We start off the new day encouraging the rescued captives how we feel the ordeal is drawing to a close. We Explain how so far only 2 of the missing persons have not been rescued, and we’ve only to locate the artifacts as well.

We follow the corridor to the west as it banks around. We find a room with pillars radiating coldness. Lihi tested moving through one and took some damage. As we advance through the room, Sinruth (Hobgoblin Cheftain) and his 5 hobgoblin lackeys come rushing through the door to the north. The lackeys went down easy enough but were enough of a distraction that Sinruth’s strength caught us by surprise. Raiann ended up getting hit pretty hard and lost consciousness. I was able to pull him to safety, but we quickly realized that Sinruth was not a simple enemy and had to be treated carefully. His combination fighting style of a whip and his spiked plate mail was extremely disadvantageous to us. When we finally defeated him we found a note in his gauntlet. Reading it we see that he appears to be a mere pawn in a larger scheme. We notice that his gauntlets look different than the rest of his armor, but a cursory inspection doesn’t reveal any details. We keep them for now.

We head north through the hall, and find the Dragon Helm artifact on top of a sarcophagi  In the sarcophagi we find a “Bold Victory Chainmail +1” which Raiann equips.

We head back to the main room where we fought the spitting drakes and head to the north. Down the stairs we see a pool with a stick/spire and a magical light on top of it. When I touch the water we see many rooms that we have been to and some we haven’t. It appears to be some sort of skrying pool.

We head back around to the “throne room” and go north from where we fought the demon. We find the room with the pews that we viewed from the pool. There is a Gnome Arcanist in the room with a staff or rod, but looks as though he’s hiding behind a veil of darkness. 2 “humans” in hooded clocks sneak up on us and attack me as I enter the room. The humans end up being Wererats in human form as 2 of them transform during the battle. Due to the low light levels as well as the “darkness” shroud around the enemies, the battle was drawn out. Rylene ended up getting bitten by one and contracting that horrid Disease that they carry.