Day 3 . . . May 22nd

Last we checked in upon our group of hearty adventurers, they were lost in the underdark relying upon the ancient artificer to lead the way out. They came across an area of the mine that had been severely flooded at some point and had been sealed off. It was clear from the stench and the low light emanating from the walls and floors that other beings has made a home of the sealed chambers. Phosphorescent fungi lit their way as they came to a locked door. The barbarian, anxious to approach the next room and hoping to frighten any creatures into hiding, kicked the door open, nearly severing it from its hinges. Scaring the party to the same extent as those hiding in the darkness behind the doorway.

The first look revealed a room that had been deeply flooded and where now 2 toad people and assorted creatures were living. The team worked well together and soon had claimed the room as clear. They discovered a chest and in it was 486g pieces and a beautiful, sparkly, red ruby! Led on by the expedient dispatch of their enemies (and possibly a little murky in the mind from the stench) they began to explore the dungeon in haste decimating doors and folding foes in their wake. With a small back step they found themselves in a hallway, the door to the right from whence they started, the door to the left unopened. The ranger and assassin tried to sneak into the room and investigate, but Octavio's hand slipped upon the door and sent it slamming shut behind him.

The noise awoke the savage beasts within and they descended upon the ranger, now screaming to his comrades for assistance. Toph's solution was to find another way around but the much more loyal Sarkon fought his way into the room to lift his companion to safety and healing at Dagoby's hands. The rest of the group took charge upon the room and though taking some injurious blows, they eventually conquered the room. Once again they discovered doorways (some secret..shhhh) and found themselves some loot by pure brute force and a LOT of broken stone.

This led them onto a room ablaze with various colors of phosphorescent fungi. The walls and floors were lined with colonies of various colors, hiding 3 chests. Garanth immediately thought to use a float spell and open one of the chests. With a spray of spores, he immediately began to feel quite ill. Realizing that he had been infected, he decided to sacrifice himself further for the greater good and the greater reward. He opened the chests and brought the contents back to the party who amazed at its glorious wonder!

He made one last float to the other side of the massive room and opened the next door. Taunting the creatures in that room he got them to lead chase into the room of fungi, creatively taking out all the foe in one fell swoop!

The group rejoined and found an alternative way around the room, finding the obvious living quarters of the lycans and recovering one bracer of archery and a pair of wild runners. They discovered seven small treasure chests with a total of 600g worth of Residuum, 125g, 167g, 54s, and 80 copper plus a moon stone worth 100g. They also found Dwarven Grieves, phylactery of divinity, Adamantium weapon (+2 resists), a polyglot gem and an orb of sanguinary repercussions. The travelers continued towards Forgehomme.

At the gates of Forgehomme they were met by two very large guards who questioned if any of the party were infected since the Underdark was known to be notoriously diseased. As two of the members were ill, they were escorted directly into the city's Temple ward and into a temple dedicated to Moriden. The clerics would clean the fallen party members for gold but Dagoby used his negotiation skills to allow them to stay the night and let him heal them in the morning.

The party found places to bed down for a long rest before they began their adventures anew with a mission to find information on the lost labyrinth.

(Party loot distributed as such:
600g of Residuum and 881g was kept in a party pot to be distributed as needed. The ruby and moonstone were also kept with the party loot.
Octavio received one bracer of archery
Sarkon received the wild runners
Loodra received the pair of dwarven grieves (est. sell price of $2572.50g in town)
Dagoby received the phylactery of divinity
Toph received the Adamantium weapon
Garanth received the orb of sanguinary repercussions.
Gwen received an earlier magical item (feel free to post it if you would like Aly)

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Day 2 . . . May 16th

(To keep continuity on this blog I'm posting Evan's recap from 5/16)

The adventurers moved their way through Castle Rivenroar clearing out the last of the damnable monsters. Eventually, they discovered a secret staircase that lead up to Sinruth's chambers. As they entered, it was clear that he was just finishing up a ritual. He mocked the intrepid explorers for being too late, and that he had already sacrificed the rest of the living prisoners on a ceremonial altar.

The team came together as one and began to defeat their foe. However, as the ritual seemed to take effect, Sinruth fell to a knee. Before their eyes, huge bat-like wings sprouted from his back and he grew by 1 size (becoming a Large enemy). He seemed much stronger and could take blows with a laugh. He mocked the team again, and they all fell one by one. But the next thing they knew, they awoke in the Shadowfell.

Gwen had experience in the Shadowfell, and lead the explorers through the blank gray mists until they found a Temple of the Raven Queen (the good god of death). Inside the Temple they met the Angel of Prophecy, who informed them that 9 long years had passed since they were killed by Sinruth. In that time, his power had risen exponentially. They regretted to inform the group that Sinruth was now at the brink of Godhood. All the other gods didn't want Sinruth becoming an immortal, and begged our adventurers to lend their help.

Sinruth got his power from a ritual he found in a Temple of Tiamat. The gods have decided to send the team back in time to stop the building of the temple so Sinruth can never find the ritual inside. The group happily agreed, especially after finding out that all have a spark of divinity inside them waiting to be ignited. With a clap of his hands, the group appeared back in Castle Rivenroar sometime in the past. It was bustling with activity, and they met Mirruth von Urdtcht. He didn't have any idea about a Temple of Tiamat and told them to go ask Bombadur Silvervein, an absurdly old Dwarf Artificer in Forgehome - a big Dwarven city nearby.

The adventurers got into a fight with some gnolls along the way but soon made their way to Hammerfist.

After arriving in this fine town, they soon got into a fight at the Bloody Anus, a wicked fun gay club in Hammerfist, and eventually found Bombadur. He felt that a Temple of Tiamat would only be founded by aberrant creatures from the Far Realm. He recalled that there was a portal to the Far Realm that was sealed off eons ago in a Lost Labyrinth deep in the Underdark. He suggested that their first stop should be Forgehome, a huge Dwarven mining city deep beneath the earth.

So, off they went, into the Underdark via a malfunctioned teleportion elixir. Instead of appearing in Forgehome as Bombadur expected, they appeared lost in the Underdark. Bombadur thinks he can lead the way to Forgehome and so the team began to head that way. One attack by a Dire Bear later, they were well on their way!

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