17 Cufeb 527

Journal Entry 12.2024.1.21

by Krix

17 Cufeb 527 - The Heroes are inside the Mad Mage's Dungeon, preparing to face the Drow on level 3.
 
Darien awakens Ferzith and Hergatz. We advance, leaving the cavern of wind behind. We enter a room with a pentagram in the floor, covered by entrails and arcane writing written in blood. ATLT hears screaming behind a door. We find a drow man strapped to a waterboard and a drow woman controlling it. Ryker entered first and was attacked by the woman, who I then killed. Ryker released the drow man and before we could interrogate him, he fell on my sword and died. We continued through the rooms, while I brought up the rear, so I missed some combat but they killed everything quickly. There were some prisoners in cells. [Geldax Breer (NG male half-elf commoner) occupies the easternmost cell. He is a Detroit lamplighter abducted several nights ago by the drow (and doomed to become a sacrifice to Lolth unless he escapes). A hobgoblin [Lurash] was in the next, then the body of a grell, then murderous drow in the next three.]
Grasshopper and Hergatz moved ahead and found a giant spider in a room with a triply-locked very secure door; GH quickly killed the spider as I ran up to help. Darien found a wood elf [Marta Moonshadow] locked in a side room and freed her. Others started freeing the other prisoners, unfortunately three are drow and attacked, poisoning and knocking out J’aboc. Ryker restored him. Vestis killed that drow. We rescued Lurrash and Geldax, Marta went south to ‘explore’, and we left the drow in their cells. Then Clive burned the webs in the two rooms, revealing only smaller spiders but no giant ones. Marta informed us that behind the triply-locked door was the temple of Lolth, with High Priestess of Lolth: T’rissa Auvrynda, where they are raising giant spiders, and we suspect they are holding Herbert West.