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The Journey Home

2nd of Eyre, 998 YK

As the party of adventurers complete their quest in the depths of Ongurr's Watchtower, they must decide on their next course of action.  They give the catacombs under the tower a thorough review, before deciding to head back up to the surface.  Once on the surface, the party goes back to their maps and decide to travel overland to the village of Grellreach, from there, they hope to join a merchant caravan to Rhukaan Draal.

Upon arriving at the village, they waste no time in tracking down a merchant who is travelling to Rhukaan Draal.  There is just a single caravan, taking assorted pickled fish and roots up to the city in hopes of earning a decent trade.  The caravan is comprised of four rickety carts pulled by old oxen.  The merchant and his guard number less than a half dozen, and they are obviously happy to have the extra bodies to bolster their numbers.  During the course of the first day, the party discuss with the old merchant the trade routes and how frequently he travels to Rhukaan Draal.  The old merchant mentions that the trade road to Rhukaan Draal has been plagued by slavers as of late.  He mentions that they are travelling just off the trade road in order to keep out of the view of any possible slavers or bandits, as the attacks have become more and more brazen.

The Cauldron of Ongurr

1^st of Eyre, 998YK

As the party recovers from its most recent encounter, they go through the details of their encounters to date. The party discusses their possible options for continuing on through the depth that lie below them in Ongurr's Tower. The likelihood of finding the Cauldron is quite good according to the information they have gathered so far, and so they decide to continue their exploration of the catacombs below the tower.

As the party returns to the depth of the catacombs, they review the area where they have already explored and continue down the nearest branch of passages to that location. There they find the reason for the previous collapse of tunnels, as they locate a large underground river that has opened a grand cavern and series of cascades near the location of the collapsed chamber. They are forced to turn back, as the same underground river has cut through the series of passages that continue on through this end of the catacombs.

Ongurr’s Tower

28th of Therendor, 998YK

As the party arrives at the base of Ongurr's Tower, they note that the ruins of the tower are very unimpressive. The remains of the tower is less than three stories tall, and the remains have windows along the second and third stories that are open to the elements. The party quickly traverses the walls of the ruins and make their way in from the second floor window. What they find inside, looks like a recently lived in study. The study contains various books in languages both mundane and arcane.