Mirror Tree’s Log

Mirror Tree’s Log #12

Mirror Tree’s Log #12

Party Members:
Mirror Tree (Monk),  Essavelle Oakstaff (Wizard),  Nïx (Ranger),  Dolgram (Barbarian/Fighter).

Journal:

-We have rested. After the rest we decided we should challenge the Beholder. We placed the necessary gems into their respective sockets and opened the vault door. My internal Deity Kobuzan told me to attack it. Seemed a wise choice so I did. It was, however, a fake. The real one was invisible next to the wall.

-I managed to slam the beholder into the wall, and pinned it there with the Rod of Immobility. The Wizard parked her Sphere of Annihilation on it, causing the beholder to go die very easily. The room was filled with treasures (3 gold masks, and a gold coronet worth 25k gold pieces). I wear the coronet because it’s awesome and I feel like a king. The wizard took an Orb of Force. Apparently the Orb doubles in number every few hours.

-We freed a devil and used her to open up one of the evil deities, who joined her. She agreed to help us fight the Lich in return for this. However, when we ran across a room that had a portal back to her plane of hell, she ditched us.

-We ventured down to the next level. Bloody words were on the ceiling down there. Something about awakening something or someone. However, we did find a control room. The wizard studied it for an hour but couldn’t figure it out. So I pressed the buttons and turned some knobs then pulled the lever. Floors moved, had to reset lever. Don’t use red knobs is the takeaway there.

-Found a servant Aboleth that can configure the rooms on this level from the control room. Using this, and his help we explored the area. Found the corpse we believe to be the leader of the previous group. He had six gems. We wound up using those six gems on a gargoyle to obtain the Eye of Zaltek. Which is a large Ruby gem worth a lot of gold. I think the Fighter took it.

-We come across an observatory that I hop into. I again fiddle with levers and buttons, and I see things beyond my imagination, and it truly expands my mind. I feel so much more intelligent for having seen what I saw. (+5 int).

-Encountered a golden mastadon. Ranger pulled a lever on top of the thing, and devils started to appear, and fire started pouring out of the mastadon’s mouth, as well as the thing started rotating around. A devil did manage to slash me pretty good. I had to quickly figure out how to put out the fire on my fur before things got out of hand. The devil that ditched us came through a portal, she definitely didn’t appear to intend to, and she was very unhappy about being back in this place. I finished her off with a Quivering Palm. The Fighter got a nice chalice.

-The servant Aboleth tells us of a legendary creature on this level that had yet to be placed in a trap. We go investigate, but decide it wasn’t really worth it. So we go down to the final level of the tomb.

-On the last level we meet our mangy doppelgangers. Apparently that’s how the lich and others were keeping track of us since they knew everything we did. I ate boar, and it was great (STR Adv. next 24hrs), and I get three spell scrolls. A trio of Hags came after us, and killed our doppelgangers. They were ethereal, which I discovered when I used one of the spell scrolls on them. However, with the Wizard’s help we defeated the Hags. Took one prisoner and she told us all about this last place, the Soulmonger, and the baby god in the next room.

-We ventured into the next room, and I broke the Soulmonger device and saved the world. Then I had to fight the very angry baby god, and it too died when the Wizard hit it with a more than a dozen Orbs of Force all at once. Then the Lich showed up. It was a very tough battle but we were on the verge of defeating him when he teleported away. I hope my Quivering Palm technique finished off his body and returned him to his phylactery. We’ll never know.

Epilogue:

-We didn’t save Syndra Silvermane, we were too late and the soulmonger ate her soul. There will be a state funeral sometime soon. However, word of what we did still spread far and wide. Riches and fame are mine, like they were always meant to be.

-I own a castle now. It was given to me for my part in saving the world from death curse. Feathers stays in the stable. I have a throne of gold. And the nearby countryside sing my praises. The mountain of riches I walked out of that temple with, as well as my share of what was in the Heart of Ubtau will keep me rich for the rest of my life, even if I do nothing. However, I’m not doing nothing, I am leader of the Company of the Yellow Banner, they made me their leader after they heard about what happened to their previous one and how important I was in lifting the curse. Red Wizards try to keep up to date on me, and occasionally try to kill me. The fools. Oh the kobold traders took over Omu and turned it into a trade hub. I thought that was pretty hilarious.

Mirror Tree’s Log #11

Mirror Tree’s Log #11

Party Members:
Mirror Tree (Monk),  Essavelle Oakstaff (Wizard),  Nïx (Ranger),  Dolgram (Barbarian/Fighter).

Journal:
-Deeper into this dungeon we go. We found a thing that we think is Acerak’s Scepter. A few undead were wandering around, blind and drawing on walls. Looks like they had painted the fate of the previous adventuring party before us, and had started painting our arrival to the tomb. I spent a bit of time trying to get them to stop, and ultimately just tied them together with a rope. All the weird stuff going on in here, all I know what they draw may happen or something.

-As I was doing this the others found a secret room. Turns out it was Queen Napaka’s remains in there. There was an iron scepter in there, which we deduced would be required to hold Acerak’s scepter. With a little nudge from my bro Kubazan, I take the scepter and test the hypothesis by grabbing Acerak’s. Suddenly I feel like I’m a little more invincible [gain +50hp while in control of both scepters].

-Entering another room, we set off some traps, and now a giant round boulder drops down the only entrance to the room every 15 seconds, and dissolves in a pit of acid at the bottom. Turns out this room was the tomb of Unkh, who the Wizard took. In return Unkh gave her a robe of shifting colors. There were some brightly colored doors in this room, and using the key the Ranger had we opened them. I got a Kubazan statue (Charm of the Swollen Hag), now I can spit up a frog that I can communicate and control every so often. I aalso pick up a cat statue (Charm of Nine Lives), I suddenly feel like I’m going to be absolutely fine [prevents death, upon reaching 0hp, brings you to 1hp. Can happen nine times].

-In another room there are gargoyle statues with slots for what look like coins. I stuck a few in and got a ticket with my face on it. No idea what that’s for. But it has my face so it has to be good.

-We nearly suffocated in a trap. We managed to escape it, but the Wizard turned to stone.  None of us know how to fix that, so we’re just dragging her around now.

-In a large open room filled with a terracotta army, we were mildly puzzled about how to get through to the sarcophagus without activating the army (they started moving to attack whenever we got near them). Then the Ranger activated her trinket and walked through unharmed. She says she’s invulnerable to bludgeoning and piercing damage for a long time. She took the god Shaganbi as well.

-Some serious shit went down. The Ranger got stuck in a mirror. Found out a little more about the old city’s people. And ultimately the Barbarian had to activate his trinket, which was a single use Wish spell. We rewound time to before the Wizard turned to stone, and the Barbarian and I kept our memories so we knew exactly what to do and avoid. I don’t ever want to do that again.

-Retraced our steps, this time avoiding traps and solving things the right way the first time.

-we found the Crown that the Yuan-ti wanted. I smashed it, turning it into a Sphere of Annihilation that started following me around. The Wizard took control of the thing. Could prove useful.

 

 

Mirror Tree’s Log #10

Mirror Tree’s Log #10

Party Members: Mirror Tree (Monk), Essavelle Oakstaff (Wizard), Gerrard (Paladin, player wasn’t at this session), Nïx (Ranger), Dolgram (Barbarian/Fighter).

Journal:

-We enter a tomb of Kubazan. Fought some wraiths, but figured out the puzzle. I accept Kubazan into my mind, he seems a pretty good fit. A real go getter he is.

-We enter a hall with a waterfall and weapons that are hanging on the walls, with murals of different creatures behind them. The riddle suggested grabbing a weapon to get through, so I grabbed a blowgun and tried. Failed, but we soon discovered Tridents are the way to go.

-There was a room with a mirror of me in it. The wizard said that I should try to make my mirror drink from the fountain. So we did. The Wizard and Ranger collapsed unconscious though. Inside the now empty fountain was an orange crystal eye. We rested there to heal.

-While leading the group in a very tight passageway, a trap was triggered and I got stuck when the passageway shifted and went down. Thankfully the rest of the party figured out how to get me out. After that we entered Ijin’s tomb. They used me step on blocks to solve the riddle, because I’m the best at nimbly jumping around. After solving the riddle, the Ranger took Ijin into her mind, and gave a magical horn to the Wizard.

-We came across a huge room with multiple platforms over a seemingly endless pit. At the other side was a gargoyle. Kubazan felt it was best to try to make it to the other side as fast as possible, while the Ranger pulled a lever next to us. So I did. Jumping platforms is super easily, and with a little extra effort, I was able to easily cross the distance in next to no time at all. Turns out the lever caused some magical wind that paralyzed the Ranger and knocked the Wizard unconscious (again). I grabbed the two crystal eyes in the gargoyle’s hand and the ranger eventually was able to reset the lever. Was a bit frightened for a bit.

-Continuing on, there was a gold plated skull with two more crystals in his eyes. I pulled them out, for which the skull thanked me. It’s name was Yaka. He wants revenge against the leader of the Tomb Guardians called Wither. We obliged his request and we went and found him in his office. Turns out Wither is made of hands. But such things were no issue for me to handle and they were soon dispatched. Wither hand a journal, a spellbook belonging to a certain Camora Blackfire, and a tome about how to make clay golems. And finally a control gem that controls something, but we’re not sure what.

Mirror Tree’s Log #9

Mirror Tree’s Log #9

Important NPCs:
Xavzaren hired River Mist and Flask of Wine, two Tabaxi also as guides to screw with Mirror Tree. They are currently paying Mir 5 silver a day for use of Feathers as a carrier for the giant turtle shell.
Inete is a human acolyte of Savras and has pointed us toward where we need to go.
Valetra is an archmage who is studying the Heart of Ubtao.
Faroul and Gondolo are two guides and had a Triceratops. They now owe Mir 1000 gold, payable on their return to the Port.
Party Members: Mirror Tree (Monk), Essavelle Oakstaff (Wizard), Gerrard (Paladin, player wasn’t at this session), Nïx (Ranger), Dolgram (Barbarian/Fighter).

Journal:

-The head of the princess came back while we were sleeping at the entrance to the tomb. We got the mage to dispel the thing, which made it go silent and stop hurling fireballs. I hurled it outside the tomb and closed the entrance to the tomb. It won’t bother us anymore, and it’s now someone else’s problem.

-We ventured back into the tomb. The dwarf stepped on a pressure plate and slipped down the floor and into the gigantic fan/propeller thing. He got bumped around a bit and spit out the other side. I managed to crawl along the wall to it and pull the lever to reset the mechanism. While we tried to figure out how to get over there, the mage cast a spell and simply vanished. With just the ranger and me, the ranger clambered on my back and I tried to launch through the blades once the trap activated again. She leaped off my back to avoid a fan blade. This made me hit the blade and take a couple really good hits before falling through. I had to meditate a bit to heal up.

-We made it to Wongo’s Tomb.

-Inside the tomb was an onyx, rust, and silver casket in addition to his sarcophagus that had a button whose color corresponded to a casket. Found that there were golden keys that could be turned from inside the casket. So I got into the silver one and turned the key. I nearly froze solid. The Ranger got into the other two. Lost all the metal on her, and took a big hit. But she’s fine. The sarcophagus had an immovable rod, so I had to grab it. Wongo tried to possess me, but  I am too much in control of myself. So that bastard disappeared. We rigged the immovable rod to get through the big fanblades. This thing is gonna be incredibly useful.

-We ran into the Wizard again. She was freaked out and said not to try teleporting. Bad things happen I guess.

-We find a hole into the Tomb of Ijin. I rappel down the hole and look around. Tons of symbols on the ground and a dead dwarf. Got +500 worth of small diamonds, and 2 Crystal Eyes from a dead cleric. Couldn’t figure out the puzzle, so I left.

-Found a dead half goat wizard with a staff. There was a weird gravity hallway thing. I grabbed his journal and a staff. I couldn’t let the staff go, and our Wizard said it was cursed. She was able to dispel the curse. It’s now just a Staff of Striking. I give it to her, just in case.

-I walked into a room. There was an empty casket there, with four gigantic gargoyles in it. Out of their mouths wine started to pour. Couldn’t find a way out until the room was full, and I could swim through the gargoyle mouths. After the second one I got lucky and found an exit. Shortly after I exited, the wine drained away. I found myself in the Tomb of Nangnang. There was a pentagram surrounding the sarcophagus, and something huge and invisible stomping around inside. I know better than to disturb the circle and leave, heading back to the group.

-We ran into some Hall Guardians. I beat one down, the party deals with the other. Ranger collects the magic chain that was binding the two. At the end of the hall, I almost got charmed and decapitated. But my wits are too sharp. The ranger got some glasses of Detect Magic.

Mirror Tree’s Log #8

Mirror Tree’s Log #8

Important NPCs:
Xavzaren hired River Mist and Flask of Wine, two Tabaxi also as guides to screw with Mirror Tree. They are currently paying Mir 5 silver a day for use of Feathers as a carrier for the giant turtle shell.
Inete is a human acolyte of Savras and has pointed us toward where we need to go.
Valetra is an archmage who is studying the Heart of Ubtao.
Faroul and Gondolo are two guides and had a Triceratops. They now owe me 1000 gold, payable on their return to the Port.
Party Members: Mirror Tree (Monk), Essavelle Oakstaff (Wizard), Gerrard (Paladin, player wasn’t at this session), Nïx (Ranger), Dolgram (Barbarian/Fighter).

Journal:

-Things destabilized quickly. The Yuan-Ti led by their leader Raznisi went up to confront the Red Wizards at the entrance to the Tomb. With a little ‘prodding’ they started fighting each other. As soon as the numbers thinned and victory for one side was assured we rushed in and cleaned things up.

-I hit a wizard so hard it killed him and knocked him 15 feet back into another wizard who was knocked over by the flying body.

-At the end of the fight we had successfully killed Raznisi and the leader of the Red Wizards in the city. Probably making life better for everyone in the process. From their bodies we received: 2 Flametongue Scimitars, Bracers of Defence (these things are super useful to me), and a +3 Dagger.

-The wizard somehow managed to impersonate Raznisi’s voice when his sending stone activated and a voice asked how the Red Wizards were progressing. She said they were squishy.

-We now have all the puzzle cubes, and solved a puzzle to make it inside the Tomb itself.

-Once inside the Tomb, we rested. It was a fitful rest, however we didn’t see the strange figure that was in our previous dream.

-We see what appears to be Obo’laka’s sarcophagus surrounded by undead bears from the other side of a crystalline glass window. No other obvious way in, so I crack the window and we retreat down the hall. The bears come bursting through the window, but have to attack us two at a time, making things much easier for us to defeat them. However, being as large as grizzlies, it was a long and bloody fight. Really could have used some holy power around then…

-We open the sarcophagus, the bones were not quite as big as I expected a demigod to be, however there was a ring in there. The fighter took the ring and was apparently possessed by Obo’laka. Well, at the very least, Obo’laka has taken up residence in the Fighter’s head.

-Continuing on into the tomb, we find a statue that draws metal to it, and once the object touches it, it gets destroyed. Luckily I was aware quick enough to avoid losing my necklace. Almost lost my footing thanks to it though. The Wizard and I (being the only non-armored individuals, and having put our metal stuff down) checked out the little alcove next to the statue. Just a fountain with maids pouring water into it. I walked through it and lost the ability to speak for a while [ed: 8 hours].  I dropped my sling in there and it was destroyed. So we left it alone after that.

-There’s someone in here with us. No contact yet, could be good or bad.

-Continuing on to another area, I startle a disembodied head of a young princess. She attacks me. I defeat her, and open the sarcophagus to the Moa. The Fighter takes the Moa into his head again, but apparently convinced it (and the Wizard) to go into the Wizards head. We have a staff now.

Mirror Tree’s Log #7

Mirror Tree’s Log #7

Important NPCs:
Xavzaren hired River Mist and Flask of Wine, two Tabaxi also as guides to screw with Mirror Tree. They are currently paying Mir 5 silver a day for use of Feathers as a carrier for the giant turtle shell.
Inete is a human acolyte of Savras and has pointed us toward where we need to go.
Valetra is an archmage who is studying the Heart of Ubtao.
Faroul and Gondolo are two guides and had a Triceratops. They now owe me 1000 gold, payable on their return to the Port.
Party Members: Mirror Tree (Monk), Essavelle Oakstaff (Wizard), Gerrard (Paladin, player wasn’t at this session), Nïx (Ranger), Dolgram (Barbarian/Fighter).

Journal:

-We ran across some red wizards and mercenaries at a shrine. We ambushed them as they were trying to get into the shrine. I jumped one and tackled it down. Another tried to run, but was tackled by one of the prisoners they had. Local wildlife monkeys go nuts above us, it’s annoying. I killed the wizard and focused on the mercs behind me. The other wizard cast fireball, roasting mercs and prisoners. I dodged out of the way and the Fighter somehow managed to avoid it with his shield. I jumped on that wizard and made sure he’d never do that again.

-There was much talk about the cuniform and the various masks that looked into the shrine room. I kept hearing vulture, so I found that mask, looked through and said what I saw. I guess we needed to pour water on that part of the shrine, so I did so. Was offered the choice to get the puzzle cube: take it and curse my friends, or fight the shrine’s champions. Clearly the champions would be the better honor and tale, so I chose that.

-The champions screams are stupid, and I couldn’t move for most of the fight. When I could finally move I killed the last one and take the cube.

-That fight was terrible, so we decided we needed to rest. I feel much better in the morning. Had some odd dreams again.

-We were exploring the amphitheater and were attacked by big velociraptors who were on the roof of a tall building. I tried to pull one off the edge like I had the kobold a while ago. But it’s too big. I did eventually manage to punch it hard enough it fell of the edge and died on impact.

-The scuffle with the velociraptors woke the King of Feathers, a big T-Rex. I jumped on its back from the roof to wail on it. The tabaxi (Bag of Nails?) that has been hunting us showed up and started attacking the T-Rex. But then he attacked me! I caught his stupid arrow and threw it back in his general direction, hoping he’d take the hint. I was in the middle of fighting the T-Rex after all. If he didn’t take the hint, the Wizard fireballed him, and then the Ranger finished him off. Shows him right. The fight with King of Feathers continued on, and was finally brought down by the Fighter. The dead tabaxi had a sweet Cloak of Protection on him, which I took. I also took some of the plumage, a couple teeth, and a claw from the King of Feathers, maybe someone can do something to integrate it into my necklace.

-Our next rest we have more bad dreams. A dark figure is killing the 9 gods, and killed one. They’re in a line with me at the end. I have a feeling that in 8 days he’s going to be at me and bad things are going to happen.

-We ran across some merchant kobolds, run by a sorcerer kobold named Cakarol. We paid the kobolds 60gp to give us the supplies they had collected for the Red Wizards. For an additional 20gp we also bought the maps they had, detailing areas outside the city of Omu, including detailed map of Harkhammer, some miles away. We hatched a plan with the kobold, to start a gang war between the Red Wizards and the Yuan-ti, because they didn’t care for them either. We got a bunch of Red Wizard garb, and snuck into a Yuan-ti encampment. We killed a guard and used his blood to write ‘Death to Dendar’ (their snake god thing), and let the other guard run away to raise the alarm that Red Wizards were here.

-We found a room full of slaves and hydra eggs. We freed the slaves and fireballed the eggs. Then we escaped out the way we came in. Bringing down the tunnel behind us. I bet the Yuan-ti are pissed, and they have no clue it wasn’t Red Wizards. Our plan went off without a hitch. We gave the supplies bought from the kobolds to the freed slaves, which consisted of food, armors, and weapons and sent them on their way. Things are about to destabilize around the city in a hurry I think.

I commissioned Mirror Tree, because of course I did. And it turned out absolutely fantastic. I might have to commission any future D&D characters too.

Art commissioned from brindle
Art commissioned from brindle
Mirror Tree’s Log #6

Mirror Tree’s Log #6

Important NPCs:
Xavzaren hired River Mist and Flask of Wine, two Tabaxi also as guides to screw with Mirror Tree. They are currently paying Mir 5 silver a day for use of Feathers as a carrier for the giant turtle shell.
Inete is a human acolyte of Savras and has pointed us toward where we need to go.
Valetra is an archmage who is studying the Heart of Ubtao and sent us off looking for the heart of a red dragon.
Faroul and Gondolo are two guides and had a Triceratops. They now owe me 1000 gold, payable on their return to the Port.
Party Members: Mirror Tree (Monk), Essavelle Oakstaff (Wizard), Gerrard (Paladin), Nïx (Ranger).

Journal:

-As we continued our trek down into the mine, we ran across a kobold nest. The kobolds were easily wiped out. I took a few eggs for breakfast tomorrow. The next group of kobolds were ready for us, hiding behind a wall of spikes. I launched myself over the spikes (misjudged a bit and got a little scraped up) and broke some of their necks and impaled one of them onto the spikes. The rest of the party cleaned up the rest of the group, and all the kobold women and children ran away out of the mine. Below us, the fight between the dragon and the red wizards was in full swing.

-Searching around the room we found an alcove that had three dwarven barrels of explosives in it. We rigged them up with rope and dropped it down onto the fight below, a spell from the Wizard ignited it. The explosion obliterated the red wizards and severely injured the dragon. Of course the dragon was severely pissed off, and definitely surprised. I had to run down a wall to get to the level of the dragon. The Paladin and I got into a brawl with it, while the wizard and warlock hit it from afar. It was a hard fight, but worth it. A tale of legends I think, and worthy of spreading my name and reputation. Though I was severely injured, after the dragon’s death I ran down the wall to inspect the hoard before the rest arrived.

-I picked out a beautiful gold necklace with a dragon design for myself and made myself a throne of the trove and waited for the rest to arrive. After going over the loot, I ran up and collected Feathers so we could load up the treasure in the turtle shell cart. total loot: 3,300 gold, 15,000 silver, 45,000 copper, a gold scabbard, 3 pieces of valuable dwarven art, my necklace, and a magical dwarven axe named Bob. We gave Bob to the Paladin I think.  The Warlock grabbed some random loot and disappeared. But that’s ok, we found a dwarf who was running from some pony sized fire ants. I think his name is Dolgram? He decides to join us in solving this resurrection issue. We collect the heart of the dragon.

-We rest and recuperate in the mines before heading back to the surface. My meditation leaves me feeling stronger, my understanding of my ki is such that I know I’m no longer susceptible to disease and poison. Fantastic for this jungle land.  The Wizard teleported us to the back to the Heart of Ubtao. We hand over the heart of the dragon, and the wizard Veletra began the ritual. It took 8 hours to complete, so I unloaded the Feather’s turtle shell and cooked those kobold eggs. They were delicious. During the night though, we all had some weird dreams. After Valetra got the heart installed, the Heart of Ubtao changed, the tree taking on an eternally burning aspect. Leaves are bouts of flame and all that. looks cool. There’s also runes of the 9 trickster gods. Valetra can now drive this thing around, and we’re now on our way down to the city of Omu.

-Found some graffiti at the entrance, the rest of the party got into a boring conversation about it so I scouted around.  Found a scribe that had been abandoned by Red Wizards. He was bad off. Rest of the party healed him up a bit. He gave us information about the Red Wizards in the area, as well as the Yuan Ti roaming around, apparently Raznisi or whatever is still alive and roaming around but suffering from resurrection sickness. The scribe also told us how we need to have 9 puzzle cubes to open the tomb of the dead trickster gods. Red Wizards have 2, they think they have three but one is a fake. Scribe gave us the one that was replaced by a fake.

-We decided to hit up the shrines the Red Wizards hadn’t gotten to yet, to try to get most of the puzzle boxes first. We ran across a Tabaxi who has apparently been hunting Yuan Ti. Later he made it apparent he’s going to start hunting us, from an arrow fired from what must have been a great distance. First shrine we attempted was called the Engines Shrine. Bunch of unicorn bunnies around. I walk across stones in a specific way and get to the puzzle cube. The hunter collects a unicorn bunny for a pet. We continue down the main pathway and find a tablet that detailed a little about the history of the city.

 

Mirror Tree’s Log #5

Mirror Tree’s Log #5

[This was a super short session.]
Journal

-We enter a room. There’s a pile of dead dwarves that have been reduced to ash. The Warlock disturbed the bodies. I punch a dwarven ghost straight in the face, killing it. I bet it didn’t expect my fists to be magical weapons. After killing it, I moved on and turned their most powerful ghost into an ectoplasmic punching bag.

-I grabbed a silver ingot from the forge. I think I can hire a jewelcrafter to make something beautiful about me with it. How legendary would it be to be decked out in not just thematic jewelry of my exploits, but made with the metal itself from those exploits?

-I saw a couple Kobolds on an edge above us. I sneaked up and pulled them over the edge and made them fall 15 feet into my party below. One of the kobolds died, the other was ‘convinced’ to show us the traps on the way down. He tried to get sneaky with one of the traps and mistimed things. He got squished by his own boulder trap.

 

 

Mirror Tree’s Log #4

Mirror Tree’s Log #4

Guides:
Xavzaren hired River Mist and Flask of Wine, two Tabaxi also as guides to screw with Mirror Tree. They are currently paying Mir 5 silver a day for use of Feathers as a carrier for the giant turtle shell.
Inete is a human acolyte of Savras and has pointed us toward where we need to go.
Faroul and Gondolo are two guides and had a Triceratops. They now owe me 1000 gold, payable on their return to the Port.

Journal

-We arrived at the goblin camp. The goblins were waiting for us, surrounding us in a semi circle. The goblin queen had an amulet that said ‘Vorn’ on it. I notice prisoners in the corner, one a female half elf, and Faroul and Gondolo. Alas their Triceratops was nothing but bone. I guess they got waylaid on their way out of the jungle. There’s also a man in a cage that is atop a tree bent down in what can only be described as a makeshift catapult. He’s trying to be very still so as not to accidentally set it off.

-Apparently the goblins are friends with fire ants, as these ants (about the size of a tiny dog) have a colony here and seem to do no harm to them.
-As the Paladin and Wizard try to negotiate with the goblins, I sneak away in the bushes. I just knew there was going to be trouble, so I went to rescue the half elf lady. I also rescued the guides because they offered me 1000 gold if they got back to the port safely. None of the goblins noticed. They were however getting agitated at the Paladin’s antics.

-Realizing that negotiations were failing, I jumped at the nearest goblin from the bushes and tore into him. Blood went everywhere. A chicken went flying. Dunno how it wound up being in the tree catapult and not the man, but whatever. Fire ants went wild because of blood(?) and engulfed my goblin, utterly consuming it. I grab another goblin, and slam him into the ant pile. He tries to escape, and I grab him and hold him down until the ants have killed him. After that, all the other goblins and the goblin queen have been killed by the rest of the party, so I decide to take care of these ants and start stomping down until they run away.

-The guy in the catapult cage is named Reno. He’s a long winded archaeologist. Apparently long ago a god named Ubtau built the place, but was usurped by trickster gods or something. The Ranger I rescued proved very adept at killing goblins so we let her join our party. I think her name is Nix?

-With the amulet in our control we went back to the golem where the Wizard started doing her thing with it and the amulet. I went off to track down the two guides who are going to owe me money when they get back to port. Naturally they got lost and I had to guide them back. Useless guides if you ask me. But 1000 gold is 1000 gold. The mage managed to activate the golem and now it follows her command.

-Made it back to Camp Vengeance without any issue. Nobody wants to mess with a giant war golem. The Paladin’s order was there and making the place properly defensible. The person who was sent back to port with money also returned with supplies and mercenaries. The golem was used to enhance the fort’s defenses and is now set to stand guard, protecting the people in the camp.

-We head south toward the large basin. It’s easy going, no undead or anything to worry about. Fairly peaceful and quiet. We saw the Heart of Ubtau floating about fifty miles away and made our way to it. When we got there some woman cast arcane gateway to let us in, which was nice. Her name is Archmage Veletra and she’s been searching for the Soulmonger relic too so she can contain it. She thinks the Heart of Ubtau can be revived by using the heart of a red dragon. I kinda want to kill a red dragon.

-Actually, I really want to kill a red dragon. imagine the fame and fortune one could get from accomplishing such a feat. The rest of the party was convinced this is the right thing to do, and the Archmage teleported us all to the entrance of the mine the dragon is located in. Apparently there are very large fire ants, red wizards, and who knows what else inside this thing.

-We took a mine cart down into the mine. It started going too fast and the brakes broke off. We careened down the rest of the tunnel at high speed until we plowed through an embankment and the mine cart fell into a pit. I launched myself out of the mine cart midair and landed easily on my feet. The others wound up safely one way or the other. We all regrouped and went deeper into the mines.