Valkor

Valkor:

"We quickly realized that something had happened. We set forth to rescue her. We tried to approach the Devil's abode without being seen, but weren't entirely successful. A Bearded Devil appeared just as we reached a window. He quickly escaped as he realized that he was outnumbered, but not before Glyn managed to shatter his glaive."

"We tried to work our way around the house and enter through the back, but just then, a fresh Bearded Devil teleported, again Glyn shattered the beast's glaive, but the thing's claws were almost as dangerous. Just then, two more of them appeared, one missing a glaive. It looked as if they brought friends with them, as we saw a swarm of imps also descend upon us. Fortunately, Mervil was able to keep that group at bay as we took care of the rest of the Bearded Devils. We saved the imps for last, though three of them managed to sting me several times with their poisonous stinger. I felt a bit weak, but somehow I managed to shrug it off."

"After this, we stepped into the house, first into what appeared to be a kitchen. Several humanoids were working inside, though they seemed to ignore us. We searched several rooms quickly, not finding much except food, though I did notice a storeroom stocked with bottles of exotic wine. I grabbed a bottle that looked like it was from Minourous. I don't know how you'd make wine from in a fetid, rotting swamp. A humanoid in the room seemed distressed that I had grabbed a bottle, and though I tried to communicate with it, he evaded me and ran out the door. I tried talking with several of the kitchen workers, but they seemed very absent-minded, talking only about some celebration that was happening that night. I knew we had to hurry."

"We explored the house, encountering a few more Bearded Devils, and coming upon a heavily trapped door. Without Kat, we had no way of disarming the trap. We also found a room filled with magic, though Glyn reported that after putting several items into a bag, he thought that he felt something try to grab and bite him. I cautioned the others as I suspected that the goods in this room might be cursed. After all, why would devils leave such a "treasure" room unguarded? We also found a room filled with potions, though again, the potions were suspiciously unguarded. Nonetheless, we grabbed several of the items for examination later."

"We continued upstairs, into what appeared to be a torture room, though we didn't see Kat anywhere. There was one door out of the room, though as soon as we opened it, I had a sense of dread. The room was filled with dozens of chains hanging from the ceiling. Before we could react, two Chain Devils took control of the chains in the room, lashing out at Edmund, striking him down..."