Neverwinter

Head Emporium

• Gho’rosh retires to focus on the head emporium
• plans to hire someone as Chief Head Acquirer

Hook Meeting with Captain of the Guard

First Contact

• oneshoe checks for traps before entering
  • ????
• bearded dwarf with dark beard is Grey Mountain Dark
  • his knees don’t bend
• bearded drow in dark studded leathers Jacquin
• party was recommended by Sildar from phandalin
  • oneshoe mutters something about the party being expendable
• Illithid activity in the underdark near Silverymoon
• Grey Mountain Dark gives the party a quest
  • discover illithid intent in the underdark near Silverymoon
  • 3000gp reward
• Jacquin will be the guide in underdark
• a weeks ride to Olostin’s Hold, staging area
• a weeks wait till departure

Week’s Wait

• cynlant works
• oneshoe performs
  • worst performance I’ve ever heard
• bon gathers potion components

Hiring of Yyvelia

• gho’rosh hires
• party does introductions
  • yyvelia calls oneshoe a tomato farmer
    • onehshoe inadvertently insults
  • then calls bon a tomato farmer

Ride to Silverymoon

• Cynlant drives cart
• pass through old highlights

Olotstin’s Keep

• cynlant chugs multiple bottles of wine
• discusses battle tactics with yvelia
  • she’s another squishy caster
• Jacquin discuses underdark area
  • stay away from Menzoberranzan
  • entrance from The Long Chasm

Approach to the Underdark

• 2 hour trek through the forest
• cave entrance
• onehsoe takes in the last bit of sunlight
• traverse ladders and ropes to enter deeper into the bowels of the earth
• party wanders into a large, semi-illuminated chamber
  • near Sloobludop

Underdark

• mushrooms, mosses, and lichen decorate the cavern
• rock pillars extend to cavern ceiling
• large fungi, almost tree shaped dot the cavern
• Jacquin describes the local mushrooms
  • bon gathers mushrooms to make bread
  • mushrooms that are activated by touch to toggle light
    • nightlight
  • oneshoe gathers spores from tree like shrooms
• tremors rattle the chambers
  • could be natural, could be purple worm, could be any other burrower
• cynlant looks for nearby fauna
  • floating octopus like creatures
    • dark mantles

First Night Camp

• near fresh water stream
• eating rations by fire
• party feels, watched
• bon has a dream
  • BON LORE!!!
  • creatures circling in the water of a lake
  • glowing red eyes shine through the surface
  • tentacles erupt from the water
• manta ray like creatures are Ixitxachitl
  • iks-zit-zat-cheet-el
• oarmoo, bioluminescent lichen, found near water and steam vents

Second Day in Underdark

• Jacquin leads party into deeper into cavern, down the stream
• party advances deeper into the cave
• plan is to head to Sloobludop, then charter a boat across the lake
  • home of the Katoa, fish people
• in a dimly lit area, the air begins to turn cold
• Jacquin guarantees he will not be a shape shifter
• cold is from Faerzress
  • “magical energy that pervades much of the underdark”
  • used to protect settlements
• further down, something moves into sight
• dark haired femme form with four swords and two staves and gold bangles
  • 6 arms
  • black snake like tail

Black Marilith

• readies her swords and focuses on the party
• telepathically tells party, they are her entertainment
• party controls the marilith, not letting her attack once