Exiled - An Introduction

As the four of you settle into an awkward silence due to the incredibly pressuring heat, you wait out the rest of the journey. The crashing of lava against the hull grows stronger as time passes, but before long you have arrived at the docks.

Exiting the cramped boat, the heat outside isn't really any worse than inside the boat, as the insulation on the boat was counteracted by the fact that you were in lava. You can't spy any settlements near you, but you do see a path leading through the charred-black trees. Frankly you're surprised there's any sort of plant life here at all, as this island is little more than solid magma floating atop the water, with a large, (thankfully dormant) conical volcano sprouting from the center. The ground is searing hot, and small ribbon-wide streaks of lava run all through the earth.

Well, no better thing to do than follow the path, right? Gathering your supplies, you move onwards, following the path down for half an hour before you come across something occuring on the road...

A group of refugees from the kingdom, sent out in the most recent exile, are being held captive in a cage. A fire roars beneath them from a chasm in the ground, as fire gnolls dance around them. It seems they plan to lower the cage into the chasm.

The refugees cry out for help, but none of you are particularly skilled at combat against fire gnolls, nor are you in fighting shape...

(post an action and the encounter shall proceed. decisions can be done as individuals or a group, but group ones must be discussed. feel free to rp, too.)