
Candle Lighter |

"Not at all! I do so enjoy having guests. Would you like me to make you a nice lair? It really is no trouble, we still seem to have some mortals left if you would like to torment em. "
"Regrettably not, I'm too busy. Thanks for the offer, though."
Five hobgoblins follow Candle Lighter."These are the leaders of my hobgoblin army."
One of the hobgoblins frowns. "Not 'your' army. We are sending hobgoblins in to assist you. And only because the kobolds are going to help your foes."
"Right you are. Now, come on, we need to discuss plans. The dwarves are helping them too,you'll need to be prepared for many different tactics. We need to beat these morons fast if we're gonna have any chance of surviving the legions of the Mask, and the residents of the Palace. Not to mention the Jack."

.... |
A cloaked figure appears.
"I'm told that KC's been busy. Since you're back, he must have been right."
As Candle Lighter stares in shock, the figure blasts them all with ice shards. The dracolich has the sense to leave his allies to their fate, not wishing for a battle yet All but one of the hobgoblins are slain, the last one, a mage, managing to teleport.
"Knew we shouldn't've gotten involved..."

Pugglebottom the Wayward Kender |

Oooo, a barbecue!
<pulls a couple more ribs off the stick and puts them up on the grill>
My that's a nice looking barbecue fork.
<"borrows" barbecue fork and leaves a well worn copy of Quigglefoot's Guide to the Abyss: 667 Places of Interest and Shiny Stuff in its place as he flips the ribs with the new found shiny thing>
And aren't you a cute little fuzzy!
<skritches DLoT on the head>

Pugglebottom the Wayward Kender |

<looks at DLoT and all the "interesting" things he is holding>
Hey, you got neat stuff too!
<gets distracted by the movement of the herd of fiendish tribbles and scampers off after them>
Come here little fuzzy chicken gnomes!
Come here little gnome chicken fuzzies!
Come here little chicken fuzzy gnomes!
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