Shrouded In Mystery. The Elders of the Eldertree Report

The party started off waking up in the Sea Creature Saloon and walked downstairs to a slew of familiar faces.   Seraphina - the former blonde (now grey) haired High Elf informant that recruited the party.   Zog - The Centaur that they beat in a tug of war competition back during the festival.   Mink - The tiny blue Kobold with glasses that gave the party a quest to find secret treasure in return for a reward.   And a new face. Morgan - A Human barbarian whose appearance I don't remember off the top of my head, sorry Mike xd.   After returning the scrying orb to Seraphina, she seemed to be in a much better mood than before. Thanking the party she began explaining details of how to get in to the tree's inner chambers and how to meet with the Elders of the Haven.   She informed the party that the barrier around the city is a magical one that is preventing all forms of escape, be it physical or magical.   Larynder, the once Pixie and friend of Dusk now true polymorphed into a potion gave insight into how the party could approach meeting with the Elders should talking with Stuntwood go poorly.   Morgan hearing all of this conversation is intruiged and tags along with the party offering his assistance in any way he can.   The party making their way to the Elder tree search around for a while before finally encountering Stuntwood and engaging their tediously long conversation with him about entering the tree.   Stuntwood is eventually persuaded by Dreamys to let the party into the Tree's inner chambers to go meet the Elders through her prestigious title as a princess of the Umbral Dominion.   Stuntwood lets the party in and digresses on a long tangent about some random things that happened in his past as the party shuffles on by him.   The party is met by an elevator platform with runes and sigils strewn about the floor of the elevator.   Daggoss figures out the elevator controls with a successful arcana check and activates it sending the party up the tree to the canopy.   Around halfway up some of the more perceptive party members begin to notice ever so slight shifting and movement coming from saplings on the elevator platform and along the walls of the elevator.   Surprising the party, two tree blights made their presence known and restrained Dreamys and Morgan.   Shortly after that three slender assassin looking treants jumped from the walls onto the platform. A battle ensues.   After a hard fought battle the elevator platform reaches to the top of the chamber.   A short rest is had after a ritual casting of Leomund's Tiny Hut by Daggoss.   The party goes into the chamber and meets the 4 Elders of the tree.   A sinister bunch who are not very receptive of the party except for two, both of the receptive ones being the older males of the Elder council.   The eldest was silenced by the others as discovered by an insight check made by Dreamys and Taldric.   The Elders also did not seem to know about these Tree Blights nor the Treant Assassins.   The party eventually left back down the elevator shaft, weighing their options to set the tree ablaze or to return back to the Sea Creature Saloon.   Upon arriving at the Saloon they are met by both Madam Blaze and Seraphina who are at the bar, Madam Blaze not drinking as she usually does.   Blaze takes the party back to the chambers where the party was initated into the Veiled Orchid Society and discusses with them about how Char has made some sort of deal with Uthryn Baelor and it seems that everything thats been happening up until this point has been due to Baelor's manipulation.   Blaze warns the party to stay on their toes as anything could happen at any moment.   The party returns to the Sea Creature Saloon and gambles their worries away into the night, but not before Taldric brings Seraphina to her room and lays her down to get some much needed rest.   The night bleeds into the next day as the party gets ready for what's to come next.