Tarsakh 29th (cont.)

As we deliberated what to do next, we stumbled upon a dragon cultist patrol that sent us downstairs for dinner. While most of the group had dinner and tried to be inconspicuous, Posmet interrogated some of the kobolds. What we found out:

• Severin killed Blagothkus’ wife and imprisoned his daughter at the Well of the Dragons. This is why the giants help the cultists!
• The Dragon they keep in this castle is called “Glazhael the Cloudchaser”
• There are two more giants here, called Wigluf and Huldar

Afterwards, a little after dusk, we met with the vampires at the foot of their tower. A strange fog had settled in the courtyard. The two vampire spawns were now accompanied by their master, a Dark Elf turned vampire called Sunystyl. She claimed to hail from up north, just being her “as a favor for an old friend”. This friend turned out to be Naergoth Bladelord, another of the cultist leaders that do not like the direction the cult is taking under Severin’s leadership. Severin’s goal is to raise Tiamat, while Naergoth prefers the old goal of the cult - keeping undead dragons. This means, unlikely as it seems, the creepy vampire and we are working towards the same goal: Removing Severin as leader of the cult. The vampire gave us the tip to focus on the masks - without masks, no Tiamat. A refresher:

• Black Mask -> we took it from Rezmir. Currently in our Bag of Holding
• Red Mask -> Severin, at the Well of the Dragons
• White Mask -> from Talis the White to a dwarf called Varram, currently probably on his way to the Serpent hills
• Green Mask -> Neronvain, an Elf, in the Misty Forest
• Blue Mask -> Galvan, also at the Well of the Dragons

Sunystyl also told us what Abras Jos’ motivation is for being here: He probably wants to gain Tiamat’s favor to end Szass Tam’s reign of the Thay, his home.

Afterwards, Posmet climbed the tower with the guard Orgres once more and tries to convince the one currently there that he really, really needed to pee. Posmet does this by convincing the Ogre that he is a second head growing out of his shoulder… and why this is a good thing (“I always wanted to fight someone without looking at them!”). The Ogre finally climbed down, we went up and said the magic word “Esclarotta”!

BAM - we found ourselves in an oval cave, with nothing in it but a huge sarcophagus in the middle, containing Blagothkus wive. Shan talks to the sarcophagus… and she answers! Turns out, Esclarottas spirit is what keeps the castle afloat!

From her, we learn the name of their daughter: Aiziar.