Previously: [[Recap – 1156NR – Imperial – Convergence of Dr’Ang]]
Next: [[Recap – 1156NR – Imperial – Into the Halls of the Fallen]]
==== Into the Ways ====
The Party found themselves in a cave of quartzite and strange growths, requiring several feats of Acrobatic and Athletic strength to escape. Passing a scar torn into the walls, they came to the chamber of strange darkness that hid within it a creature of poison, savagery and pain. The beast had long fed on the items contained within this chamber, and had gained from it some of the powers it releases.
The party erupted into disorganized confusion, some attacking immediately, some fleeing, others casting invisibility to see how it was going to pan out. Karandar suffered successive hits of unexpected strength, dropping him to quarter health in the first round, with Erak soon to improve on his record and hit 1HP shortly thereafter. The Don held the beast in place, and skipped past, while Sal did her best to avoid contact, restoring to the Wand of Wonders as an option. The Blast of Wind from the wand dislodged all the Creatures young, which swarmed the little Sorceress, dropping her to 3HP, while the party watched helplessly.
The fight turned desperate, Karandar loosing half his left leg (just below knee) in round 3, with Sal finishing off the swarm with a lightning blast by the wand, and hits from Don, Karandar and Erak’s Radiant blows sending the mother creature running.
Inspecting the room, Karandar found a large chunk of the vord blade lodged in the wall of the warren, causing the walls to seep the blood and mucus the creature had lived off of. They jointly deduced this to the be the chunk of the blade sent flying in its final moments, that sundered the Emerald Tower, and pinned Dr’Ang in the Mistwave woods.
After finding the blade, and the blood drying up, the party elected for a short rest, with all of our learning about hit dice 😀
==== The Moaner ====
The next chamber was filled with a pool of blood, and the great tentacle ‘Moaner’ within it. The beast contained a great gem in it’s forehead, and off set the Don, leaping onto its back, then head, and finally tearing the gem from it’s head. Re-joining the group he deposited the gem before flying off again to distract it while the group made their escape at the speed of a fast hop.
A banishment spell when awry, sending the moaner back to its home plane and leaving The Don no where to go but down, down into the sweet, goupy pool of blood below, that he would soon learn flows to the very feet of Slerikek himself.
==== Lady of the Living Wood ====
The party moved on, with little to no mourning for the loud-mouthed bard, before arriving at the Warren of Naruniga, the new patron of Erak. Opening the way and releasing his patron back into her home, the party were given a guide to get them to the other side of the warren, before they set down to take a long needed rest.
Trivia: Karandar and Oromis have now saved two gods.