This fight was crazy, not least of all because Gar cast control water and filled the room with oily, stinking water, submerging them beneath twenty feet of it.

But the Air Elemental Myrmidon controlled by Leopold could fly, so it avoided being submerged. Gar dismounted his giant crocodile and walked atop the water to the top of the ziggurat, standing over the captor, Darreth. Kahntun and Alexander rushed him, Leopold cast invisibility on himself and sought the high ground.

LiKi was submerged and moving slowly, she cast blink on herself to avoid being attacked.

Alexander released his water weird which killed the minor water cultists. The giant croc attacked the air elemental, knocking it out of charm. Leopold was saddened by this. In the end, the party had to slay all the water cultists and Leo's air pet. He dropped a tear into the filmy water.

Kahntun destroyed Gar who he had taken a vow of enmity against, delivering a critical hit and a divine smite for 6d8+8 damage! His rolls added up to 48.

The party conversed with the prisoner whom they freed and resuscitated when Kahntun laid hands upon him. Here is what they discussed:

• Darreth believed Leopold to be the Air prophet;
• He was surprised to see what he thought two prophets dueling as this was something he had not witnessed before;
• He told them that Marlos Urnrayle is a gorgon, "a real son of a bitch that one; I wouldn't go looking him in his eyes if you take me meaning!"
• He told them that the fire prophet was a mysterious tiefling named Vanifer. He didn't seem to know much about her;
• Gar had been performing some sort of ritual at the alter, but Darreth couldn't understand the language he was using, and didn't understand what role that he was to play in this grim performance, but he suspected his blood was a required ingredient;
• They took Gar Shaterkeel's weapon, a strange looking trident; a menacing energy emanated from it; Darreth suggested that these weapons were playing a major role in whatever the cults were up to, suggesting that the weapons were wielding their wielders; Leopold agreed, they stuffed both weapons into their bag of holding, and after an hour or so, our bard seemed to have returned to his old, jovial self;
• Darreth was super stoked to be rescued and asked the party to escort him back to Womford;
• Despite having been tied up for the last tenday, he was surprisingly spry and recovered quickly as they left this level of the dungeon as quickly as possible;
• Before they left, Kahntun attacked the huge, gleaming alter; it pulsated with an evil energy; after delivering a blow with his sword Talon, our paladin collapsed in searing pain that seemed to be burning inside his skull (50 hps psychic damage); although this angered him beyond sensibility, he did restrain himself from attacking again, but vowed to return to the evil spot one day after learning more about the dark religions practiced here; Leopold smirked and remarked, you sure take your vengeance oaths seriously, laughing "damn you inanimate object, you will one day feel my wrath, hahaha!!"
• While sneaking through the apparently deserted Air Temple, the party agreed to travel south to Womford and refresh themselves.
• When they arrived, Darreth was overjoyed and offered to ferry the party back up the Dessarin River, an offer they gratefully accepted; Kahntun was eager to get into the earth temple and exact his vengence on the secretive cult for the destruction of Red Larch.