base were four towers in each of the 4 corners. At the top of the tower were 4 goblins, each with an arrow and a horn. There were various buildings and humanoid races within the encampment, the building closest to the entrance seemed to still be under construction. Evelyn sent her raven familiar to investigate as well. She then attached a note to it and sent it in to deliver it to one of the hooded people within. The hooded being attacked the raven, but it flew off. This angered Everlyn, and she decided they would need to die. She lit the eastern wall on fire. Christmas swung in from the trees, stabbing one goblin and shooting another, as Dave shot at the other 2 goblins and killed them. Christmas then jumped down to Evelyn, getting hurt in the process. She healed him up and as thanks he gave her a wand of magic missile.
Meanwhile, Kernoff and Fang were by the entrance. Kernoff started to charge in, however fell in a trap, a pit opened up. Kernoff managed to catch himself as the trap door shut again. In complete darkness Kernoff felt something wet. He quickly lit a torch to see the hole flooding with water. He also noticed the shield and sword he dropped, as well as another sword. He let go as the water raised further, holding his breath, and swam down to collect the items. Fang rushed in, and tried to hit or force open the doors, but didn’t manage to change anything. As Kenoff finished collecting the items, he swam back up, and, using his Athletic Rush, managed to force the door open.
Evelyn and Christmas managed to rejoin Fang and Kernoff, as they noticed a goblin coming out. The goblin used a nearby plank and placed it on the ground, walking along the plank to get outside. Christmas and Evelyn planned a decoy mission, with Christmas faking being injured. As the goblin came out however, Dave shot it. It quickly started to hurry back within the camp. Angry that the plan failed but not willing to give up, Christmas tried to come in as well, acting as though he had been under attack. He managed to convince the goblin, especially with the addition of a few magic missiles from Evelyn slamming into him, and an arrow from Dave barely missing him. Kernoff running in and yelling started walking along the plank. The goblin came closer to Christmas and cast grease on the plank. Evelyn then cried out that they needed to retreat. Grumbling about it, Kernoff agreed and retreated.
The goblin helped Christmas in, as Christmas took a healing potion and gave one to the goblin as well. Talking about their willingness to do dirty deeds for money, the goblin told Christmas they were set for life, and the brass regularly retired. The goblin brought him to their leader, a man who introduced himself as Lo Ni. Although he could have retired, he had some unfinished business first. He gave Christmas the tour of the place, all but a hidden palace in his own place of residence, covered by a large sheet.
Another goblin had left to put out the fire, but got shot and killed by Dave. After a bit more a group of 1 goblin, 1 tengu, and 2 hobgoblins left to go and put the fire out. Our heroes waited for the group to start putting the fire out before ambushing them. Fang and Evelyn both fell as Kernoff fought with a rage they hadn’t seen before. They did however manage to kill the group as the fire still slowly burned away at the fence.