Amuse Bouche

Well that seemed a bit too easy which is worrisome. That flaming flying skull and the ghouls had to just be an amuse bouche, right? That thing reconstituted and flew back to a boss which I have to assume has much more heat to bring. Hold on... Ghouls, flying skulls, near Gnawbone... Were those assholes working for Ularan? I have no idea how powerful he could be at this point but would I rather fight him or a possessed and pissed off ancient dragon? I think there is only 1 choice...if that's what's actually happening. Ok, I gotta talk this through with the guys. Do we try to get to Gnawbone first, do we double back to see if it's in fact Ularan, or maybe we wait here to ambush Ularan and his (hopefully small) army of undead as they try to get at Gnawbone.
 
And WTF is Galio doing. He was definitely NOT there when we looked and then he just appears, incredulous that our search skills were up to par. I think he still might be possessed by Thalivar and trying to restart his experiments; this can only lead to no good. I wonder if I can get him to come clean or probe his mind without him knowning. There are deep, dark depths to that wizard and I feel like we need to get to the bottom of his motivations before it's too late. Leilon didn't last through an extra-planer invasion, they definitely aren't going to last through another one and/or a possessed ancient dragon attack.
 
I do really really so much stronger with that staff. I sleep with it, I talk to it, I even bring it to the bathroom with me. She has given me powers I've only dreamed about. I must keep her safe; my spellbook I could at least copy (though those damn inks are so expensive). and stow. This bow can never leave my sight.
 
Now back to figureing out what to do with Gnawbone and, maybe, Ularan.