09-09-2020

Arrival in Waterdeep
The party arrived in the City of Splendors and went directly to the Yawning Portal, home of Durnan the Wanderer. He could not tell them how to get to Xanathar's lair but did offer them some of the best mead. Fulgerica was worried as he had some issues in the city, a debt to a local crime boss. Using their collective knowledge they managed to find find an entrance to some underground sewer systems. Traveling them was not that difficult. Evading some rogues they went deeper. Signs of someone living there became more apparent, beds, thug weapons. Jaheira searched some sections and found a number of rogues around a table. They spotted her and came in closer. A quick debate and the party concluded to remain as silent as possible. Elnaril broke the silence with a well placed tidal wave drowning one of the rogues. The commotion brought some invisible stalkers into the fight, thankfully Bhog heard them coming and Xavier managed to make them visible with faerie fire. Bisque supported by Fulgerica and Xavier defeated them without much incident. But the rogues were still a problem for Elnaril and Bhog who discovered a new threat. A cat (a magic cat most likely) jumped into a mechanical snake and with two living armors went on the offensive. Elnaril kept the rogues at bay even killing some but he needed help with these. In a rare turn the suits of armor were immune to the the radiance of Bisque and the eldritch pact magic of Xavier so they had to adapt. Bhog tried a few tricks to get the cat out of the metal snake and managed to catch it. The last rogue ran away but Bisque caught up with him. Unfortunately for the rogue what could have been a swift death at Bisque's hands turned into a gruesome one as a Barlgura devoured him.

The spoils were a little more than expected: 100 gp, two suits of plate armor, a magic scimitar, an abjurer's staff, a set of brass knuckles and some notes related to object animation. The cat finally woke up and after some "persuasion" it told the party it was there on contract. All fine and dandy so into the iron flask with it until a better option is available.

Meeting the Eye
A short distance from the combat they finally met Xanathar. Fulgerica put on his best face and offered service in return for a nap from Xanathar. He looked and acted quite mad, the death of his minions did not seem to bother him that much and agreed if the party killed Daniel Silverhand, the brother of Laeral Silverhand.