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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kayne" data-source="post: 1123193" data-attributes="member: 13153">Miles' Journal - Part SeventeenChes 4th  (continued) - We got our asses handed to us to cut a long story short! Adamo, Vorin and Deirdre killed in the attack and Geoff fled from the carnage that a drow ambush, backed by a trio of strange skinless undead creatures inflicted upon us. To be sure a lot of the blame for the fiasco can be placed on Adamo's impatience (he went ahead without us having devised any kind of actual plan of attack), and also the confusion that Deirdres inset swarm spell caused to our side as it had no effect on the undead. When I realised the scale of the disaster that was unfolding I got spells cast on me to render me invisible and able to climb and headed down the shaft (the hole led down to a short corridor ending at a vertical shaft some 70' deep). Using my teleport ring I was able to retrieve Adamo's corpse, and I teleported away as Vorin was fighting a last stand, leaving him to die (which frankly he deserved for heading down into the fight against instructions not to). The only thing is that I didn't end up at the top of the shaft, or even outside the crypts where I had thought to teleport to... no, I ended up in a dwarfhold. In the pitch blackness I stumbled into a pair of guards, and was promptly arrested, questioned and imprisoned, then questioned again, then left for the night in a damp cold lightless cell, who knows where!Ches 5th - The dwarves restored life to Adamo during the night as I had told them yesterday that he could verify my wild story about how I ended up in their halls. They subjected the both of us to a barrage of spells and instructed us that we could not lie and to recite our tale again. In actual fact I felt no such compulsion to tell the truth, their magic failed, but I felt my return to Daggerdale would be best expedited by indulging in a little honesty. In short order the two of us were kicked out of the dwarf hold and instructed that the nearest human city lay some distance away. On checking through our things which were returned to us, we noticed that all the mithril items we had in the bag of holding (which Adamo is usually entrusted with carrying) were gone... payment it seems for his restoration. We flew (thanks Adamo) along the rough directions that we had been given until we came to Darromar, the capital of Tethyr. My spell had indeed sent us astray, we were hundreds of miles from my homeland.Darromar though astounded me. I had always thought that Dagger Falls was a big settlement, and not really understood the difference between a town and a city. I know now my error in thinking. A neighbourhood of this place could have swallowed my home town whole. Truly if Zhentil Keep, home of my sworn enemies, is built to such a scale, and I have little doubt but that it must be, then my self appointed mission to eradicate the Zhentarim and their minions seems nigh on impossible. I could see that Adamo was impressed with the place, but to a much lesser degree than I. I assume the sight of such a vast settlement isn't that new to him. We searched the city on foot until we found a shop selling scrolls and were able to purchase a teleport scroll powerful enough to transport the both of us. Adamo did the honours and we vanished, reappearing in the main square of Dagger Falls and making our way to the Inn the Crusaders generally stay at, startling our comrades who I assume had given us up for dead. I then set off to report to Respen who was impressed to see that Pavels information about my untimely demise was wrong. I think I have gone up a little in his esteem for this feat, especially once I informed him of what had actually happened. Having said that he was very unimpressed with our groups progress thus far, as the drow have continued their raids during the past couple days. I was summarily dismissed and told to get on with the job.Ches 6th - After a group consensus we have realised that we need to upgrade our equipment to deal with threats below, as our initial foray pointed out more than a few shortcomings with the groups abilitys. We traded in our excess items to the Thayans and with the funds gained, I paid for a couple items to enhance my effectiveness. Nightvision Goggles as being blind in the underdark is the same as being useless, and Gauntlets of Ogre Power to enable me to carry more and hit harder. They will take several days to make. Respen was less than impressed with our group spending such vast sums in the Enclave but could provide no local wizard who could do the work instead. I would rather not have to give money to the Red Wizards cause, but I will not let that stand in the way of me doing my job which is to wipe out threats to my country.Ches 7th - Nothing much happened today, spent a fair sum in the Inn on good food and drink. Paid for a bath also.Ches 8th - The only notable thing that happened today was that Yvgeny got poisoned in an assassination attempt. We know that there is an assassin in town stalking him, sent by some people he annoyed ages back in Scardale apparently. However, with no more information than that we are unable to track him. Thankfully the poison was easily overcome.Ches 9th to 12th - Resting up in Dagger Falls, the party is spread out to an extent, with Halbrinn owning a house and staying there, and Yvgeny despite the threat to his life, staying in his rooms above a bakery. On checking with Respen we learn of several people in town seeking us for fair means or foul, but none approach us.Ches 13th - Went to the enclave and collected my items from the Thayans. Good workmanship, though it pains me to admit it, the wizards produce quality work. There has been another attempt on Yvgeny's life, as he was shot by several arrows in a street after dark. We still have no clues to his attackers identity to go on though. He has gained a bodyguard however, a Mystran cleric by the name of Aeron Corynian, aparently sent from Shadowdale to aid us in stopping the drow (our neighbours have had battles with the dark elves in the past and no doubt wish to send aid to our cause so that our struggle does not also become theirs).Ches 14th - We set off early this morning, back to the crypts which we discover have been extensively trapped in the past tenday while we rested and re-equipped. We made very slow progress through the crypts, led by Halbrinn and myself and we systematically disarmed them, right up until we ran into a wall that wasn't there before, blocking the entrance to the cave with the hole in the floor. What is worse is that the wall then came alive, and grabbed hold of Halbrinn and I and proceded to beat the snot out of us. A mimic no less, and a very large one at that as it completely filled the corridor. We struggled for some time, Pavel assuming troll form and trying to aid us but to no avail and he ended up getting stuck himself. Adamo summoned a creature of some sort (I've given up trying to identify the monstrosities he conjures, but I no longer fear them, despite how bizarre they are), but that proved to be no help either. Finally a rope was thrown to us by Yvgeny and Aeron and with their help pulling on it, I and then Halbrinn were pulled from the creatures clutches. No such luck for Pavel though as he was absorbed and I presume devoured by the creature. So much for my first command, eaten by a wall! At least I am consoled somewhat that Respen didn't trust him, so I am unlikely to get too much said about his demise. Still it doesn't look good on my record.We then retreated, leaving the mimic to its grisly feast and backed up to a better position, waiting for Aeron to re-memorise his spells as he claimed knowledge of a spell that could dismiss the creature to another plane of existence (Adamo having deduced that this particular mimic was fiendish in origin and thus not native to Faerun). That done we headed back to confront the creature only to find that it had gone. We entered the cavern it had been guarding, and noticed that the hole had been covered over with boards, which Halbrinn discovered to his cost had been trapped, as his clumsy attempt to determine if there was a trap triggered a fireball. At this the mimic sprung its trap, pouring off the ceiling of the corridor to seal us in the cavern. Adamo summoned lightning firing flying creatures to battle it, they seeming to have some effect while Aeron tried to dismiss it, finally succeeding on his third attempt, sending the infernal creature back to whatever hell it came from. Given that we had depleted a lot of our spells, we rested to prepare to attack down the hole at full strength.</blockquote>

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