The group splits from Nurn. They agree to meet in Brindenford in a couple ofdays. He is supposed to meet someone and will try to get additionalinformation before then. The group goes to the Silken Fist the nicest inn in Brindenford. The partypretends to be a group of low level adventurers, and the innkeeper tries to shoethem away until the party reveals they have plenty of money to pay the innkeeper's exorbitant rates. Seeing that the party can actually pay for accommodations the innkeeper happily rearranges furniture in the rooms so Qualental can share a room with the elves and the group can be near the back exit, etc. During the night There is an explosion as the room containing Felicia,Swiftwind, and Berrik has its door blasted open. The Cathezar steps into theroom and lays waste to Felicia who was up on watch. The Cathezar is a femalenaga with six arms. In each of the arms is an incredibly wicked looking spikedchain, and after she steps into the room the chains are everywhere lashing anddrawing blood. Before Swiftwind and Berrik can fully awake the room is coveredin Felicia's blood. Unable to transform into dragon form due to the closeconfines, Felicia is driven back, but she gave Swiftwind and Berrik time to wakeup and grab weapons. The Cathezar is magically elusive, blinking, blurred, illusionary duplicates ofher circling about confusing the senses. It is like fighting an enemy whomappears as several flickering smears. Swiftwind and Berrik try their best butthe Cathezar only takes seconds in dropping them. She then kills Felicia andbacks out of the room as the dying dragon is forced back into its natural formcrushing the other inhabitants of the room. In the other room Herunaro turns ethereal and slips out of the room to reconnoiteronly to walk right into a Balor in the hallway. The balor's flaming whip snakesour and even etherealness appears to be no escape because the whip coils againsthim and drags Herunaro back against the fiend's flaming body. The fiend thentakes several attack leaving Herunaro in serious agony as his life blood simmersand pumps out through flaming wounds. Theringil and Qualental finally force their way into the hall. Theringilimmediately blasts the hallway with a greater dispelling dismissing some of theCathezar's magic as well as making the Balor wink out of existence as a summon. Taking the initiative Qualental charges the Cathezar and scores a mighty hit forover a hundred damage. The Cathezar looks at the reinforcements and smirks attheir dead comrades before disappearing. The group immediately takes in the surrounding. The inn is partially destroyedfrom the fight. They can see where one of Herunaro's spells blew through thesecond floor. Theringil raises Felicia (She is too large dead) and the groupteleports to Ipsus to get the rest of the group restored. In Ipsus the party raises the others. Then rest for the night withoutmuch ado. It is interesting that in death, none of the characters saw anythingunlike in death experiences past where people saw glimpses of the afterlife. February 6th 217B The party feel that they can not risk another attack on them so they need totake the attack to the Cathezar. Prepping up the party magically discern's herlocation and teleports in to attack. Upon teleporting the group is caught by a magical force that shunts half theparty to another room where a series of traps brings down their preps and blaststhem with ice. In the room with the Cathezar are Qualental, Felicia, and Swiftwind. Feliciauses her magical strength draining breath while Qualental and Swiftwind attackthe Cathezar knocking her onto the ground and doing significant damage. TheCathezar yells out an alarm and immediately teleports away rather then standand fight while surprised. The group is immediately onset by a pair of Nafreshnee (Huge pig-headed demons).The party manage to successfully deal with the Nafreshnee and reunite byblasting through some walls in the Cathezar's lair. As the dust settle peoplelook around the Cathezar's room. As people are looking over her desk andlooting her quarters a fireball comes arcing down the route taken by the partyand immolates most of the library. The party immediately trace the spell back to its source and engage the Cathezarwhom is now fully prepped as well. She is in the room with the blasting glyphsof cold and dispel. The Cathezar manages to wrap her tail around Felicia'sneck and choke the dragon into unconsciousness even as she holds off all of theparties fighters. The battle is teetering on a knife point when Theringil fliesup to the Cathezar and surrounds the battle with a ring of antimagic. Withouther magical abilities she can not escape, and Qualental is able to stand outsideof the antimagic and use his magically boosted strength to take huge chunks outof her. The Cathezar manages to break free of the circle of steel surrounding her and asshe steps out of the antimagical circle Herunaro disintegrates the groundbeneath her and Theringil moves forward trapping her in a pit without an escaperoute except past the waiting ring of enemies. Attempting to burst from the pitshe is finally hacked to pieces. DEATHS ------ Swiftwind Berrik Felicia SESSION END Evening of February 6th 217B NEXT TIME : Looting the Lair of the Lady Lizard. EXPERIENCE TOTALS (Session 58) ----------------- Herunaro Swiftwind Berrik Qualental Theringil 157054 144183 142709 156933 156909