Yarthmont 3

(Night Watch - Action): Setting up watches with an eye to the sky the party slept fit fully, ever concerned about the bats striking out of the sky.

(Dawn Watch - Explore): After the bats returned in the early dawn, the party gave them some time to settle down and return to sleep. Discussion was had about setting the place on fire, leaving them alone or covering the hole. Eventually it was decided that they would leave the area and come back with better preparations to deal with the bats.

(Day Watch - Travel To Unknown): Setting off for the volcano, the party continued hiking through the jungle. The going was slow as they had to cut their way through a whole swath of jungle before finally emerging near a large flowing river.

Near the side of the river, a small hill rose with a crumbling wall running along the landward side of it. The hill and wall seemed to have originally been built as some kind of retaining wall for the river, but had long since crumbled and lost the war of erosion. The wall itself was covered in clearly defined swirling hieroglyphics made of moss growing on it.

Confused as to why they had stumbled upon a river when they were headed towards a volcano, the party paused to take stock of the situation. The answer was painfully clear.

They have no idea where they are. 

(Day Watch - Explore a Location): Realizing that they were lost in the jungle somewhere on the island, the party decided to take a break while they got their bearing. Danny Vermin began searching for a tree to climb in order to get a better grasp of where they were. He soon had a rough idea of their location.

While he was doing that The Brain spent some time using arcane mysticism to grasp the meaning on the strange moss covered walls. He soon found that it was a recipe for creating a kind of phosphorescent mold paint. He jotted down the recipe in his journal.

Based on reading done by Boren from the new found journal the party decided that Svarku may not be a positive figure on the island and opted to not go to the volcano after all.

(Day Watch - Explore a Hex): Exploring around near the river the party soon found a giant egg in the forest. The egg was actually a freestanding boulder nearly 300’ long and 200’ across. The entirety of the stone had been carved with serpentine scales, each roughly the size of a human hand. The entire base of the egg was surrounded by a group of strange plants that Boren called spiderbrush. He swore the plants moved at times. Lurking in the plants was a small herd of deerlike creatures that fled at the party's approach.

(Dusk Watch - Unknown): Deciding that dusk would be coming soon and that they wanted to investigate further, the party set up camp. While arranging tents and climbing into trees, they were surprised by a fearsome catlike creature charged up with electricity. It shot across the clearing with a lightening infused bang, and the brawl was on.

The creature thoroughly pummeled the party before they fled leaving Donjon unconscious, Bobah being drug off by the cat and Boren doing his best to save the small halfling. In a final titanic strike, Boren and Bobah brought the beast crashing down.

(Night Watch - Rest): Broken, weary and bloody, the party reassembled their camp and tried to sleep. Many were so scared from the trauma that they clambered into trees to spend the night.