Heading South....

The "queen" arrives like she owns the place. Conversations go south and the group is attacked by several large Orcs and Minotaurs inside the Wyrmwood Inn. Jin is able to summon an "Assassin" to help. He turns out to be a cerebral vampire (sucks brain juice).

Unknown to anyone, the quite dead "Gericks Blackfoot" surprises all with summoned undead skeletal ground support.

The companions take down all enemies. The Vampire turns to Jin and tells him that this was not the queen, but a decoy.

The heroes grab some horses and head south to regroup. 

Halfway to the town of Berens, they encounter a nasty oversized undead skeleton with nasty bowel issues. They survive the encounter and move further south. 

Battle in the streets

The group discusses their options. Sprock finally gets back and brings with him all of the material components Clyde would need to create a magic item of "message" so that they can be in constant contact with Captain Octavior of their ship "Xavier". This way Sprock doesn't need to travel by Wyvren every time they need to contact him. The ship is now sailing back to port at Diamond Bed City. With the massing army to the north, Sonata (the song dragon) says she is going to fly south and see if she can muster up some more of her kind to help. They discuss fleeing the town with the townsfolk to get them to safety. The governor of Hill town says that he and his citizens are choosing to stay. Why run? Their town is basically one road. The approaching armies will most likely pass it right by as it has no tactical benefits. If this new queen is going to rule Surnoth, then why not get under her good grace early...... (so the letter he received said).....