May 11th, 5977KR

Upon waking the following day, the clerics Carl and Burk prayed to their gods, holding a communal "Terran Mass" (it is not uncommon for dwarves and gnomes, being longstanding allies, to hold joint communion with their gods). Mallenroe's spells were refreshed as well. The PC's investigated a door behind which they had heard the squeaking of rats. They forced upon the warped door and discovered a trash filled room with 3 dire rats. They tossed the goblin corpses into the room and Leshrac unearthed several pieces of gold. Unfortunately, he also contracted filth fever. The PC's continued their search of the excavation site, locating a boarded up room, and the goblin's storeroom. They went to search the western part of the excavation site and Eli fell into a 10ft. camouflaged pit trap in the western part of the excavation site. After Eli climbed out, the party jumped over the pit. They eventually reached the goblin chief's quarters where they found him, two dire rat pets, and the statuette. After slaying the rats, the leader fled and was eventually stopped by a sleep spell from Mallenroe. The party bound him and interrogated him, discovering that the sealed chamber housed ancient evil. He resisted and was knocked out by Eli. After lengthy and grave debate, the party opted to enter the room cautiously. Before they did so, however, they reseted once more to regain lost spells and increase the readiness for whatever lurked in the room. Burk pried the boards from the door and Mallenroe used a mage hand spell to open the door. The room seemed empty, ancient, and full of evil. They pushed the goblin chief into the room and nothing happened. They entered and Mallenroe detected an aura of of overwhelming evil coming from the south wall. Carl used a spell of create water to wash away the dust from the south wall. Once the dust cleared, the PC's witnessed a wall filled with runic script. Using a nail and the wood from the table in the chieftan's room they diligently transcribed it to the wood. Then, using an obscuring mist spell, they slipped out of the excavation site and did a forced march back to town. They returned to the Vharan Nationalists and collected their reward for the statuette (300gp).