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[9] We head for Hobgobland, in the Broken Lands. During the night a chilling wind blows from the mountains causing a remarkable dropping in the temperature.

[13] Finally, after several days of dead calm, a group of 'noids tries to stop our march. It's a thick group made of 10 Goblinus Grandis, 5 Orcus Canis Oriensis, 6 Goblinus Oriensis and 1 Goblinus Grandis (looking very proud). Thanks to out spells they're soon dead meat.
We camp for the night. Ciclosporel sees a cave in the neighbourhood and we decide to explore it. Inside we find 4 Black Bears. Using mirror image and web we attack them.

[14] We continue exploring the many caves in the area. Inside one of them we immediately fall in a trap. Going on we're assailed by a group of Hobgoblins, whose lives end soon. The small cave we entered soon debouches into a bigger one, not unlike ours.

[15] We go south, where approximatively should be the City of the Stars. We enter a sandy and warm area.
A small "welcome commitee" made of 3 Hobgoblins attacks us. There's an inn-style fight. A Hobgoblin puts me KO, but my friend soon overcome him.
Questioning one of these Hobgoblins we learn that we've to go nortwest.

[18] On the walls of these caves we find a Darksnap that reminds us of our home.

[19] During the night 2 we see some Orcs, binded together, moving in the dark. They're prisoners fleeing from Hobgoblins.

[20] We reach the area of Camp Ozomo, but we camp far from the buildings.
During the night a group of Hobgoblins surround us and tries to catch us. We avert their ambush leaving on the battlefield only corpses. I feel sorry for these enemies, because from their screams during the battle it seems that they mistaked us for Orcs (what a terrible mistake). We take two prisoners and oblige them to take us to the area where we can find the way home.

[21] Ciclosporel kills one of the prisoners trying to scare him. We meet an old friend: a Crab Spider.

[22] We reach the area where the cave should be and kill the useless prisoner.

[23] We enter a cave looking for our territories. We kill 15 Giant Rats.

[24] Finally we meet a group of Shadow Elves, they arrest Ciclosporel 3 and say they'll take us to the City of the Stars.

Footnotes:

1: We're going back home, so I revert to our calendar. May Rafiel guide us.

2: I mean, during our sleep ours. Here underground there's no difference between night an day.

3: Ciclosporel is in human form (see Part 4).

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Diary written by Igor Betti and translated by 'Brizio.