Session Eighty-Four: A Request for Aid

The group continued to fight their way through the volcano. They had The Lord of the Mind to guide them, but he could only point them in the direction of the next gem, in a straight line. Often, the group ran into dead ends, or twisted passageways.
Even though most of the firenewts were outside, battling with the grimlocks and the giant, there were still plenty of them inside the volcano. The group had several skirmishes with the lizards. During one such encounter, one of the firenewts, fighting Lilith, changed mannerisms and asked for aid, in a strange Urikite voice. The firenewt then shook his head and began attacking in earnest, all of the unusual behavior vanishing.
Nyla realized that they were forgetting to loot their enemies and kicked herself. In addition, there were traps in the volcanic corridors. The traps were all magma based, which the firenewts were immune to. They weren't too devastating, but they slowed their progression.
Shade was scouting ahead and saw two firenewts patrolling. Shade attempted to sneak behind them and stab one in his back, but Shade lost his grip and his iron dagger went sailing past them. One of the newts fled, while the other picked up Shade's iron dagger and threatened him with it. Shade attacked that newt, with his iron alhulak, but lost his grip on that too. It went sailing past the firenewt, into an adjoining corridor.

The rest of the group entered the corridor and the firenewt turned to flee. Shade tackled the newt and they began to fight on the ground. The firenewt stabbed Shade with his own dagger a couple of times. Shade tried to wrestle the dagger from the newt's grasp, but cut his hand on the blade, twice. Finally, Shade's pet jakhar loped over and bit the firenewt in the neck, killing him.
Shade retrieved his weapons. Down the adjacent hallway, the group found some bone barred cells. Inside were grimlocks, in dirty loincloths. None of them spoke giant, so the group communicated with the way.
The group explained that they were allies and were there to set them free. Alaxander use the way to create a dimension door, which allowed the grimlocks to escape.
The group continued to navigate the volcanic corridors. Nyla noticed one corridor was angled at a downward angle.  Shade scouted ahead again. He discovered and disarmed a couple of traps.

After a little while, he came upon a group of grimlocks mining the volcanic walls, while a couple of firenewts and a frilled flame lizard watched over them. Shade emerged from hiding and stabbed the frilled flame lizard, killing it instantly. As the rest of the group poured into the area, the firenewts fled.
Luckily, one of the grimlock slaves spoke giant. Alaxander explained that they were allies and they were there to free them. Alaxander then used the way to open a dimensional doorway. He told them they should go through it, to escape. They grimlock relayed the message to his companions and, seeing no other option, they started moving through it.
When the final grimlock was about to walk through, he stood up straight, looked at Alaxander and in a strange Balican voice asked him for help. A second later the grimlock shook his head and slouched once more. Alaxander asked him what he needed help with and the grimlock said that freeing them was the only help they needed. He then moved through the dimensional doorway.
The group was collectively confused.

Join us in two weeks for another exciting session of Adventures Under the Dark Sun. 
2nd edition AD&D Dark Sun Cast of Player Characters 
Alaxander: Human male psychokinetic. 18 years old. Played by Ben. Speaks Balican, Tyrian, Giant, and Elf. 
Nyla: Dwarf female psychometabolist/fighter. 50 years old. Played by my wife. Speaks Dwarf, Tyrian, and Urikite. 
Shade: Half-Elf male ranger/thief, 18 years old. Played by Chad. Speaks Balican, Elf, and Tyrian. 
Kalino: Human male fighter/preserver. 20 years old. NPC. Speaks Rammin, Tyrian, and Balican.
Kiara: Human female fighter/templar, 22 years old. NPC. Speaks Urikite, Raamin, and Tyrian.
Lilith: Human female psychometabolist. 18 years old. Played by Mary. Speaks Urikite, Raamin, and Tyrian.
Raco: Mul male psychometbolist. 20 years old. Played by Dave. Speaks Dwarf and Tyrian.