Job: Recovering the Magic Stones

Tolgar made an enemy with another bard in the camp. We think the other is garbage, and he/she resents me for taking the limelight.
 
After the dragon, Tolgar starts to write a song for Cornelius, but he is totally disinterested in it so far.
 
Cornelius asks us to pick up some magical ingredients: Honeycomb, Ivory, snake skin, Phosphorescent Moss, and a Quill plucked from a sleeping bird.
 
We set out. On the first day, Nero bites Thornden. Tolgar keeps working on his song.
 
On the second day, we encounter some small creatures. Tolgar starts playing his pipes and throat singing to win them over. The small people are dressed in gilly suits. The playing works, so Tolgar approaches the little people's floating wagon. The cart is full of items, and there is a dead mastiff underneath. They are hiding behind a metal man that is torn to pieces, and there are two dead bird people. The mastiff looks like it was tethered to the cart, and it is misty. The gnomes have tools and appear to have been trying to fix the metal man. Keathingle heals the metal man, and when he wakes up, the gnomes give Keathingle a wand. Then they invite us to shop from their wears. The gnomes have a bagpipe illusion that is worth 100 gp.
 
We part with the gnomes and travel for a few more days. We capture a duck, and Tolgar plays the bagpipes for it and they become friends. Eventually, we arrive at the cave. We get attacked by plants. They trap us in vines and then poke us with their twiggy fingers.