I have to say, Zun's disguise skills are definitely getting better. He's a fast learner with figuring out how to disguise half-elves, thank goodness.
We decided to let Elegant go off and find a tailor for all of us, and we'll meet back up tonight to get a fitting. The rest of us opted to head to the Temple so we could have Saanes do some scrying, then maybe even find a spot to destroy Daren's phylactery before we have to give the anvil back.
I had an enjoyable moment where Saanes's mentor stunned himself and everyone else with an alarm spell, but somehow it didn't get me, so I got to just casually steal Brother Corbert's drink (which was a mistake - old coffee BLEH) and grabbed a seat. Startled them all. Win. But more importantly - Saanes was successful at scrying Ahzek AND Dan'or'avil!
Ahzek is at a temple of Tol'y'stoy somewhere, working on notes about some black orb. Seems to have a weirdly administrative position? More concerning was that he had some things supporting evidence that he worships (follows? supports?) the Exemplar of Slaughter Ruin - Khor'nate. One so bad people just don't follow them. He also mentioned keeping up on the whereabouts of a group of adventurers that had just taken a new contract. It would make sense for him to keep tabs on us, but we haven't taken on any formal contracts that I'm aware of? Is he following some other group of adventurers we don't know about?
Dan'or'avil is still at the guard house in his disguise. What I want to know is how the heck did he just show up off the island and manage to convince an entire garrison that he's in charge? I know he's got some of them charmed, but an entire guard house? That just seems impressively excessive. He's also getting ready to prep for my execution, having one of his lackeys go rent a warehouse so they can actually run through the scenario over and over. I'm actually kind of morbidly impressed with his attention to detail here. Hurts me to say it, but damn.
Now, more interesting, is that what he said to me in the guardhouse was that he wanted to kill me personally - but we overheard him talking to my mother (disgusting) about how he's actually getting ready for my extraction so he can personally bring me to her. It has me wondering - has he been able to put his anger behind him and is actually planning on bringing "Eirlyssia" to her? Or is he bluffing, and he's just going to kill "me" on the way and ask for forgiveness?
Either way we should probably warn Garren. And maybe suggest that either the place the execution is to be held be changed at the last second, so all Dan'or'avil's prep amounts to nothing. And tell him that Dan'or'avil made a comment about someone in the Temple letting him know when it was time - which either means there are STILL moles at the Temple, or Dan'or'avil just doesn't know they've been caught yet. But he got a copy of the room layout somehow - that doesn't bode well to me.
We tried to get Mud to scry on Malzod, but that didn't work out. Poor Mud just isn't used to that sort of thing. So we'll have to wait until Saanes can get some spell slots back and we can try it all again in an hour. Here's hoping.