Back into the mountains

The group has a celebratory meal with the Elven King & Queen of Surnoth. The following morning the High Cleric of Xeroxen teleports them into the mountains. He explains that something is preventing them from being sent directly to the crypt in the mountains. He gets them as close as he can.

The group arrives on the side of the mountain face in the deep cold. Gary suffers again from the cold and needs to be carried for a ways on the back of Panarus. They encounter strange lights ahead. It turns out to be the same floating crystals they encountered when entering the elven forest. Except this time they attack the group with some form of a magic missile. 

They eventually make their way inside the mountain and down into the crypt thousands of feet below the peak. They encounter more of these flying crystals and battle more throughout their journey to the coffin they seek. Eventually they come upon a chamber filled with hundreds of these crystals. Fyorn finally uses the Fireball scroll he has been longing to use. The fire drops the crystals immediately to the ground rendering them "Innate". Gary tells the group that we need to take these crystals with us. After much debate, they agree to take them.

They eventually reach the crypt where they initially released the soul of the creature that has been plaguing Gary. He gets into the coffin and the group realizes that the crystals fit perfectly into small indents all of the coffin. They use all of the crystals they have on the coffin and they come back to life in vibrant colors. The casket starts to float. Gary floats out of the coffin unconscious and the coffin closes and starts floating down the hallway out of the crypt. The place begins to rumble and the group decides to get the hell out of there. They pick up Gary's limp body and make their way out to the surface. Once outside again they encounter their old friend Drake. He quickly whisks them up just as the top of the mountain explodes. Something is wrong with Drake though. He has one of those crystals embedded in his chest. He lands safely within the Wyrmwood forest but falls unconscious. The group watches as what looks like a comet flying out of the mountain heads into the heavens out of sight. When the morning sun rises, the crystal in Drakes chest is gone, but he has a large hole now and is bleeding pretty bad from it. 

-Wetzel: I hope now that this "thing" is out him, maybe he will start to become more of a team player.

The death of three brothers

 The following night, the group storms the tower of the Mapleton brothers. The diversion works as planned. The group teleports directly into the brothers chambers where they are caught completely off guard. The adventurers make quick work of the three brothers and the battle is over in seconds. The rest of the thieves guild members throughout the city realize the defeat and head into the shadows. The adventurers have won. The thieves guild rein over this Elven city has come to an end. 

The King & Queen visit!

Being hidden in a large barn in an eleven city can be quite boring. But before long, the king and queen of Surthania come and pay the group a visit. They are excited to eradicate the thieves guild from their city. They speak with the high cleric of Xeroxen who entrusts onto them a few magical rings of "extreme" teleportation. The king is going to create a diversion where actors will play the role of the group and lure the guild into another assasination attempt. Meanwhile the real adventurers will use the rings and teleport directly to the three brothers (Mapletons) to seek their revenge and resolve this conflict once and for all!

The road to Surthania

 On the road to Surthania they encounter a tinker gnome by the name of Edgar Sprocketfilch. He is quite an interesting fellow. The group asks if he would like to join the group as he would make a fine addition to the party. He agrees to come along, he says to call him "Sprock". 

Delvin speaks with his horse and his horse asks if they could please go on an evening ride in the forest. Before long they are joined along the trail by 3 elven riders. They ride for hours through some of the most interesting trails Delvin has ever seen. By morning he is thouroughly exhausted and eventually meets back with his companions. 

The next strange event they encounter is what appears to be some crystals falling from the sky. When they investigate it appears the crystal embedded itself into a squirrel and other wild life in the area. Somehow this can't be good. They head away from the encounter with more questions then answers. 

The group crosses the river and makes their way towards the elven city of Surthania. Just before arriving, the group encounters the Elven riders that Delvin met the previous evening. They tell them that they will get them into the city safely and unseen so they can continue on their mission to stop the Petchaveck thieves guild and gain the element of surprise. They set the companions up in a large barn and the group rests and prepares for the next assault. 

 

Storming the Tower part II

The group takes out the remaining mercenaries behind the door and quickly search through the remaining floors trying to find Henrick or Hellavar Mapleton. No such luck. They appear to have teleported out again evading the group yet again. More men are thought to be on their way into the tower. The group quickly ransacks the place and takes whatever weapons & equipment they get their hands on and quickly head out of there. They head south toward Surthania.