Editing Game-Summaries:8/1/2020 Recollections (section)

===Finding the Maze Engine...and dwarves?===
You open the door and there's an immediate wash of heat that floods over you bathing you in warmth followed quickly by prickling sweat. The orange glow in the next chamber obviates the need for any light and floods the open shaft you're in right now with the same.

The opening goes to a cliff edge and a massive pool of primordial lava that bubbles delicately. Across this lake of fire is another cliff face and ledge and upon that ledge you see several figures embroiled in conflict, and hear the clanging sounds of steel and the cracking splinters of wood breaking. The sound is almost enough to distract you from seeing a suspended gyroscope of several bright brass rings floating above the lava, each concentric ring spinning along a different axis. The contraption looks like an artificer's desk toy, more intricate with each passing moment you look at it.

Not realizing you have all been transfixed by it, a voice from the other side of the chasm snaps you back to the present. "OY THE BEASTS ARE TRYING TO ROUT US WATCH YER BACKS LADDIES AND SEND THESE FOUL CREATURES TO THE ABYSS WHENCE THEY CAME!!!" And the clanging and cracking intensifies with several war shouts.

You open the door and inside is a 200 ft across pool of lava blocking you're passage to the other side. Floating above the lava is the maze engine. On the other side of the lava is a large battle.

You fly over the lava pit!

As you draw near the maze engine the air behind to distort around you. Is hard to tell if this is an effect of heat or something else.

You slowly descend to the other side and shapes begin to resolve more clearly. You see a retinue of a a dozen heavily armored dwarves locked in battle with demons. On the far wall is a large crack where demons are entering the frat and the cliff surface is littered with the bodies of the dead, dwarf, drow, and demon alike.

The leader of the dwarven contingent notices you and tries to get a better view but is still contending with an especially large minotaurish demon.

One of the dwarves in the back not actively engaged with anyone begins turning an onager to fire upon you but the leader of the contingent manages to pull away from his fight to give his siege operator pause.

The beefiest dwarf with the burliest red beard points his axe to you and shouts "Oi!! Be ye friend er foe?!"

Before you can respond the shattering sounds of rock breaking fill the cavern and the crack on the far wall breaks open, and a cloud of rock dust blooms eventually covering the battlefield.

"Aye it does not much matter anymore!" Before the cloud envelops them you see him instruct his siegedwarf to turn back towards the demons, judging you to be the lesser threat.

The cloud deafens the battle somewhat but you hear a great snarling huff from deep in the opened wall. And two glowing red eyes, much higher than any other demon's head pierce the dusty veil.
[[File:Bruenor.jpg|thumb|Bruenor Battlehammer sees the Eternal Order arrive to save the Mithral Hall and the last of the battleragers]]
<code>you are flying close to the other side, the dwarves are too busy fighting these hoofed demons to bother fighting you as well, and some big baddy just showed up. There's bodies everywhere on the platform you are landing on.</code>