18th session: Destination: Laketown.

9th moon, 1st day, year 4553
After a couple of more days travelling, the brothers stumble over something very rare. They spot a patch of violet shrooms, the rare Echo Drops, magical shrooms that grow where rifts spill magical energies in from the Faerie Realm. You can use them to create a wide range of potions, most noticably healing potions.

9th moon, 5th day, year 4553
During the night, the brothers are awoken by a inhuman shrieking from somewhere nearby in the forest. As they discuss how to investigate the sound, some ogres sneak up upon them from behind, and the ogre mage, which had been making the sound, comes flying in, invisible. A hard fight follows, with Belos nearly dying, but in the end, all the ogres end up dead.

The next evening, as they are setting up camp, they are approached by the leader of a band of goblins from Farlang's tribe. They ask permission to set up camp nearby, which is granted, as long as they stay the hell away from the dark elves.

9th moon, 6th day, year 4553
During the night, Nalfein spots a young goblin, called Splug, spying on them. He sends him away. But the next morning, as they leave, they realize they are being followed. They set up an ambush, but it turns out to be Splug, whom they allow to tag along.

9th moon, 7th day, year 4553
The next day, the brothers stumble over an ancient temple of Asmodeus, older than Menzo, and definitely not created by dark elves. They search the ruins, and find some ancient stone tablets holding forgotten knowledge about the art of divine magic. Unfortunately, the secret place holding the tablets is trapped with a magical curse that feebleminds Tagar. Belos brews a potion using some of the Echo Drops and pours it into Tagar.

9th moon, 8th day, year 4553
Tagar snaps out of his coma, and the brothers can move on.

9th moon, 10th day, year 4553
The brothers leave the familiar confines of the Silent Forest and start hiding and resting during the day and travelling at night.

9th moon, 11th day, year 4553
After a couple of nights of travelling, the T'orgh brothers enter the Ironwood. Where the Silent Forest is dense and claustrophobic, Ironwood is almost sparce and majestic. Incredibly tall straight Ironoaks fill the forest, called that way because the core of the trees can be made into very durable wood.

9th moon, 12th day, year 4553
The brothers are attacked by a boar bigger than a draft horse, but once the initial shock has gone over, the beast is quickly and cleanically killed.

9th moon, 13th day, year 4553
The T'orghs exit the Ironwood and pass by Rilow Village, a small fishing village.

9th moon, 14th day, year 4553
They arrive at the Forest of Death. Mist is everywhere, screams, trees are gnarled and twisted, they seem dead, but aren't, there is a sickness in the air.

As they travel through the diseased forest, they are suddenly attacked by 25-odd ghouls and ghasts. But with Asmodeus' help, the undead are not a problem.

9th moon, 17th day, year 4553
After leaving the Forest of Death, the brothers rest during the day under the shade of some trees. A merchant named Ragnar approaches, a potter wanting to share the area with the dark elves. Nalfein uses his ring of change self to appear as an elf and tell the human off.

9th moon, 20th day, year 4553
The brothers stumble over a caravan of humans, and debate whether to use it to enter Laketown, but decide to leave them alone.

9th moon, 23nd day, year 4553
At night, the T'orgh brothers cross the Dragon River, invisible and levitating.

Shortly after, they pass by Ravenholm, a small village sporting a huge temple of the Raven Queen, which has a blackstoned roof shaped as a raven's head.

9th moon, 27th day, year 4553
The T'orghs pass by Icewell village, but pay no notice to the small human enclave.

9th moon, 30th day, year 4553
They arrive at Laketown, a town with about 15.000 inhabitants, built on small islands in a lake. The smell of water and fish is very noticable and in the middle of the town towers a huge temple dedicated to Bahamut.