The Fall of Oozephantoms

The forgotten beast was a great fight. The beast was by rights an Eel, though, it's ability to freely move across the ground was quite frightening & made it more like some hellish frog. For a while it wondered the remains of the serpant-men camp. Most likely smelling the long ago rotting death that filled the area. But then it moved on into the great lake by the dwarf made entrance to the underground cavern. Slithering just out of site below the waves. The plan devised by the Milita Commander, Litast Dodokigath, was to assault from a beach head on the far side of the lake. Where they had more room to maneuverer. The plan was to have the Gloved Chances make a ranged attack & force it up where the other three squads could engage in melee.

When the time came to make the assault, the Gloved Chances got confused & instead of moving out, they milled around the barrack. Apparently Ale is more important that Orders.. All the while, the foot soldiers in The Fenced Salves advanced into the caverns below DaggerBell. They reached the underground pool but instead of waiting back for The Gloved Chances, some wondered forward and alerted the beast to their presence. It struck quickly. It leap from the previously still cave water. Onul Rinulonul, a Sword Dwarf of The Fenced Salves was the first to be attacked. He was grabbed by the massive Eel & pulled into the pool. His fellow soldiers ran to the shore & attacked the Eel as it wrestled with the poor dwarf. After a couple blows, the Eel let go of Onul & turned to the dwarves still on shore. It's massive head raised up from the pool & belched forth a cloud of poison choking the dwarves in the vapors before it returned to it's pray still sputtering in the water.

It snapped at Onul injuring the dwarf and belched out another cloud of poison, causing the water in the area to turn a sickly green. However, somehow Onul pulled himself out despite the assault. But the beast would not let it's prey get away so easily. The beast quickly followed him to shore, it's massive form glittering on the lights hanging in the cavern. Small cuts and scrapes already adorned it's body from it's earlier struggles. It bit into Onul & suck the poor dwarf like a doll. All the while the other dwarves stabbed and slashed at the massive Eel. The Eel crushed Onul to death and dropping his corpse on the cavern floor before turning to the other dwarves. But before the hideous creature could let loose another torrent of poisonous vapors, the axe dwarf, Mafol Nomaltatol leap on top of the creature & slammed his axe into the beast, imbedding the blade deep in the skull causing the frame of the monster to shudder before slumping into a pile next to poor Onul.

Though the creature was finally defeated, one dwarf lay dead on the cavern floor & many others had wounds that needed tending. The cavern beneath Daggerbell still needed much taming before it would be safe. Assuming it could ever be safe...