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With the keep secure, the group sat down and began to discuss the plan going forward. With an imminent Hobgoblin force marching this way, the group decided it best to prepare their defenses and set traps to meet the attackers. After a day of preparation, suddenly the temperature roared to over 90 degrees for an hour before returning to normal. Not sure of what caused this, the group merely waited it out   Valerie decided to lead the group into the strange underground tunnel beneath the keep and found it deposited the group in a cove where some fellow Helgafelians had taken refuge. Led by Dominic and a few others, the group had been pirating the lakes waters and fighting the Hobgoblins who were foolish enough to hop on a boat ever since the initial attack. The group set fire to a bunch of boats, stranding the Hobgoblins on “Sapphire Island”, but unfortunately a strange draconic beast that seemed to be with The Hand swam and climbed aboard their other two ships and ripped them to shreds.   The group returned to Vraath keep with Dominic, and found Malmiir had just arrived with the rest of their group in tow. They all prepared to meet the incoming enemy, but not before a new figure showed up. It was Fergun, one of the Hobgoblins the group had met while in Camp White Hand. He shared that many were dissatisfied about being led here under Tiamats banner, and requested mercy for those who would surrender. In return, he shared that the force led by Scarvinious that was leaving for the keep had been withdrawn and instead sent to Whiteridge! Panic spread through the group as they realized a large Hobgoblin force was heading to their dwarven hold, where mostly non-combatants were at, and a new dialogue was opened on how to handle this new threat