The Sausage Party discovers the plot of Explicitica Defilus

Discovery, Exploration

The party finds many of the denizens in the town of Barrelben have been mind controlled, and are behaving as a hive mind. They forcefully infiltrate the defiled and compromised temple of Melora - The Wildmother (although not without first trying a diplomatic method). In doing so, they find a young girl named Ciri who explains to them that a Yuan-Ti society has gained posession of a powerful artifact and is using it to dominate the denizens of the empire such that it can launch a full scale invasion.   She explains how the party can find the Yuan-Ti society of Sy'raxyl, and of a secret underground pass they can use to infiltrate directly into the lower chambers of their palace, where they can find the tyrannical Yuan-Ti leader helming this plot, Explicitca Defilus.

The diplomatic attempt at entry involved Sir Farquaad imbibing a magical herbal vapor of firebreathing, purchased from Orley Talisen in Oleville, and pleading with the mind controlled clerics of Melora to heal him from his supposed "disease". Despite this very inspired and creative idea, the clerics unfortunately did not allow entry into the temple, which forced the Sausage Party into a violent conflict.