Yarthmont 2

(Night Watch - Action): Camp is set up and the party rests on the beach.

(Dawn Watch - Action): The next morning the party crosses to the island where they expect Martel to be. By the time they arrive, the ship is there and a small pavilion is set up. The commander of the forces is amazed that they have survived and promptly outfits them with any gear they were missing.

The party gathers their loot and heads into the tent, where a hooded and masked mand attends a giant set of scale. They place their offerings on the scale and feel the tattoo on their back begin to fade away.

(Day Watch - Travel to Volcano): Having successfully handed off their current loot pile, the party had a discussion as to where to go. Some were in favor of returning once again to the Lapis Hotel, while others wanted to go to the Volcano After-Party. After a while they headed out for the volcano. Figuring it was fastest and easiest to follow a path they knew from previous travel, they opted to follow their old trail that Boren and Donjon had made to the old weathered volcano.

As they hiked along the path, they stumbled into an enclave of hissing rats. Bobah decided conversation would be the best avenue and was offering them important rat like things when they charged. The melee was short and swift, with the rats being skewered in short order.

Marching onwards they arrived at the top of the volcano and took in the sprawling vista. In the north they could see the occasional plume of smoke and ash churning out of their goal. They opted to head down and follow the coastline northwards and then cut east to the landmark.  

(Day Watch - Travel To Unknown): Hiking down the mountain into the forest, they were beset by a group of flame imps. These imps seemed to be spoiling for a fight. They swooped and dove at the party, their butterfly knives inflicting little scratches at the party. Occasionally a cry of "Let's go bitches!" would roil outwards. After one particularly vicious cut, The Brain brought one down with a sleep spell. The final imp was incensed, outraged and downright disappointed. He fled into the jungle cursing the party.

Carefully searching the sleeping body of the remaining imp, the party found nothing of real value. Instead of killing the creature, they instead opted to leave a small stack of chips from the Tranq Tank and took his knife.

After a few hours of hiking through the jungle a massive ziggurat was discovered, looming in the trees.  The top of the obsidian blocked structure rose above the tree line preventing them from seeing what lurked above.

(Dusk Watch - Explore Location): Walking around it once to be certain that nothing lurked nearby, they opted to begin the slow hundred foot climb up the crumbling stairs to the top.

Breaching through the tree line, the party saw that it rose yet another fifty feet before the stairs reached an archway leading to a large plaza. The surface of the plaza was mirror finished obsidian and on the opposite side of the plaza was a smaller ziggurat with a round pavilion made of softly glowing red crystal atop it. Slightly below the top level there was a large crack in the structure, the only entrance to the interior that was seen.

Curious the party proceeded to the pavilion. Inside was a pool of shiny metallic liquid in a pool. The substance was cool to the touch and there seemed to be hardened stone benches inside the pool. Curious, Boren, Donjon and Bobah opted to dip themselves in the pool. As they came out the silvery liquid rolled off their bodies, leaving them feeling cool in the night air.

With night coming by, the party opted not to explore the crack, waiting for the morning

(Night Watch - Action): The party went down to a lower level of the ziggurat below the tree line and made a rough camp on the side of the building. Setting up watches they proceeded to pass the night.

As the sun set and the shadows began to loom, The Brain heard some fluttering in the air above the canopy. Quickly rousing the rest of the party, they tried to see what it was. Nim stated that she could see hundreds of small flying heat signatures flying out the opening. Assuming it was the return of the bats, the party hunkered down and was silent as possible until the fluttering ceased.