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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eccles" data-source="post: 1419185" data-attributes="member: 5675">Miles' JournalPart 24-------Mirtul 5th - After spending a day catching up with Rand and getting him healed up, as well as deciding upon a strategy, we set out this morning back towards Glouroth's Chasm to try again to slay the shadow dragon and clear us a path towards Maerimydra. However it would seem that Beshaba thought to send us some of her ill luck, and on the way we encountered a female drow cleric, the same one we had killed not long back, apparently returned to life, or unlife at any rate. She proved to be a fairly mindless for however, and despite her formidable array defensive magics, we easily overpowered her, though not before I had gotten seriously injured. Having gone only an hour into our trip to the chasm, we carried on for a couple more hours and then made camp as we needed to heal up and replenish spells. Rand took Adamo's old acid dripping dagger out of the storage bag and cut the rest of the metal rings from his flesh. Mirtul 6th - We set off again, with Aeron regaling us as we walked with a dream that he had recently, which he was pondering the meaning of. I couldn't decipher any meaning to it either, but then I care less about such ephemeral matters. My god has never seen fit to send me a message in a dream, because Mask knows that I have far less frivolous things to occupy my thoughts already. Thankfully apart from our clerics prattle, noting interrupted our journey to the chasm today. A few minutes walk before the tunnel opened into the base of it, we cast our various magics to shield ourselves. We then stormed into the chasm, quickly dealing with the dragons remaining gargoyles, which Yvgeny calls Kir-Lanan, or godless ones. I have not bothered to ask him why. We were then forced into a running battle with the dragon itself, as while our initial plan worked and we glued its wings to its body (Rand using telekinesis to blast a load of tanglefoot bags into the creature), we then discovered that the blasted thing could dimension door. We were forced into chasing it around numerous caves dotted around the chasm walls until it eventually ran out of spells. I am proud to say that it was my blade Slayer that ended the creature's life (and Slayer is so proud I've had to sheath him as I got tired of listening to round after round of "Who Da Man!!" He is still doing it now, as there is the sound of muffled talking from my scabbard). We have gained substantial riches from the dragon's hoard and the smaller hauls from the bodies of its minions, so we decided to spend a couple days to properly count and sort all the treasure, as well as restore Rand and Aeron who again took the brunt of the dragon's life draining darkness breath. Amazingly we cleared the entire chasm this time suffering only a slight scratch to Stedd as physical wounds. Mirtul 7th - We spent today resting and sorting treasure, as Halbrinn did his identifying magic on several items that had auras. In sheer coinage my cut came to approximately 3108 gold pieces! My fortunes are looking good, and I should be able to purchase something good from the enclave on our next trip back to Dagger Falls, assuming I survive that long. Whilst Halbrinn was busy, the rest of us got a fire started and relaxed, and we were then duly attacked by a quartet of Mind Flayers, they floating into our cave (the former dragons lair) and attacking with their mental powers, taking me out almost instantly. I have no recollection of what happened whilst I stood stunned, and I snapped out of the effect to see one dead illithid and my companions unharmed. I learned that after a brief battle, the other three flayers planeshifted away, they having taken quite a pounding from Aeron and Rand who unleashed a storm of lightning and fire at them. Once Halbrinn had finished, we decided to abandon resting for the remainder of the day and press on, lest the illithids return with reinforcements. Thankfully our continued voyage was free of any encounters, and after several hours we made camp. Mirtul 8th - A night free of attacks was pleasant indeed and we continued on our way this morning. With Glouroth's Chasm behind us, the map shows that the next named location between us and Maerimydra is Lich's Mire. Needless to say the implication of a confrontation with a Lich has dulled the party's spirits somewhat. Also our spellcasters say that something is wrong with the Weave, a disruption of some sort. After studying it for a while, Halbrinn was able to determine that the effect is wide reaching and it empowers negative energy spells and suppresses positive energy magic, making healing more difficult and bolstering the undead... including no doubt the Lich! This has to be due the Great Revenance, it certainly fits the bill as an effect that the necromantic priests of Kiaransalee would hope to create and profit from. We are running out of time. Around noon the tunnel split in two. After Rand and I checked tracks on the floor, we had reason to believe that the side tunnel could well lead to the surface and we have decided to pursue it as we could use a return to Dagger Falls to report our findings and progress, as well as resupply and upgrade our equipment. We encountered nothing during the rest of the day, and eventually made camp a few hours trek down the tunnel, planning for Aeron to commune tomorrow morning as to whether this tunnel does lead to the surface. Mirtul 9th - Yvgeny did an augury instead, and we learned that "Neither Weal nor Woe will assail us in the next 12 hours". With that in mind we continued down the side tunnel, though I am a little concerned that we are still not sure whether this route will return us to the surface or not. Nothing harassed us today though. Peace for two days in the underdark. It just isn't right! Mirtul 10th - We wandered all day without any encounters. When we made camp, I voiced the concern that had been gnawing at me that we could well be going off track, and that time was not on our side. Rand in his searching around found a long dead body, rotted away to mere bones, but we learned nothing from it. Mirtul 11th - Aeron communed and we learned that the tunnel does indeed lead to the surface, but not directly, so I imagine it meanders for a while longer yet and opens up somewhere in southern Daggerdale or possibly Shadowdale... just hopefully not in Spiderhaunt Woods! Asking other questions we learned (to our great relief) that the Lich in the Mire had been destroyed and that his destroyer was no longer present either. I am not thinking that the Mire will be without its guardians, but at least they won't be a lich. Mirtul 12th - Absolutely no encounters today as we carried on down this tunnel, intent on reaching the surface and spending our wealth. It has been half a tenday since our last battle; I know I am not the only member of the Crusaders who feels uneasy at the peace we have enjoyed these past days.</blockquote>

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