Session XII

Loss

 * 1) Party finds a giant, black spider mount and a duergar (Ylthgar the Mighty). Gerhman talks with the duergar and talks about the recent encounter. The duergar offers to help those sleep poisoned and a place to rest. Party hears the presence of a Beholder within the caverns of the Underdark. The group arrives in a city of duergar called [blank], and meets his wife (Tordel). Home on stalactite is owned by a person who prefers to be isolated & randomly showed up one day. Talk about how Lodestar has been mistreating the native Duergar. Tordel had a vision from Onyx about the party arriving in the city.
 * 2) Ylthgar grabs out a bottle of liquid called “Gut Buster” to force them awake from the Sleeping Poison. It’s a liquid of high alcohol content that is one of the strongest drinks in the land. Everyone wakes up, Iados and Corwin tank it except for Mantra. Iados left after finding out Girahim is still in the Duergar city.
 * 3) Party plans to scare the miners away from the closest entrance to the duergar with distraction & then collapse the tunnel to prevent Lodestar an easy-access to the duergar. Grab the explosives from the miners and have Idaos use a fire bolt to light the place up. Party prepares for the plan while Iados goes off to find Girahim. Iados sees the symbols of the three factions of the Blood Hunters painted on the wall with his blood.
 * 4) Girahim is found hanging on the wall, dead. His blood used to paint the symbols of the Blood Hunters & a message: “A price to be paid”. The group prepares to begin the plan. The party scares the miners with only one casualty (Thanks Joraxx), and everyone gets to work with the dynamite. Iados and Jorax gtfo. Party heads back to the city and finds out that the city is on lockdown. The party sees Lavato and shit goes down. Iados kills Lavato and he banishes Iados to the Abyss.
 * 5) A balor orders Iados to walk down a path and touch a silver orb. Iados attempts to fight the change within him. The party and Steel Guard go to Beatrix to rescue Iados from the Abyss and results in a successful rescue operation with Joraxx burned to a crisp. Reduced to atoms. Gone. Gerhman changes weapons from two short swords to a sword and shield and the party regroups.