Session 48

CULT HQ BASE LAYOUT (clockwise)

ALTAR

• Drider (Hidden, one from Outside) - "Tsablyn Eilsviir" (DEAD)
• ITEMS - Longsword, Longbow, Vial Poison (3x)
• ROOM ITEMS - DC 20 INV Cult of Tiamat Letter

KITCHEN

• Drow - "Solica Eilslyl"
• ITEMS - Hand Crossbow, Shortsword, 20 Rations, 3 GP, Mess Kit
• ROOM ITEMS - 60 rations

TRAINING HALL

• Drow Assassins (2x) "Talvir Omryth" & "Quave Elpragh" (DEAD)
• ITEMS - Shortsword, Light Crossbow, Vial Poison, 60 GP, 8 Rations
• ROOM ITEMS - 6 Spears, 4 Javelins, 20 Crossbow Bolts, 40 Arrows, 3 longbows, 4 shortswords

BARRACKS [east]

• (empty)
• ROOM ITEMS - 2 sleeping bags, Scroll of SpiderClimb

STORAGE ROOM

• Arachnomancer - "Jhana Faertune" (DEAD)
• ITEMS - Longsword, Longbow, 20GP, 7 day rations
• ROOM ITEMS - 300 GP, 56 SP, 3 Amethysts, Sleeping Bag, 2 man tent, 5 daggers, 10 poison vials, 4 Potions of Healing, 2 pairs boots

ENTRANCE HALL

• (empty)
• ROOM ITEMS - Silver Chalices (4x), Scroll of CREATE BONFIRE (taken by Gorrazar already)

ARMORY

• Arachnomancer (one they had faced outside) - "Umrae Coborel" (DEAD)
• ITEMS - Longsword, Longbow, 40GP, 3 day rations
• ROOM ITEMS - 4 longswords, 3 warhammers, 2 shortswords, 60 arrows, 30 crossbow bolts, 5 quarterstaffs

BARRACKS [west]

• (empty)
• ROOM ITEMS - 2 sleeping bags, Scroll of DARKNESS

COMMISSARY

• Drow Assassins (2x) "Khare Kront'taen" & "Talice Lueltar"
• ITEMS - Shortsword, Light Crossbow, Vial Poison, 30 GP, 4 Rations

PRISON

• Duergar - "Gramron Darkbelt" - Duergar Spy Duergar-spy
• ITEM - 8 SP, Hand Crossbow, Shortsword, Wargong (used to signal entry to Khor Turum) Wargong

I'm a scout of my people, making my way down our ancient pathways. The dark elves took me prisoner simply for wandering near that damn mural.

T'NIN

• Tells everyone he is leaving the group, steals LUKAS to be his guide (Lukas is still in the lamp that VRAE is holding)
• NOT coming back, has decided his time with the group is over
• Tired of the group, felt like he hasn't had a friend since MARK died
• Leaves despite protests from the others

CULT OF DROW HQ

• Discover GRAMRON DARKBELT, the Duergar Spy, in the prison. Only Bord can understand him, as he only speaks Dwarvish and Undercommon
• Gramron negotiates his way out (Narinn finding key to the cell), gets his Wargong back from Vrae (who's amulet continues to crack due to her evil wars), and tells the group that KHOR TURUM is about 3 more days down the Duergar bridge they had found.
• He then turns invisible and leaves the group alone, but OWES THEM A DEBT
• Gorrazar finds some mead and they all get to celebrating and looting the base, finding a LOT of basic weaponry, vials of poison, and RATIONS
• Da'ath is on the hunt for BLOOD WINE
• Belgar and Bord try to GRAPPLE/ Duel eachother, but find they are a perfect match (Vrae is very turned on)
• Narinn finds near the altar a parchment with the following written in Draconic and Undercommon during his watch

The Recompensators have broken faith with Tiamat, she has marked them for death. Should any allies of Tiamat in the Cabal slay any members of the Recompensators, she will reward them beyond measure. Especially if they bring her the head of the Githyanki. Bring remains to the Cult of Tiamat's Lair in the Racketh Mountains as proof to claim your reward. - Xannol

• During the night they all feel the heat and the smell of rotten corpses in the HQ, with some members of the party taking all the dead bodies and stacking them in the prison cell they found
• In the morning Da'ath sees the scroll Narinn found and destroys it in anger, warning the group that TIAMAT and her allies are not out to kill them
• They also notice mention of a CABAL Tiamat is working with in the note
• They decide to follow the bridge to Khor Turum, hoping to find a way back from there, and also hoping to be able to retrieve the WHELM hammer for the people in Gimloth

THE BRIDGE TO KHOR TURUM

• Trip is relatively uneventful as they make their way across the massive bridge
• During one watch Da'ath is attacked by a ROPER, which deals a good amount of damage to the team before it is hurled into the lava below and stopped
• Narinn makes joke about VRAE being turned on by the Roper's many tentacles

• After the final night of rest, they spot a massive dome behind a lava moat, surrounded by a massive gorge (The entrance to Khor Turum)

KHOR TURUM

• Bord flies ahead and spots DUEGAR Guards atop the ridges surrounding the road, riding MASSIVE SPIDERS
• He goes to talk to them, as they only speak Undercommon, and is told to speak to the guards at the entrance to the city
• They learn they will. need to pay 100GP each to get into Khor Turum
• They also learn they need to hand over their weapons
• Bord uses FAST FRIEND to get the Captain in charge to allow Da'ath to keep his weapons (and Narinn successfully lies about his gun being a cane and is able to keep it as well)
• The rest put their weapons into a large sack and make their way into Khor Turum, following a massive flight of steps down into the dark, ominoous city (NARINN Short Sword, BORD Pistols, VRAE Halbert, BELGAR Cross and Shortbow but kept staff, GORRAZAR everything but his staff)
• (Bord hurrying everyone along as he knows the captain is going to be mad when the FRIEND spell wears off)