Our heroes were approached by a cultist whose robes they recognized as a member of the ‘kinights of the black sword’ that had been routed at Caer Dinneval.
The cultist revealed himself as Klondorn, a shape shifting being with particular interest in our heroes and the Codicile of White they carry. He warned them that Avarice had slain the Reghed tribe members who had guarded the entrance of these caves, and had mounted her own expedition into the city.
As an afterthought Klondorn also revealed that Auril too is making her way to the city, and considers exploration of Ythrn as a direct transgression against her authority. Klondorn then trned and left, leaving our heroes to find the remaining Octad pieces and gain entry to Yriolathas’ tower and the Mythalr below.
A missing Inscription of the arcae octad was tracked to Observatory. Magen guarded this observatory from any who would enter, claiming its contents must remain in quarantine. The Magen were slain, and our heores gained entry to the observatory.
Inside lurked a violent Slaad. an otherworldly being bent on spreading the Chaos Phage – a disease that transforms an unwilling host into a new slaad.
In the floors above, a 2nd Slaad as found, fiddling with a telescopic apparatus, obsessed with using the device to find a way home to the Astral Plane. The professor implied that this Slaad likely gestated in the former Royal Astronomer, whose skeletal remains could be seen in a dark corner of the observatory.
As luck would have it, Lynea has access to the Astral Plane, and convinced the Slaad to join her and shift between realms. The Slaad was deposited in the Astral Plane and floated away, expressing regret that he could no longer infect anyone with the gift of the Phage.
Our Heroes then made their way to the Tower of Conjuration, hopeing to find the final passage of the Arcane Octad