The attack in the night by the Black Knight left the party very hurt.  After Meric tends to the party he announces the party’s condition and suggests that we camp in another location and then head back to the keep.  Leaving Thaer unconscious but stable the group decides to camp about one mile closer to the keep.  The night goes uneventful and in the morning Meric decides to further help Thaer by bringing him out of his unconscious state.  A little later Wylaer sets out on his own, agreeing to meet up with us five days later.  His mission to conduct reconnaissance on the abandoned elven encampment goes uneventful.   He does find human footprints, but no inhabitants. 

     Meanwhile on the road back to the keep, Makaus stumbles to the ground and collapses.  Unable to be woken up, Meric leans down to Makaus and lets the goodness in his soul transfer to his friend.  This is just another testament to the damage done by the Black Knight and his undead minions. 

     At the keep Makaus and Meric do stuff but they tell me to fuck off because Thaer is outside the keep and that it doesn’t matter if I write about what happened with Zineg.

     There was also at least an hour of bitching back and forth about the diamond.

     After a couple of days go by Wylaer returns and informs us of the elven encampment.  We head out a day later.  Back to the caves we go.   

     The party agrees on letting Thaer try his powers on the door in Skeltar’s room.  The party readies itself as Thaer attempts to open the door.  The door opens.  Proceeding cautiously Wylaer sniffs around at the entrance.  “Minotaurs.”  We all pull back and without much discussion we all decided to close the door and try the Spellcaster’s cave.  The Minotaurs obviously had a significant effect on the group. 

     Approaching the Spellcaster’s cave from above, Wylaer again using his nose alerted the group of a bad smell, one of a large beast.  We moved in and encountered a huge beast.  It had a body the size of a bear yet the head of an eagle. 

     A few seconds into the battle a chain on the beast’s leg was spotted and announced.  We all retreated to take aim with our bows and crossbows.  After dealing heavy damage the beast retreated to the cave.  Wylaer moved in to spot.  He saw what looked like a rock and with the advice of Meric he shot at it.  It was in fact the beast and it was soon there after that it fell. 

     Once inside we found a room down and to the right.  It was a library where a little girl sat studying.  The walls were lined with books and one sat open.  When we moved towards it a face and hand came out from it.  Jumping back in horror, Thaer decides to close the book with his axe handle.  The girl’s name was Arped.  Her bratty attitude came out as soon as we entered the room.  Surprised by our democratic ways she felt the need to comment about how unfit we were for being rescuers.  Thaer had a hard time holding his axe let alone his tongue.   After interviewing her we felt our best option was to wait for the spellcaster to come to us. 

     The caster did not come right away.  Instead it was a pack of skeletons from down the other hallway.  Quick thinking led Makaus to tear through them with the divine power from his holy symbol.  Down the hall we found a few prisoners.  After freeing them we returned to the library in wait of the necromancer.

     Here we waited and eventually he came.  Once he entered we all attacked.  Makaus moved in from behind but was unsuccessful at blocking his exit which led to the necromancer fleeing down a previously unexplored hallway.  Giving chase, we followed him into his living quarters.  As soon as he was there he cast a spell which sent him into the air.  Floating above his pursuers he casts again.  A huge ball of fire shoots from his hands and engulfs the room.  Again the quick thinking from Makaus saves us.  Pulling out a scroll he reads from it and all is silent.  The spellcaster is unable to cast and is felled by Makaus.  The necromancer’s cat and female companion were then easily taken care of. 

     After the battle the elf, Wylaer took to searching the room.  A secret door was found and opened.  Inside was a very old skeleton wearing leather armor.  It was covered in mold and had to be burned to kill any toxic spores it held.  Following this narrow cavern to its end we found another secret door. 

     Through the door was a room.  It was a bath room and there were two beautiful naked women bathing.   They were quickly quieted and taken back into the secret door against there will.  They turned out to be Lalell and Acatia, one of which came from Mendel.  Questioning one we get a general layout of the caves further down. 

     Once we all agree that further scouting is needed Thaer states that because there is light he believes that he should go.  Confused looks from everyone are quelled when Thaer casts a spell and then disappears. 

     Scouting through the caves Thaer comes close to an encounter with a female warrior, Kira.  Although she cannot see him she saw or heard her doorknob move. 

     After scouting for about fifteen minutes Thaer returns and reports to the party.  We then all decide to rush Nabu’s room. 

     We find him in his room and mount an excellent attack on him.  Unfortunately he has a trick up his sleeve.  Retreating to a corner he pulled a vile from his hand and crushed it.  As Makaus watched the liquid run down his arm, Nabu Nasir disappeared.   After searching the room we take the slave girl and retreat to the sanctity of the bath room. 

     There we check on our rescued prisoners and drop of the newly found girl.  We seem to be healthy enough to continue so we decide to go to Kira’s room.  There were two rooms there.  The right room was a bedroom for Kira.  She wasn’t there.  The other room was occupied though.  Inside the room there were slabs raised off the ground.  On top of five of these slabs were the bodies of five people.  As Thaer kept a look out the rest of the party moved in.  Suddenly from the ceiling fell three shadows.  Acting quickly Meric swings, but his strike sailed right threw the shadow.  Makaus again channels the power of his god to repel the shadows.  A quick look around finds scenes of life painted on the sides of the raised slabs.  On the side of one of the empty slabs was what looked like the picture of one of the girls that we found in the bath room.  We decided to leave, but then Wylaer wanted to search the room.  By the time the group went back in the shadows returned.  “Not worth it” was the decision.  At that moment Thaer yelled down the hall.

     “Warrior Bitch,  Warrior bitch”  She was down the hall from Thaer, who decided to go the other way.  She began to yell for the black knight.  The group was not far behind Thaer and they all made it threw the secret door before Kira could get the attention of the Black Knight.