Into old Rachikan

1489
Year of the Warrior Princess
Uktar7

    After meeting with Ellanzo and a retired Harper, Benton Grone, the group decides it is now time to shake the rust off and continue their adventuring Benton explains that his nephew has gone missing.

    One week ago, Benton Grone, a retired Harper and Eldis’ uncle, approached the Ellanzo for help. Benton explained that two months earlier, he received a letter from his nephew requesting a meeting. Eldis never showed up and Benton feared the worst. Benton begged the Harpers to send agents to return his nephew and gave the Society information on lost Rachikan’s location. He provided the Harpers with a tarnished coin displaying the undeniable mark of the Jistka Imperium, a temple-foundry. More importantly,the Harpers immediately recognized a familiar landmark in the background, the Pillars of Anferita.

    The group has teleported into  Cormyr and from there took a ship to the Pillars.  The Pillars are located to the North of the Sea of Stars just south of the World Scar.  As they were scaling the Pillars of Anferita, they were attacked by Erinyes!  Luckily Riddick was able to levitate and Landon hit them with effective spells.  Hannibal and Rusty were more hampered, but they defeated their enemy and gain a couple of nice flaming bows as loot.  At the top of the Pillars, they came upon some guards directing slaves. They were able to push past them somewhat easily and continued into a building at the top of the Pillars.  Here they found one of the leaders - a fallen Harper named Talia!  After a hectic mine car chase, and a well placed force spell by Landon, they put an end to Talia and her crew.  Walking down the rest of the way our party enters an dilapidated building from the top entrance.  After walking down a few stairs they are ambushed by a tribe of Morlocks!  These simple (but dangerous) denizens of the ruins of old Rachikan put up a bloody fight against the party but were defeated.  In the end Hannibal parlayed with their leader and made an honorable exchange of weapons.  Hannibal gave up a well worn but working long bow, and their leader gave Hannibal an old artifact.  Their leader also warned Hannibal to make haste, that more Morlocks would soon come and he did not hold sway over them.  The party hurried to their final destination, the Temple Foundry of Rachikan.  As the group approached the foundry, they were stopped outside by the enemy leader, a Thayian Cleric of Asmodeus!  He mocked the group, and started combat with them.  Hidden among the temple pillars were his followers, many using stealth.  The fight went on for several minutes, as the cleric's followers also had pet wolves that joined the fray.  The enemy was eventually vanquished, and they found that Eldis was indeed dead, having been killed and then turned into a zombie by the evil cleric.  With heavy hearts the group quickly leaves the broken city, as they can see see many Morlocks pouring in from the ourskirts.