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Well, Carlton did not disgrace himself you will be pleased to hear.

However what actually happened was not as successful as the rest of the party probably think.

They decided to follow the two elf-esque tracks that left the killing ground with some of the goblinoids. They knew there were upwards of 35-40 other goblinoids of various sizes that left in many other directions, but concentrated on the elf-esque types.

Luckily Kor'Ath decided to travel above the rest and in an invisible state. He spotted a goblinoid, and others heard the cackling laugh of it. Kor'Venga was attacked from a different direction and suffered a little damage from Magic Missiles. He could not see the attacker, but was able to discern the direction of the attack. He leaped on to a prominent rock behind which he thought the attacker was hiding. - He suffered another attack, but still did not see the attacker.

Kor'Ath flew to a point he considered to be behind the attacker, hoping to flank it. Both the half-ogre-mages found themselves unable to see a thing, and the rest of the party saw them disappear into a large area of darkness.

Carlton was immediately surrounded by a number of goblins & goblinoids. He noticed, just as others did that the attackers were often deformed with such afflictions as shortened limbs, missing or extraneous fingers or toes and the like.

Kor'Venga leaped out of the darkness, and Kor'Ath flew upwards leaving the attacker inside its own spell area. Kor'Venga moved over to where the laughter came from, saw a goblinoid wearing cone parts of the armour and accoutrements of the dead mountain guards, and carrying a twisted stick.

Kor'Venga attacked the hobgoblin who looked to be some form of leader or Shaman. The Hobgoblin spoke to him in giant. Calling him friend and asking him not to attack because they were on the same side. Kor'Venga slaughtered the Shaman who died tying to say something that was lost on Kor'Venga.

Kor'Ath noticed a Drow entering the area of darkness, and the two Half-Ogre-Mages moved to the edge of the darkness and listened. They heard talking in a language they did not understand, but Kor'Ath was able to gather that one of the two voices sounded sad. Then there was a scream, and Kor'Ath stepped into the darkness, moving to the area where he judged the voices to have come from. He called in Goblin to say they were defeated and to withdraw.

Kor'Ath used his Naginata and swung the weapon in a great arc. Estimating that he stood a slim chance of hitting the attacker or attackers. He felt the weapon bite. (Having rolled a 20 despite all the negatives.) Then a wet sound and a gurgling cry followed by the darkness fading. He was left standing close to the bodies of a drow sorceress and a drow warrior. The warrior with its throat cut and the sorceress slumped over her ornate dagger, which was thrust under her ribcage and into her heart.

Kor'Ath's ruse had worked, the goblinoids ran for their lives. This left the party with no clue as to what had really happened. No clue what the Shaman might have been trying to tell Kor'Venga. No clue what the Drow were doing in the mountains. The two drow had been given a perfect opportunity to take their own lives rather than be captured alive. The Shaman slaughtered without mercy.

Yes folks. You might congratulate yourselves on beating the enemy, but on a DC 10 listen check your DM will be heard chuckling.

Len