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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoyHealinghand" data-source="post: 65226" data-attributes="member: 1127">Joy's Diary - Nonus 11In the 417th year after the triumph of Alexander, Nonus 11, 2nd Farmersday    Knowing the task before us, I faced the dawn with great resolve and determination and tried not to think about Alexander.  Grandfather {what Joy calls the elderly priest who is in charge of the hospital} was kind enough to use The Lady's miracles to heal Toiva and Liana.  Even as we were there, more people wounded by the devils were being brought in.    Since Galena was still sleeping, I used the crystal ball to see where all the creatures were.  I could only see the devil with the chains that we had wounded the night before and was now in darkness somewhere and Lord Azim.  Lord Azim was in his anteroom with the illithid, who was gesturing, but there were no words being said.  It was a good thing Toiva went and got the captain of Lord Nasser's guards because he got to see what happened next.  The illithid turned into Lord Gunter!  The captain then agreed to lead us past the guards and into the Governor’s Palace.  Since we had to wait for Galena to get eight hours of sleep, I went back to the hospital to help with the wounded there.    Before we left for the palace we girded for battle with armor, miracles and spells.  Getting into the palace was definitely the easy part; finding the illithid was the hard part.  It wasn't in Lord Gunter’s chambers, and it wasn’t in Lord Azim's chambers.  Cobbe said Lord Azim wasn't evil, so Toiva dazed him, and Liana tied, gagged and put him in a closet--he was getting obnoxious.    Cobbe finally detected strong evil behind a door in Lord Nasser’s wing of the palace.  We had a pretty good plan, but it didn't work the way we hoped it would.  As soon as we burst into the room the illithid disappeared, so instead of guiding the divine energies of dimensional anchor, I had to call upon invisibility purge, but I wasn't as fast as the others, so they were trying to stop what we couldn't see.  Cobbe said there was still evil in the room though.  Of course, before I could anchor it with my next thought, this energy portal appears out of thin air and envelopes it, and it was just gone.  Galena says that it has to be very, very far away, and that Sazon is safe from it for the time being, but I wish we could have stopped it for good.  If only I had been a little faster...  I hope The Lady will forgive me my limitations.  We couldn't even find where the stupid devils were hiding in the palace.    There is some good news at least.  We discovered a magical crystal by Lord Nasser's bed.  We think it might have helped the illithid control Lord Nasser.  There was a small magical vial in Lord Gunter’s chambers.  There was also a magic amulet on Lord Azim when we went back and took him out of his closet.  When Toiva yanked it off, Cobbe suddenly said, "Um, The Lady says he's evil now."  Liana wears the amulet now.    Between all of us--but mostly Toiva--Lord Azim found his hidden bardic skills, and told us at least some of what he knew.  Lord Gunter/the illithid was the one in charge; it claimed that it and Lord Azim could take over Sazon through Lord Nasser.  Lord Azim said the illithid told him to kill the real Lord Gunter shortly after his appointment to Lord Nasser two months ago.  He also took us to the dungeons where the devils were usually kept, but they weren't there.  Cobbe said there had been evil there in the past day or so.  Lord Azim told us that the devils "belonged" to the priestess, and she appeared shortly after the illithid.  The two of them worked closely together.    While we were still in the palace, Lord Victor arrived.  He had brought his army into and taken control of it, declaring martial law.  Lord Nasser was with him, and he looked different--less defiant.  We all think he will get better now that the illithid is gone.  After briefing Lord Victor, we gave him Lord Azim and head back to the temple.    When we got back we tried to scry the illithid, but Galena wasn't able to see him even though the ball and her abilities were working just fine.  That evening a message arrived saying that Lord Altan, the other Council or whatever Lord Victor is, had taken the city of Sarand and would be heading back to Sazon in triumph.  Considering that our visit here began with Lord Victor's "triumph"--for a lot less effort if you ask me, I think we should get out of here before Lord Altan arrives.  I can't wait to leave this horrible place with its ostentatious ornamentation, chaos worms that kill Defenders of the Temple, priestesses that maim champions of The Lady, devils that attack town’s people and mind flayers that try and control everybody!    I wish Alexander had stayed. I miss him already. I scryied him just a little while ago, and he was moving quickly through lands that were getting increasingly mountainous.  I hope he finds his path and comes back to us soon.  I guess I really don't understand what he was going through.  I have never had a crisis of faith, and I hope I never do!  The Lady has been so wonderful to me and my family. Bad things happen, but you can't blame Her.  She has done what She can by choosing us, and I won't let her down.  I wish Mother and Father were here though.  Gods get us out of this city soon!    May the blessing of The Lady be with us and especially Alexander.</blockquote>

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