Session Nine

"City of Smoke and Sky"

Intro : After venturing into a cave system outside of Quantium, near the small village of Ivywood, in pursuit of a Mind Flayer, the Party discovered a nest of not just one – but four – Mind Flayers deep inside of the cave, being guarded by a colony of Duergar. Having carried the makeshift bomb, that had been put together by the blacksmith Adlar and the alchemist Loy in Ivywood, deep into the cave the Party concocted a nearly-suicidal plan to set the bomb off: destroying the majority of the nest, collapsing a portion of the cave, and nearly killing Vecna in the process.

After fleeing the scene by boat, and with some precise shots by Sprig to take down the last surviving Mind Flayer, the party ventured downstream to the southeast; eventually finding themselves exiting the cave system on the edge of the Mana Wastes – a ruined region between Nex and Geb where the effects of their long war has left a magical “dead zone”. Sailing their small boat into the docks of Alkenstar City, along the Ustradi River, the Party prepares to disembark…