The Cataclysm by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Anthologies, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780786937752
Amazon: 0786937750
Goodreads: 871672
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Published: 1992-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

*****

This Place was a mess. Whatever had happened was

through happening, but the entire cavern was a litter of

fallen stone, gravel dumps, and dust. Holding candles high,

the Lady Drule and the others with her poked about, seeing

what could be salvaged. There wasn't much: a few iron stew

bowls, Hunch's mop-handle staff, about half of the

Highbulp's prized elk antler, a few bits of fabric, a reaver's

maul, a battered stew pot, a stick used for stirring . . . odds

and ends. Most of what the clans had owned was either

destroyed or lost.

The Lady Drule shook her head sadly. "Gonna need to

forage soon," she said. " 'Bout outta stuff."

She wandered toward the entrance - or where the

entrance had been - and looked at a mighty wall of fallen

stone. There was no way out. The entrance was sealed.

Behind her, a whining voice said, "So much for that."

She turned to see the Grand Notioner, leaning on his

mop handle. "Guess so," she said.

"So what we do now?"

"Dunno." Lady Drule shrugged. "All go find Highbulp,

I guess. Let him decide."

"Decide what?" Hunch frowned. "Highbulp dumb as a

post. What bright idea he gonna have?"

"Highbulp our glorious leader," Drule pointed out. "He

think of somethin'."

"Hmph!"

He followed along, though, with all the rest, when the

Lady Drule set out in search of the Highbulp. The last she

had seen of him, he and most of the other males had been

disappearing into a crack in the back of the cave. The

search began there.

Beyond the crack was an erosion seep, a damp,

winding tunnel that led away into the hill, curving beyond

sight, heading generally upward. Drule started treading

along it, and there was a clamor behind her. "What

happen?" She turned to look.

"Nothin'," someone said. "Somebody fall down."

"Come on," the Lady Drule urged them. "Keep up."

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