After a short rest, the Sons continued towards Ulafarad. They avoided some hook horrors and finally arrived at Ulafarad.
A large city situated in a huge cavern full of glowing mushrooms and large fields of what must be edible mushrooms. High walls protect the town, which is dominated by slender spires of black marble everywhere. 10.000 people of all sorts of races (human, dwarf, drow, duergar, gnome, shadar-kai dominate the population, but orc, goblin, minotaur and hobgoblins are also present in the Underdark trade and mercenary town.
The Sons find themselves an inn, but while Nevron is out looking for a formula for the bluestone Urnyx has given him, Urnyx get them thrown out of the inn and they have to move to the Dimwitted Halfling. Meanwhile Urnyx makes contact with Half-horn, an independent contractor who finds things that are hard to find for other people. A deal is struck and Half-horn promises to return within a week or so.
Later that evening, the Sons scope out of the compound of Illira Vronn. The compound of the drow is encircled by a 20' wall overgrown with living thorns. Inside the walls are some huge barracks, able to house more than 100 guards. The compound itself consists of 3 slender towers, each placed on stalagmite cut in half, connected by small bridges.
Using Arcane Eye, Nevron scoped out the last tower. Aside from the temple to Lolth, it held only the private chamber of the high priestess. Nevron spied on her for a while, and at a point, she took out a message in abyssal saying: Make sure that at least 30.000 troops from the human towns of Highgarden Rosewall are at Devil's Point on the 4th day of the 1st cycle.
She then proceeded to draw in some arrows on a map, including from Faytown and Ironville, all pointing towards Devils' Point, a well-known place near the Great Chasme.
The Sons spied some more on Illira, and then decided that no more would happen. They decided that even though that they had enough info to proceed, they wanted to kill the bitch.
Day 270 (1st cycle of winter, 10th day)
After a night of rest, the Sons were ready. They flew up to the top of the cave and then tried to float down to the tower, Unfortunately, they were discovered by the guards on the wall just as Nevron passwalled into the tower. Inside they found the high priestess who promptly summoned a yochlol. 2 guards joined the fray, and things got bloody. After a long and hard fight, which was prolonged when a wizard arrived, the Sons grabbed the chest with the maps and the gold, and once again flew out of the hole in the wall. Unfortunately Nevron was hit by a crossbow bolt and the spell of flight faded, landing the Sons within the compound. Things looked dire, with men on the wall, men above them and more guards surely on the way. Urnyx, more dead than alive, covered Nevron with his shield, while Nevron pulled out the proverbial rabbit, a teleport scroll and teleported them all away. Unfortunately, there was a mishap with the spell, and the Sons got hurt by the mystical energies, so much that Urnyx was barely standing when they arrived in the safehouse of Mask in Starkhold.
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