The fountain of youth

With some great rope use work, the group get's Abe out of the pit. They bash the door down beyond which leads into a large chamber with a pool of water at its center and an apparition of a man in white holy vestments.  They converse with the ghost and find that the pool of water is a "fountain of youth" so to say. He says that this place was not meant for them. Shortly the old Paladin Sir Lewis Hensworth is in the doorway screaming at the group and draws his sword to attack. The group overtakes the Paladin and Sura's harpoon "runs him through"! The apparition points at the Paladin and magically is now naked. Sir Lewis makes one last dying attempt to enter the chamber and tries to tumble past Sura. He fails miserably and only makes the harpoon wound worse. He dies, a few feet from the pool of water. Wurm casts a spell which prevents Sir Lewis from ever being resurrected and pushes him into the pool of water. 

The ghosts of both of Sir Lewis' squires appear. Percy asks Wurm to do the same to him so he can suffer the same fate as his lord. The other Squire Lucander mysteriously disappears. The group barrels up whatever amount of the sacred water they can. The place collapses in on itself shortly thereafter. 

They head back East with plans to head back to Surnoth to bring the barrels of youth water back to the Noir Cathedral under construction. 

They secure passage on a small ship which leaves in a few days.

Percy the squire that was

The group makes their way down to the base of the mountain. Gourd overhears some arguing in the thick jungle and cautions the group to move silently. Mopuck cast an invisibility sphere and the group approaches. They come upon an old paladin of Ion yelling at his squire at a small campsite. 

"I am telling you, there is evil in that thick jungle" he shouts, "Sure there is Sir Lewis" the squire says. "Just relax and drink your soup"....

Rasa approaches and starts up a friendly conversation. "Sir Lewis Hensworth XII of the Abbey Isle, last of his name" is properly introduced to Rasa by the squire. Before long the rest of the group emerges, and despite some of the group being "evil", the old Paladin invites them for some Tea.

"Percy, get the good cups and spoons!" shouts the Paladin. "Percy has been dead 20 years sir Lewis" the squire snaps. " I am you new squire now, Lucandor Ferinoth, remember?".... "Yes, yes, I suppose."

Sir Lewis asks for help in getting to the ruins of Mithra as they have gotten a bit lost. Wurm and Sir Lewis draw up a contract and the group agrees to the quest.

Randy asks Lucandor to take a walk and they leave camp to get firewood. Randy tries to put the moves on him, but the squire is steadfast in his holy ways.

Meanwhile the old Paladin falls asleep after his tea. Mopuck fills his armor with blueberries and apricots as a fun joke. 

The paladin eventually wakes up and stands up and the blueberry and apricot mush pours out of the coif of his armor, all over his turkey neck fat. He seems quite confused and scared. He stumbles, and faints. Lucandor comes to his aid and removes his armor to clean him up. While he is doing this, Randy wraps a noose around his neck and hangs him in the campsite, just like Percy, Sir Lewis' previous squire who also hung himself 20 years ago. The group leaves before the Paladin regains consciousness.

The front horse gets killed by a massive spear out of nowhere. They find Queen Sura, Mopuck's old friend. She apologizes for killing the horse. They make it to the ruins of Mithra and take shelter in the dome of an old cathedral during a wicked hurricane.

The hurricane washed away a bunch of soil around the base of the ruin and reveals a set of steps leading down. They find a door at the bottom with the symbol of Ion and enter. Mopuck creates some skeletons to set off any traps. Abe moves further in and he also falls through a pit trap... 

just a flesh wound!

The group heals up and spends a few days at camp. They then spend several uneventful days heading west into the jungle. Wurm gets a message from his ghost that there is a tortured soul of Noir nearby. The group puts the beast to rest....

Wurm, gives her a proper burial. 

They are then attacked by apes.... Most stay in the trees. One attacks and grows in size tenfold! 

They kill the apes and move forward. 

They get to the base of the mountains. There is a village nearby that is known as the "Petrified Village of Mithos" The group wrangles over heading up the mountain verses heading to the village. 

Ultimately, they head to the village. They find a magical rectangle with choices. They decide on sacrificing a bunch of apes instead of time travelling....

On the mountaintop, Rasha gets hit with razor-vine and starts to bleed out. Luckily Mopuck leaps to the task and scorches the ever bleeding wound with a fire spell. Abe finds the weapon he was tasked to locate. 

Welcome to the jungle

 The group heads into the jungle. They are ambushed not long after by woodland creatures know as Wood Woads.

The combat is long and grueling and some came close to death. But they ultimately prevail. They spend a few days to nurse their wounds and head further into the jungle. They are  then attacked by a group of adventurer's (paladin, wizard, two clerics). The battle is pretty quick, the group survives to fight another day. 

Feeding time... Royal Style!

The group hires a Lawyer by the name of Neopold Dixon Esq. (assistant "Chevonne" ~ clearly a man in drag). They discuss multiple options. Ultimately, they decide on breaking him out. They hire a dragon to help with a payment of horses. 

The group enjoys a great birthday party for Mopuck at the sages castle.

They break Rasa out from prison in a brazen event of dragon acid breath weapons which nearly kills Rasa in the process.

Wurm had prepared two coffins to get them out of the city. They escape without a hitch on a ship to Mikas. A well laid out plan well executed...