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 **Summary**
+The party decided that Adelle should remain upstairs in her home to maintain the illusion that the group was still inside, keeping lights moving and creating sounds to deceive any watchers outside. Symon handed Adelle a potion of gaseous form, explaining that it would turn her and everything she wore into mist, allowing her to float through cracks, under doors, or up chimneys, unaffected by most physical attacks except high winds or rare specialized magic. Adelle accepted it gratefully, hugged Symon, kissed his cheek, and went upstairs to continue the ruse.
+The rest of the group descended into the dark passageway beneath the house. Eryn led with her infravision, while Cal provided additional light. Symon sensed a strange, subsonic humming pulse traveling through everything, originating from the northeast, and alerted the others. Angelique later confirmed a similar sensation, but the non-mages felt nothing. X'or checked upstairs with Adelle, who reported feeling nothing and hearing only her own movements. The mages identified the pulses as possibly disturbances in the magical weave, similar to but smaller than a planet-wide event a month prior, possibly acting as beacons passing from northeast to southwest through the rock.
+The passage opened into a larger cavern with an old work table covered in blueprints of impractical wheelbarrow designs, dried ink wells, carpenter tools, shelves with boxes, rolls of parchment, and an unlit lamp, suggesting Symon’s stepfather had obsessively attempted to improve the wheelbarrow. A stronger pulse came from a long, oblong box on a shelf, tied with ribbon and bearing a card reading “To Symon – Happy Frostfire Festival.” As Eryn and Cal searched further, an umber hulk burst out of the wall, surprising Eryn and attacking her. The creature’s gaze affected several party members differently. Eryn took heavy damage and fell unconscious briefly. Cassandra drew its attention with taunts and dealt significant damage. X’or charged but was reduced to low hit points. Angelique struck with a bow, and Cassandra finished it off.
+The party healed the wounded with rings, potions, and spells. Symon opened the box to find a note in familiar handwriting and a weathered wooden case containing a wand of petrified driftwood embedded with dull gems. They proceeded up stairs, finding a flooded chamber with stairs leading up on the other side and passages north and northeast. Cal used his ring of water walking to scout and ferry others across.
+Two more umber hulks ambushed the party separately, one in the water. Cal made short work of one but was hurt; its gaze caused confusion, limiting assistance. Angelique finished it with magic missiles. In another chamber, Eryn and Cal were attacked again; Eryn reached zero hit points but survived with Angelique's healing. They defeated the hulk and found loot among scattered bones: roughly 200 gold pieces and 10 assorted gems worth about 100 gold each.
+The party searched the passages in the flooded chamber; one was a dead end, the other led to stairs up to another chamber with scattered bones. Cal found a passageway west and south leading to a rusty metal ladder up to a trapdoor covered by overgrown weeds and vines. Cassandra helped stabilize Cal as he forced it open. They emerged into the night air on the northeast edge of town amid heavy brush.
+Symon polymorphed into a dog to scout his home discreetly and confirmed Adelle was safe, still maintaining the ruse with no immediate watchers detected. Guided by Captain Hurst, the party traveled north through brush and swamp, avoiding the main road. They reached a ramshackle stilt-town over black water and entered a noisy tavern, causing tension among the patrons.
+In the tavern, Ashera emerged and spoke with Hurst, then invited Jesse Jack Johnson out. She was revealed as Lady Jessica Primrose Smythe, a beautiful young woman, not the big mean half-orc described by the eye witnesses. She shared her backstory: Captain Nathaniel Hawthorne attacked her family’s ship, killed most aboard, kidnapped her younger sister for Aphobis, and framed her as a pirate. She adopted the identity for revenge, designed the magical ship The Blade with wild mage Karn using plans from Sullivan Blazecaller, and hid in the swamp. Angelique recognized Sullivan as her father.
+The party explained their quest involving dragons, the need for the Heart of the Dragon from Tim Montegue's Island (accessible only via The Blade), and their mission to rescue the princess and confront Hawthorne. Agreements were reached: the party would help rescue Princess Seraphine and deal with Hawthorne; Jessica would then sail them to Tim's Island. Afterward, they would aid Jessica in rescuing her sister in Nox. Drinks were shared, introductions made under aliases, and plans discussed for striking Hawthorne’s ship, possibly using another docked ship for advantage.
+This is where the session ended.
+Please start the recorder.
+Exp: 2000 + 200 = 2200