Session 20: The Gauntlet Report

General Summary

The adventurers searched the Drow's body and found a jagged obsidian longsword the Drow had over his back. They took that, and his coin purse of course, and went to leave the theatre. Finding the doors now unlocked they walked through the portal and headed back into the hallway to speak with Medrivh.   Finding no one there, Kiran yelled out "KOOOOOOOND".. and ended up receiving a telepathic message from Kond. They conversed and Kiran told him they had retrieved the necklace and were waiting back at the throne for him. He arrived shortly after and took the necklace from Kiran. Asking the adventurers to complete their final task, they were sent to the "war room" to retrieve a journal. Speaking with the "Grandmaster", a lively individual who got very annoyed when asked about the journal bargained with the adventurers to run the "Gauntlet" and if successful he would hand the journal over.   Making it mostly through the gauntlet, with Shiro getting a little toasty and Grygor feeling a little worse for wear, they made their way out of the "war room" with the journal. Returning to Medrivh, they learned their tasks were pointless and Medrivh was simply trying to get them out of his way. Recognizing their abilities to be better than he thought, he offered a real task; help him defeat the demon residing in his tower so he could close the rift.   They agreed and used his magical mansion to rest for the night. Waking up early the next day, Medrivh warned them to not believe anything the demon says and to be careful approaching it. His plan was to sneak into the chamber from a secret route while the party enters through the front door and distract the demon.   Entering the chamber, which was filled with a soft purple haze from some burning incense, they found the demon sitting before an altar. He spoke with them shortly, sharing his name to be "Kadaj", and told them that Medrivh was not what they thought he was and that the actual wizard Medrivh died during his experiment. They attempted to question Kadaj further but was interrupted by Medrivh throwing a Fireball at Kadaj and stepping in front of the adventurers to protect them.

Character(s) interacted with

• Medrivh
• The Grandmaster
• Kadaj