07-10-2020

The treasure
The cave was easy to navigate until Elnaril noticed some illusions. Pushing forward they went into a secret altar room. Unfortunately it was inhabited by some fire salamanders and an efreeti. Both parties were surprised but ultimately the heroes won without any trouble. During a short rest another enemy came in the room, but was vaporized before it managed to draw it's sword. In the root there was a small pillar with a stone on top. A few magic hands managed to take the stone, identification turned out to be a fire elemental summoning stone.

Clearing out the rest of the place did not prove too hard. The treasure room was spectacular, with more gold than they could carry. A small room contained three wells: one with water, one with ash and a last empty one where Jaheira felt intense heat. They could not take all the treasure and decided to leave.

Loaded with treasure they left quickly and did not stop until arriving at the ship. Something was stirring behind them as an earthquake could be heard in the distance.

Fortune favors the ...
The wishfern was about to bloom in a few days so they needed to get to dry land fast. An island fit the requirements and they moved in that direction. On the horizon a huge storm was brewing. Bhog noticed this was not any ordinary storm, but a tempest. Avoiding it would not be a problem, until Xavier remembered these tempests could provide the needed wing sprites to make the ship fly. The plan was to anchor the ship using the immovable rod and plant growth. Xavier would fly up with Jaheira and catch the sprites. Fulgerica cast death ward on him in case flight was cut off. The tempest did not notice the ship initially and Xavier could take one sprite but this attracted it's attention. The rest of

the party could not stand by and watch their companion be attacked so they engaged. The fight was brutal, both Elnaril and Xavier went down multiple times, everyone else expending all of their spells. The tempest was finally defeated and a dozen wins sprites could be caught.