[And now back into the Underdark with Fenrir and Reinward, who have entered the Lair of Queen Arachnia and with one of the magical keys in their possession they are now deep inside the mysterious mansion of Lady Petal-Ash. They have just had a very narrow escape from some very nasty mirror-image monsters.]
DAY 507(22nd Flamerule)(july) cont..
Fenrir took a breather and used Fiendish Resistance to heal himself. This took some minutes. After that they moved on and came to a room where a red dragon told them to 'come no further.'
After much experimentation with thrown coins and such like it appeared the dragon was an illusion. A good one, that fooled all the senses, even smell, but still just a harmless illusion.
The corridor they followed next doubled back towards Evengelina's room. Here they were attacked by four slimy demons that I think may have been Farastu. They were no great challenge. Evengelina greeted them again from her room but they were still not interested in her charms and followed an unexplored corridor to the north.
In the next chamber they battled an unknown tentacled horror, but all they had to do was let Fenrir blast it to death from outside of its range of reach.
After crossing an illusionary bridge through the stars they finally came to the chambers of Lady Petal-Ash herself. It consisted of a long wide corridor with four doors on each side, for a total of eight, and a set of double doors at the far end.
They worked their way up, going from room to room. They met various denizens of the mansion, flying broomsticks and a talking chest that could magically clean the clothes put in it. They met a confused elven maid called Pemelle, but she did not trust them and took a knife from the table in her room and backed into the corner.
Just as Fenrir was talking to her, trying to explain he was not a threat,
Lady Petal-Ash appeared at the double doors. She immediately attacked, casting a Fireball at them, then summoning tigers. As they ducked for cover another Fireball hit. Even after that barrage, they were still healthy enough to fight off the tigers. With all the magical items Reinward now possessed he was almost impossible to hit and Fenrir had always been warded by his demonic powers, so the tigers were eventually beaten back and they followed Lady Petal-Ash into her personal chambers at the top
of the corridor.
Despite all her magic and all her illusions, it was not long before they managed to corner her, where she was then blasted and stabbed to death.
After a search of all the chambers they found the key they were looking for, some treasure and finally a wild eyed man that lived in one of the rooms they had not yet looked in.
For a while Fenrir thought this man and Pemelle were the Lady's servants, and maybe they were, but they were ready to leave and he decided not to stop them.
This left only 'Chesty', the talking clothes trunk. They talked to him for a while but he only knew what he was and what his function was and little else. Fenrir convinced the chest to follow them, propelled as it was by mysterious little legs, but Reinward was less convinced. Perhaps he thought it was no more than a tame mimic that used its tongue and spit to clean the clothes put in it? Yuck!
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