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Jendri leads Gemwin, Grom, and Vindalf (Hokan is missing) to go talk to the Ironvein Duergar and explore a deeper level. Jendri offers Nimira and the other duergar some of the treasure they've gained, and they get a tour of the kitchens and the forge, which has a stream running into a deep chasm. Several of the duergar agree to hire on with the dwarves when they come back with a caravan in a few months, including the smith Snurriven and the alchemist Vorla. The party explores the chasm, first stopping on a ledge on the far side from the forge, where they discover a chimney with a rope and an escape bag. Delving into the chasm, they have a couple of close calls with Grom on the chain ladder. At the bottom, they discover another portion of the underground river, that leads to a dark lake with vines and algae. There they are suddenly attacked by a green dragon, who rises to breath poison on them before disappearing underwater again. They flee, but it breathes on them a few more times before they ascend the chasm to escape. Back up on the forge level, they recover, strategize, and offer a share of treasure to some of the duergar to help fight the dragon in its watery lair. Snurriven accidentally ruins Grom's new armor trying to repair it, and the party finds many situations in which Hokan would have been helpful.

Grom guides Gemwin, Vindalf, Jendri and Hokan as they explore a secret level that was the home of the gnome trapmaker of Khundrakar. After some trickiness with the first trap in a crawlspace, they encounter some hungry rust monsters and Grom's new plate mail is damaged. Further exploration reveals secret connections to the Glitterhame level and the mountain door, though most are gnome-sized and require dwarves to squeeze through without heavy armor. A bit of treasure, including a magical dagger, is recovered, and the party begins to consider how much of it to share with the Ironvein Duergar occupying the Forge Level.

Vindalf leads Gemwin, Jendri, Hokan and Grom as they continue to explore the former dwarfhold in Dragonfang Mountain, which they discover was called Khundrukar. They cast Speak with Dead to ask the former lord and master smith Durgeddin 5 questions, including "Can Grom use your Plate Mail?" Hokan does a bit of plumbing investigation on a derelict well, and they get more of the story of how the dwarf halls fell to orcs many years ago as they explore room to room. They speak with a half-crazy ghost, discover a portal room and the key word to unlock one of the portals to somewhere called Greywatch, and discover some secret passages that seem to lead to the duergar-controlled portion of the level. They discover a library and end up fighting an imprisoned lamia calling herself Idalla, and find a few scrolls and bits of dwarven lore to add to their collection.

After some discussion on the direction of the campaign, Gemwin leads Grom, Vindalf, Jendri, Hokan, and the freed duergar Veyra back down into the Glitterhame area, where Gemwin solo-fights two gricks, and then the party is attacked by carrion crawlers. Hokan fails to pick the Iron Door's lock, but luckily a duergar party emerges and the party negotiates up the duergar bureaucracy chain to Morga Ironvein, second-in-command of the gray dwarves. Morga agrees to let them explore parts of the halls the duergar aren't using, but forbids them access to the smithing areas. The party starts with a dwarven shrine where they battle an orc wight and two ogre skeletons, and discover the remains of the great smith Durgeddin.

The dwarves, led this session by Gemwin, take steps to secure the Mountain Door portion of Dragonfang Mountain. They bring Grom's porter Dhosus and the giant goats indoors (keeping them separate from new dire wolf friend Thrag), investigate the other commodity loads the orcs had, and strategize about how to engage the troglodytes below. They hire one of the former captives (Serena Vale), and descend down into the Glitterhame level. Instead of a full-on assault, Gemwin and Hokan negotiate with the troglodyte chieftain Khargaaz for the release of the duergar prisoner he's holding. They agree to pay in metal weapons and armor, and free duergar scout Veyra Blackflint, who tells them about the duergar leader Nimira and the other gray dwarves deeper in the dungeon.