>>5311539>7…But he is nowhere to be seen. Your kobold cohort search for him, Ivno and the others crying out his name into the dark, but no response ever comes. You eventually find the dagger you left him with, and fragments of the splint which one of the others had made for his broken arm, but this is the only clue as to his fate. It is a grim reminder that, even with the closure of that connection to the expanses of the subterranean realm, there remain dangers right here in Bloodrise proper.
In that spirit, you force your forces higher, and higher still, marching them (and even yourself) to the point of exhaustion until FINALLY you reach the more worn, lived-in caverns at the edge of the surface-world, where the kobolds of Bloodrise make their home.
In your clutches: the gifts of the past, and a promise for the future!
Running late for work, but I will continue with a post-mortem of your mission, and put up the next vote, ASAP! 