Upon arrival in Skullport the party finds their way to Orthan’s apartment. The apartment is mostly a small cave along the rock-face of the vast cavern. Raineer and Max lend their druidical hands by using stone shape to make the interior more accommodating, while Raineer and Skilver use material spells to flesh out the rooms with furniture. Dragon slayers to interior decorators…
Orthan begins to wander the city trying to find a passage up to the tunnels above the city. After a long search he discovers nothing other than, his purse has been stolen by someone in the crowd. Skilver casts an augury spell seeking guidance from his deity Belial. He discovers that the Shadow Pass would be the best course of action to take. Moving up and through the pass the group enters a vast maze of caverns and caves. On their first encounter giant bloodsucking weasels attack the party. (yep… weasels) Thud is bitten several times during the melee and losses a bit of blood. With a group effort the weasels are killed and Thud is healed. Searching on the party finds a place to rest and study. After an uneventful twelve hours of resting, the group searches on through the maze of caverns and tunnels. Several hours into the second day the group finds some wraiths blocking the tunnel. Raineer, Skilver & Max unleash spells of lightning and fry the life draining undead. After moving through several more tunnels the group is attacked by carrion crawlers. The beasts are a giant cross between a green cutworm and a cephalopod. Thud attacks with his magic darts and the magicians finish the beasts with magic missiles. The passageway turns to gravel as the part moves onward. After Thud and Orthan pass by a trapped area, Raineer takes the brunt of a falling block of stone. At the same time bells begin to chime in the surrounding area. The party sees light approaching and sees a beholder in the distance. Run!!!! After a bit the group stops and Orthan decides to turn invisible and go back to investigate. He finds a giant gate guarded by Drow. The group retreats back to investigate other tunnels and rest.
The next day the group finds a passageway that is blocked by some sort of beast facing away from the party. Orthan takes out a scarab of death and presses it against the creature’s back. The scarab burrows in and destroys the beast. The druids decompose the giant corpse and the passageway is open. A magic long sword is found in the process. The passage leads to a small shore along an underground river. Across the river is an island with a small battlement. Greenleaf turns into a crow and begins to search the cavern…