Journal of Arcadius

Strange Allies

The rest of our party returned without incident, praise be to the northern gods for answering our prayers! However, grave danger remains. We continue to flee the mist and have reentered the keep itself.

There we explored and fought foes. Steinbjorn's magic was of great help throughout, but at last we encountered a barrier that split the party. Steinbjorn led one group downstairs, while the rest of us doubled back.

There, we met a strange personage - a humanoid being we at first thought one of the enemies. He is of a race that mingles the features of humans with some of those of serpents. It recalls to me legends of the jungles south of my homeland, where a race of that sort is said to dwell. The tales of them are not pleasant, but then again, as we've found elsewhere in our quests, the foes of the great foe may be our allies, at least for a time.

So it seems with this one. After brief discussion we agreed our party and his were here for compatible purpose, and resumed exploration together. We investigated a secret door we'd found earlier and, praise the gods, found a way to rejoin our party, who were fortified behind layers of Steinbjorn's magical defenses. It appeared that the mist was bubbling up through a pool in this chamber deep under earth, and the party was unsure of their means of escape. Thankfully we solved that problem.

Now, where next?

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