5/1 - Portal Power Part One

General Summary

Party met with the Qadis town guard in order to interrogate Elric.

Interrogated Elric to get him to spill his guts about what he was up to with the map/bell.
Elric grew up weird, big into dead people. Son of a gravedigger so weird runs in his blood.
Became interested in the macabre, began working as a diener and researching necromancy.
One day a group of Adventurers came to town, among them a Lizardfolk druid. They have a map/bell.
Elric wants the map/bell, happens to inform the town guard about the presence of a Lizardfolk. Town is very xenophobic.
Adventurers are summarily executed by the town guard. Elric offers his family's services to take care of the bodies.
Elric liberates the now unowned map/bell, sets off to uncover the secrets they contain.

Party debates whether to do a murder on Elric or not.

Party meets with Tazrah, Clodio, and Kirc to negotiate the portal agreement.

Sylvie puts on her best presenter speech, Darnath and Gramlek work as stage hands, Duo gives a live product demo.
Party performance does moderately well in ingratiating the group.
Sylvie and Duo field questions from the panel about the specifics of the magic item and the terms of the deal.
Negotiations come to an agreeable result for all parties. (Details listed as 'rewards' below.)

Party heads across the Silent Sea to head towards Ebonait.

Two hard weeks of desert travel pass uneventfully, as the baking sun weighs down on our sweaty heroes.
As the party reaches the edge of the Cursed Expanse the dunes turn to arid scrubland, then grassland, and finally to progressively denser jungle as the terrain slopes down and away.
The party continues for a week through the humid jungle, grateful for the moisture and protection from the sun.
After a week, as the party is attempting to cross a narrow river, the party hears a high pitched screech from above.

A Couatl corpse hurtles from the sky, crashing through the jungle canopy and landing hard in the dirt below.

The Couatl is a pincushion of boney spines and spears.
Fast behind the Couatl are two groups of devils, both made up of several Spined Devils and led by a Cambion.
As the devils approach, they notice the party observing their quarry and redirect their ire.
Combat, combat, combat.
The party fells the devils, sending their twisted souls back to the Nine Hells.
Still clutched protectively in the claws of the dead Couatl is a large gem-like egg.

Party loot the scene and recall information while they clean up.

1620 EXP/PC
A Deal With Qadis
- 10,000gp upon completion of the portal.
- 5% tax on all trade going through the portal.
- Free, priority access to the portal.
- Priority access to suitable crafting stations in both Qadis and Ebonait.
Couatl Egg
Couatl Feathers (200gp worth)
Cambion Spear x2