10-06-2020

The enemy of my enemy
The search for more displacer beasts continued after the exploration of the cave. In the distance Jaheira and Alvin senses detected something. Creeping closer the party saw a welcomed sight. A huge group of displacer beasts and they were fighting some fomorians. After a few seconds it become clear the fomorians were losing so the adventurers decided to "help" them. Elnaril and Xavier summoned some demons that joined the combat. The rest of the party swung offensive spells ignoring the demons but hitting a lot of other enemies. With the fomorians and demons down the heavily wounded displacer beasts focused on the adventurers. They were made quick work as all fire was focused on each beast in turn until it was dead. The last two tried to run away but were chased down and killed a little while later.

The task seemed to be complete, these beasts would add up to the 20 needed in the material plane by the enchanter. Elnaril started on the skinning and the others started to get the eyes of the fomorians(alchemical components). Alvin perked up at some point and told them he sensed something but could not point out what it was. Elnaril was the first to find out as a small portal opened and a miniature claw grabbed his arcane focus. Now they were on edge, Xavier was next and lost his gold pouch. Bhog was on the lookout so he noticed the little Boogle. There were a lot of these pests around. The adventurers managed to kill the ones that stole the items and hide in the tiny hut to skin the rest of the beasts. A little Boogle jumped on top of the hut asking them to come out and play.

With the skins acquired and nothing to do the adventurers decided to go to the tree stump in the distance. The place was fairly deserted and Jeeves (unseen servant) went to knock on the door. Nothing happened, so the group went to open the door. Bhog turned into a monkey and ran to the pot of the tree where he noticed a small ice storm. Inside the hut there was a lot of meat, and cleavers. Fulgerica noticed a big magical eye on top of the looking glass there and Bisque dispelled it just to be sure. The stairs to the upper levels were rigged with some kind of trap, Jeeves was more than happy to trigger it. The stairs collapsed and the servant went down in a freezing mist where it was turned to ice. Elnaril attacked the mist with his flaming blade until it was gone. On the roof of the tree Bhog found a cage and a sort of elf inside. He was in some sort of magically induced sleep and could not be awaken. On the second floor the rest of the team found a lot of artifacts and the names of the five hags that composed the convent. A trap door lead to the roof where Bhog was trying to open the cage. It was taking too long for Fulgerica so he polymorphed the elf into a serpent and they took him out easily. The tree hut belonged to a group of five bheur hag aunties: Agatha, Agnes, Judith, Olga and Sally.

Due to the arcane eye on top of the mirror they moved out of the tree really fast.

An old and failed mission
The elf was sleeping and removing the charm around his neck did not wake him. Bisque cast remove curse. Upon waking the elf was not sure where he was. The adventurers talked to him and explained where he was and how they found him. He continued by explaining he was asleep for more than 500 years, the hags have sapped his strength and he was really weak. Fulgerica have him a shaorma so he can get better soon - or die. The elf was an ambassador send by the summer queen but was waylayer on his trip. To make sure this does not happen again the team agreed to take him to the summer court.

The journey back was uneventful and the elf was welcomed back with bows from the rest of the court, the adventurers were treated the same. The summer queen was willing to see the adventurers and after a quick refresher on court etiquette they walked in. The queen Titania was magnificent and she thanked the adventurers for the service they provided. In return the offered them knowledge, a place to rest and a blessing. They mentioned the door to the shadowfell and with the help of a wizard this needed to be closed.

The wizard gave them a ring of spell storing with a dispell cast in it. Next they tried to barter for more arcane knowledge.