Blog updated. Made one little revision. In Part 2, Thulla says the following:
“Anyway,” she continued. “There was an accident. We found the entrance to some temple. True Soul Nere led the way inside. A trap was sprung. There was a cave-in. He was screaming about poison filling the chamber he was in. Then all went quiet.”
“That’s when I noticed Sergeant Thrinn was unconscious on the floor near me,” said Thulla with a grin. “She’s the leader of the duergar under True Soul Nere. Well, actually, she’s the cult duergar leader. There’s two factions; True Soul Cult faction and the regular duergar faction. Most of the duergar, however, are mercenaries hired by Nere.”
I now changed it to:
“Anyway,” she continued. “There was an accident; a cave-in. I noticed Sergeant Thrinn was unconscious on the floor near me,” said Thulla with a grin. “She’s the leader of the duergar under True Soul Nere. Well, actually, she’s the cult duergar leader. There’s two factions; True Soul Cult faction and the regular duergar faction. Most of the duergar, however, are mercenaries hired by Nere.”
I realized after replaying the Grymforge area that Thrinn's boots getting stolen had nothing to do with Nere being trapped in the temple area. It is clear based on dialogue that Nere gets trapped shortly before the MC and party arrive at the forge. The duergar who escorts you has a convo with the duergar at the forge, and you learn that the duergar with you was sent out to check on Gekh. While he was out, that is when Nere winds up getting trapped in the temple area under the rubble. Thus, the duergar at the forge informs the one escorting the MC of the incident. Therefore, any areas in the story mentioning Nere being trapped in the temple area were removed. Now, just as the MC arrives, they learn about Nere's fate.
Hint hint. Part 6 takes us to Grymforge.
