59th session

Anyway, the sacking of King Balor Castle continued. Starting where we left off the last time, the Swords of Drahar ran into (or rather found) some Eladrin who had been captured by the Fomorians. The Eladrins were honored to have been freed by the Swords of Drahar, but a little saddened that the Swords hadn't come for them. Gnoguh was very admired (which annoyed Mr. Fey aka Truxas to no end). They were freed and sent home (to the Summer Court) via a speedy Link Portal.

After sending away the Eladrins, the Swords proceeded to explore this level of the castle. They found a room with tubes of a gooey yellow liquid and Eladrins that had had artificial glass eyes inserted instead of their usual eye - think Aliens 4, where she discovers the clones. The Fomorians and Cyclops in the room died swiftly and without mercy. With the opposition gone, the Swords decided to smash all tubes and burn the corpses of the Eladrin.

However, that was not all that was to find in the room. In the corner, chained up in magical chains like a dog, was an Angel of Akir

The Angel is as mentioned an Angel of Akir, named Anael. He was ambushed and trapped by the Fomorians. Once released, he could find his own way home, only with a little help, so he quickly left the party. Although not before giving them the means to contact him again (just a simple ritual, involving his name).

Onwards they went, into the next room of nightmares (which happened to be nearby). In there, there was stone-slabs en masse, all filled with monsters made of parts from many other monsters. The undead beholder and his cronies were in here, but he went down faster than a cheerleader on prom night.

Moving on, they explore quite a bit (found an ancient shrine, and a patrol of guards) ending up in an Arena several floors above where they entered. There an Hydra was released on them (or rather on Gnoguh) because he decided to cross over the arena floor instead of taking the "long" away around via where the public sits. Lets just say that the Hydra was not much a danger to a fighter like Gnoguh. This one died quite quickly too, and I am not sure, but I think Gnoguh could have killed it on his own.

Then, instead of leaving out through the main doors of the Arena, they got the idea to explore the VIP-box - because, as Carric said: A real King has a secret way between his box and throne-room, after all, who wants to mingle with the rabble if you can avoid it.

A few traps and some disarming later, the Swords of Drahar were heading up the stairs, up towards the throne room, where they ran into King Balor, his pet Quickling and Nymph (druid) lover.

Time for some serious fun!