Gol’den Chile springs to Aric’s aid and pummels the bugbear who cries out in pain and anger. With Aric and the monk flanking him and both hitting him hard he is soon badly wounded and tries to flee up the corridor; however despite his size and great strength he is unable to barge past Brother Bother, who has run to the sound of battle. A few more blows bring the brute down.

Taking advantage of the distraction the wizard flees past the fight and runs up the stairs. The two monks rush after her, leaving Aric to be assaulted by the goblin wives. The are puny but the half-elf is in no great shape himself and is soon surrounded by clawing monsters. They are somewhat cowed when he fells one and threatens the rest but they do not let him be and he is forced to shove one out of the way and run up the stairs after his friends.

On reaching the upper level the wizard has raised the alarm and Chile is faced with a goblin warrior in the entrance hall. Another two warriors and a goblin dog soon join him, and as Aric follows Bother out of the stairwell another group of goblins emerge from a barracks room behind him. Surrounded and outnumbered the fighting is intense and only Brother Bother’s repeated healing magic keeps everyone on their feet.

Gol’den Chile leaves the melee and sprints after the wizard, who has fled at top speed across the rope bridge. He manages to catch her, bring her down and choke her unconscious before throwing her over his shoulder and rushing back. Arriving just in time he helps Bother and Aric kill most of the goblins, with only two surviving to flee in panic. One of these is trapped in the corridor outside the chief’s throne room and as the monks head back down the stairs to loot the bugbear Aric casually peppers the pleading coward with arrows until he dies.

When they have finished searching their defeated foes the party decide it’s probably time to haul the unconscious mage back to town …

Experience: 982 each (which by my reckoning takes you to 9,545 in total).