We start with one round until the Wall of Force falls. Then we'll have to engage spellcasters, giants, and ettins.

We prepare. Theldin does a dazzling display and notices the curtain hiding the spellcasters is alive or something.

The bad guys raise some monsters as zombies which attack. Fighting with giants - ettin and Elmo trade blows. Diren tries to tumble through the curtain, but it grabs him and tears his flesh as he goes through. He then fails to backstab the cleric.

The half-elf polymorphed into a giant aids us - casting spells like wall of fire.

It's long. It's involved. Theldin falls unconscious. Pire's healing aura proves useful to keep us alive. Theldin gets into position and does lots of damage. We finally achieve a good flank and Theldin/Diren do 100 points of damage.

We talk to the half-elf giant lady after everything dies. She's druid in disguise named Kella. Portals on the left side go to the elemental planes. Portals on the right go to special elemental nodes that were constructed. We look farther into to an expensively mosiac-ed room with a pillar of light. In the center the light is a silver throne with the impression. We leave it for now.

Elmo calls out a threat to the bugbears and they leave en masse. One giant went and hid in a portal room, but isn't there anymore. He must have used the portal.

We check for loot on the people and in the nearby alcoves. The people have some nice magic items - staff of fire, bracers of defense +7, heavy armor, nice tools. Nearby chests have a lot of cash and some magic items.

We decide we'll head back to Verbobonc to sell off, get some goodies, and come back ready for more.

On the way out, we stop to pick up our prisoners/rescued captives. The door has been smashed from the inside out. The harlots and the orc are manacled and dead on the floor. One harlot is only mostly dead and is healed. The merchant is gone. But the evil skull of Iuz is still there. An unseen servant is summoned to use a dagger to nudge the skull into a bag.

The girls were braiding hair. Then the merchant attacked the orc and then he turned on them. And then he was gone.

Elmo tries to track the merchant, but can't find the track. And then we head up, bringing the harlot with us. She's good to come with us.

At camp, it's cold, windy, and sunny.