Like Clockwork

The adventurers had finished disposing of the last clockwork creation when Roche applauded them on a task well done. He had every confidence that they would assist him in his desire to explorer deeper into the cave.

Rearming
Though Roche told the adventurers that he had the up-most confidence in their ability to assist him, he felt that they were ill equipped to handle the terrors that may lay before them. To the end, he negotiated their payment to be transmuted into magically imbued armor. The adventurers, initially skeptical, decided that they could accept these terms.

Re-entrance
After a night of rest to allow Roche to re-cooperate from his channeling of powerful magics, the group set off again into the clockwork caverns. They initially encountered a pair of clockworks who seemed to be dropping metals into a furnace to be purified and reused later. Within this pile of refuse, the group happened upon a human tied up. The group assisted in getting him free of his binds and brought him along with them, the whole time Roche promising to assist him in finding his masters. This was much to the chagrin of the human, as he was a freeman.

First Contact
After breaking through a few doors, the group found themselves at a massive control board where they were greeted by the gnome tinkerer they had been searching for, Aledel. Aledel informed them that they would need to secure the master key from the Clockwork King in order to free him. The group was then off, traveling through the maze of the clockwork caverns to find the clockwork king.

A Small Tick
Once they reached the end of the maze, the players discovered a massive clockwork creation who seemed to be creating more clockworks. It seemed to take no notice of the players at first until the human gunslinger in his anger, shot at the Clockwork King. Battle ensued with the adventurers putting the Clockwork King out of commission. The adventurers found the key and supplied it to Eledel's minions. Before the group could see if the key worked, the Clockwork King, in it's last action, rose up and destroyed the ground beneath it and fell into a massive chasm, pulling the group with him. They all fell for a long time until they landed on some soft mushrooms. Looking around themselves before passing out, the group noticed the mushrooms were native to the Underdark ...