The Antlers and the market (session 6&7 or 19&20)

Dear Nori,
I'll probably see you very soon. We're in hell now. You can't be that far away. I hope you're somewhere safe, although considering what I've seen so far it's not very likely.
In my previous letter I told you we made a deal with some devils to get a safe place (among other things). The safe place we got is the pair of black Antlers. What the devils "forgot" to mention is that the Antlers were kinda occupied of the moment.
When we arrived there we found two bearded devils and a spiky one in combat with 3 minotaurs. There were also a lot of small winged devils on the roofs, but they didn't do anything. We figured we should help the devils, since we're kinda in their home, there are a lot more of them here, and we can make deals with them (also, Volo told us so). We defeated the minotaurs but the bearded devils didn't make it. We tried to get some stuff or information from the porcupine, but he wasn't willing to give any. He also wasn’t willing to stay to see if the tavern was free of more demons and fight if it wasn't. So after he left we took a careful look inside. There was a gorilla-like demon behind the counter, and 3 knocked out, probably drunk minotaurs on the ground. We made a plan which was supposed to give us the advantage with spiked vines to the door, magic users out of reach and a fireball to their face. But it didn't really worked out as we planned since the minotaurs decided to rush through the window instead of the door. Fireball to the face did work though. A bit too well, actually since it also woke up the bird-like demon who was sleeping upstairs. It was a hard fought battle, but we won without any casualties. The bird flew away though.
After the battle Ron investigated the Antlers while I checked the bodies of the bearded devils (weirdly enough the devils' bodies don't disappear like the minotaurs’ and gorilla's bodies did) and one of them looked kinda familiar to me. He looked a lot like the kid who died during my training as hellrider. It might be I'm imagining things, you know, hell is getting in my head or something, but I don't think I am. I think it really is him. Which means my soul is also forfeit. I didn’t want to tell you, because you won't like it, but I figured that if things got REALLY bad, like no-way-of-saving-you-bad, I would make a deal to trade my soul for yours. So you would be safe. Have a life. Not that it matters anymore, since the soul in my possession is already promised to Zariel. It scares me, Nori. I thought I had a fail save. At least for you.
While searching the bodies (the devils didn't have anything useful on them) hellriders arrived. They wanted us to come with them to the safety of the market. I don't really see how an open marketplace can be safer than a tavern (assuming said tavern isn't falling apart because of multiple spells inside it), but I didn't want to argue. Also, something about safety in numbers. Ron (who had found 3 bottles of wine and a lot of silver weapons) didn't want to go, but didn't want to be alone more, so he came with us reluctantly.
The area around the marketplace is barricaded. I guess that's why it's considered a safe zone. When we wanted to get in Rocus Pont (the hellrider who we met at the Antlers) told us Leo, Ron And Fenrir had to be quarantined. Apparently hellriders have been turning into devils randomly. That's why all the hellriders we've seen so far are young. Bertha, Volo, Garrix and myself are "safe". Volo wanted to see what shops had survived (he also mentioned a brothel, but I can not imagine why you would want to visit a brothel in HELL. Seriously, the sex has to be ridiculously good for it to be worth your soul. And I don't even want to imagine what devil sex looks like considering the biology of some of them) and he took Garrix with him. I hope he buys Garrix some nice sturdy armor, because believe me, the guy can use it. I think he has been in a constant state of panic since we arrived.
Anyway, Bertha and me joined our hellriders in quarantine. The cells are pretty nice, actually. Once we were alone I asked Ron why he has been acting weird. Apparently, the guy who “rules” the marketplace, Clove Ikaya, is the vampire who ruled Elthurel before the companion came. Ron knows this because he was manipulated by him. There is a lot of trauma here. It also explains a lot. However, it makes this place feel a lot less safe. I wish I could do something to make Ron feel better.
After Rons confession we slept up a bit (no-one turned into a devil yet) and Leo tried to grow a potato plant (we helped). I'm doing whatever I can to keep my mind off tomorrow. You see, Rocus Pont told us when he found us that he expected to find another group lead by Trystane. Do you remember the name? I was so much in love with him, back before I ran away. I haven't thought about him in years. And now the group decided we're gonna rescue him once we get out of quarantine. Honestly, I don't even know what to think or how to feel. I don't even know if I hope he died or not. I am not ready to face him my past.
Maybe I should quit the quarantine. Since I'm not a hellrider I'm not obliged to stay in anyway. Maybe Bertha and me can find out something more about the vampire. Or find you. I kinda think (and hope) you're also here. But I'm also afraid to ask. What if you're one of the hellriders that turned? What if you haven’t been here? I can't search every house in Elthurel! There's no time! Elturel is slowly falling into the Styx! If I haven't found you before that happens we will forget each other. I can't let that happen!
May the gods watch over you.
Stay safe, stay strong.
Your loving sister,
Caja