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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gfunk" data-source="post: 568153" data-attributes="member: 1813">Session 13 “Entropy has a little surprise” As she slept in the extradimensional space produced by her Rope Trick spell, Entropy was aroused by a telepathic message in her mind."Urgent you return. Eclavdra's mission attacked. All members slain except Eclavdra. Eclavdra...grievously injured. Best you see for yourself."Sent by Karl, one of the many sages in Entropy's employ, the message caused the sorcerer to sit up immediately.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Entropy frowned, bringing to mind her first meeting with Eclavdra. The dark elf priestess had visited the sorcerer having heard of her goal to destroy the drow who had conquered Cormyr. Eclavdra was a disgraced noble who had tried to supplant the worship of Lolth with her own dark patron Ghaunadar. For this blasphemy, Eclavdra's house was destroyed though she managed to flee before she could be captured. Ever since, she has held a burning, festering hatred of Lolth and her minions.Eclavdra had been sent by Entropy to Myth Drannor to obtain more information about the mysterious Mythals. These magical devices, supposedly possessed of tremendous power, were sought by Entropy's organization so that they could open a permanent gate to the Far Realms. In this way, they could plunge all of Faerun into the madness they shared. Of course, Entropy had neglected to tell Eclavdra this last bit of information . . .--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Entropy saw that her companions were sleeping so she turned to face one of the Desmodu standing guard, "I have to return to do some housecleaning. I will be back in a few hours, tell them to wait for me."The Desmodu nodded as Entropy descended the rope and into the cold and pitch black world of the Underdark.Concentrating, she summoned an Eryines from the Nine Hells of Baator. This particular creature had been summoned numerous times for transport before.Climbing into her portable hole, Entropy commanded the Eriynes, "Take me to H.E.L.L.* headquarters, quickly!"*The origin and functions of H.E.L.L. can be found in the first post. After teleporting to the surface, Entropy climbed out of her portable hold and bid the Eryines to depart. Standing up, she could see it was the middle of the night. In the moonlight she observed the three towers she commissioned were under construction. Around the site were numerous campfires and many tents which housed the majority of Entropy's followers as well as the construction staff.Running to approach the sorcerer was Phibrizzo, the captain of her guard, "Greetings mistress, Karl awaits you in the main tent."Upon entering the tent, Entropy saw Karl, Stephen (another sage), and Xellos (aide-de-camp to Phibrizzo) standing around a cot on top of which, apparently, lay Eclavdra. "How did you guys screw up this time?"All three looked up at once and Karl responded, "Apologies for the intrusion mistress, but I thought it vital that you see this. She was found today . . .""Where?""Well, that's the funny part . . she just . . . appeared in the middle of the camp.""I assume a Word of Recall, then?""Not likely. She was unconscious and, as you can see, quite incapable of casting any spells."Moving forward, Entropy pushed her minions out of the way to see for herself. Upon seeing Eclavdra, Entropy's eyes widened and she let out a gasp. Although the sorcerer had witnessed many horrors in her adventuring career, this had to be one of the worst sights she had ever seen.The first obvious injury was that Eclavdra's eyes had been gouged out. Both her hands were severed. "Her tongue is missing as well," Karl interjected."Is this the result of some kind of ritual? Anything relating to the Cult of the Dragon?" speculated Entropy."It's quite possible," Karl replied, "but why would they bother returning her here? Who knew she was working for us?""She was obviously sent here as a message to us you fool!! Surely, even you must know that there are ways to magically extract information from people's minds."Karl bowed his head, looking duly chagrined, "The other members of the company were found as well . . . about half a mile from here. All dead . . . and dismembered."Entropy paced back and forth across the tent. She was shocked that any idiot would dare threaten her organization. Surely they knew that the reprisals against them would be deadly. Before she committed to any decisions, she knew she had to consult H.E.L.L.'s ruling council. "How many members of the council would be available for an immediate meeting?""Sebulba can be contacted readily enough," Karl replied, "Sootheby Trell and the Cloak may be more difficult. I'm not sure about Olivia Trekkland.""Contact them all and tell them to convene here. I assume that you can convince them of the severity of this situation, now leave me."Karl and Stephen quickly left the tent, but Xellos one of the lieutenants in Entropy's guard, stayed behind. He could see the inner turmoil in his mistress, "Will there be anything else, my lady?""Is Eclavdra still conscious?""I'm no priest, mistress, but she seems even more grievously wounded than she appears. Perhaps it's just blood loss. She has revived periodically, but only briefly.""Excellent, now leave me."As Xellos left, Entropy wondered if Eclavdra was worth saving. The drow had surely been a good source of information for H.E.L.L., but she may have succumbed to torture and confessed the organization's secrets. Entropy hated failure in her minions, but she decided to gain more information before rendering a decision. She moved up Eclavdra, whispering in the drow's ear, "Eclavdra, I can communicate with you telepathically, but you need to be willing. Open your mind to me and do not resist. Wiggle your toes when you are ready."Eclavdra moaned slightly and after a moment her toes moved slightly.Entropy cast a spell that would open a telepathic link between them. In addition, it allowed the caster to crush the will of the recipient and issue irresistible mental commands. Both aspects would be useful in the current situation, Entropy thought.Reaching into Eclavdra's mind, Entropy commanded the drow to reveal all she knew about her assailants. All of a sudden, a slew of images appeared in Entropy's mind . . .--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Eclavdra was leading the force through the outskirts of Myth Drannor, consisting of a handful of warriors, sorcerers and scouts. They had set up camp for the night.At some point, they were attacked by wolves of some sort. In Eclavdra's mind, Entropy could see that the warriors and mages responded admirably, creating formations and driving off the attackers.All of a sudden a fiendish monstrosity appeared from the woods. To Entropy it looked somewhat like the Stone Giants she had slain in the Underdark, but clearly tainted with demonic blood. The beast tore through the front ranks of warriors.Eclavdra prepared to enter battle herself when she suddenly heard chanting behind her. Entropy concentrated on the chant . . . it appeared to be a divine spell. HARM! The sorcerer broke the connection with Eclavdra momentarily. Clearly these attackers were not mere peons. Shaking her head, Entropy resumed the telepathic link.Brought to her knees by the power of the spell, Eclavdra turned around to see a humanoid figure that looked something like a drow, but Entropy couldn't say for certain. After this point everything went black, though there were brief flashes of intense pain. In addition, Entropy was chilled by a phrase spoken several times by Eclavdra's captors, "The Queen of Lusts does not forgive or forget."Finally, Entropy experienced Eclavdra's relief when her mutilated body was magically transported back to headquarters. Entropy was puzzled by this "Queen of Lusts" referred to by Eclavdra's captors. She sent these thoughts to Eclavdra, "Queen of Lusts? Is this a drow deity? An evil god?"There was a pause, then one word was sent back to Entropy that sent a chill up her spine, "Lolth."</blockquote>

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