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Message: <blockquote data-quote="diaglo" data-source="post: 1291257" data-attributes="member: 2885">A plan falls into place...The first day's journey was cut short as the party neared Elven's Crossing. Dumic wanted to restock and rest. Elven Crossing had maybe 10 or so buildings in the heart of the town. The Inn was the largest. The Lady of the Inn made a big show of caring for Dumic the Red. Jhaer Brightsong left early. Arendel and Calrom left right after. Fiddle, Sully, and Alya in altered form entertained the large man and the small community. Darian and the animals kept watch for trouble. Alya didn't stay long. Her disguise magic was only good for an hour or so. Fiddle convinced several of the locals to help him carry Dumic to bed later. He paid them with Dumic's purse. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Calrom chose the north road along the Ashaba River. The next few days were harder. No beasts nor bandits bothered the party, but it always seemed like something was just out of sight. They placed extra emphasis on keeping the elf hidden from Dumic. Jhaer on the other hand knew. She kept the secret. She cautioned against letting more humans know.Fiddle's birthday came and went. Much like all of his others were. He spent it on the road. He was a traveling hin afterall. They made good time. And Fiddle, Arendel, and Calrom provided from the wilds. While Sully cooked with his usual flair. Sully was not his normal self. He was worried about the vial of Dragon's blood.The party reached Shadowdale. The Old Skull Inn and the Twisted Tower of Lord Mourgrym beckoned. Fiddle knew he could reach the Underdark now. He just needed to get inside the Old Skull and back to the Portal nexus. From there door number 12 led to the drow hallway the party had visited before. But how to get there without alerting Dumic or Jhaer or the residents.Darian took the prisoner in secret to the Temple of Lathander. And Jhaer disappeared yet again. Arendel and Calrom again followed her. That left Alya in altered form, Sully, and Fiddle to handle Dumic. The Old Skull was hopping. Alya disappeared early again."I visited the portal," Alya told Sully and Fiddle in private later."Ha, I knew I wasn't the only one thinking of a way," Fiddle leapt with joy."What portal?" Sully asked."The one that will lead us to the Underdark," Fiddle replied. "Behind door #12 I saw a drow and a...""The Underdark," Sully smiled. "I'm in. But what do we do?""If I can get ahold of Arendel," Alya grinned. "I have a plan."The plan was simple. Sully and Arendel would enter invisibly into the portal nexus. And from there go thru door #12. Sully would check for the presence of the Underdark magic. If lucky, Arendel would shape the wall or a column of stone and insert the vial. A week later the party would return and collect the vial.</blockquote>

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