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Continuing their exploration of the Razorvine Ruins, kobold rogue Mikmek leads dwarf paladin Riswynn Ruby-Eye, goliath cleric/rogue Eaglebane, warforged artificer Render and dragonborn rogue/monk Swift Current deeper into the ruined fort. Things go terribly awry when Mikmek opens a door onto a basilisk and fails both petrification saves, getting turned to stone. The party tries to drag him back through the hallway but Riswynn gets bitten by the basilisk's poisonous bite and other basilisks are drawn to the commotion. Eaglebane, Render, and Swift flee for the exit and head to the nearby hunting lodge, leaving Mikmek a statue and Riswynn unconscious and left for dead! Riswynn manages to escape some hours later and makes her way alone through the wilderness, but Mikmek's fate is uncertain. Switching gears, dwarven anthropologist warrior Jhank leads OG party members Bariq, Artvirous, Caradoc, and gnome druid Jorgim on a grand exploration into the Southwood. They discover an elvish tomb near the source of the Skunk River, a forest fort controlled by earth elementals, the source of another river flowing east (which Jhank names the Jhank River), some territorial shambling mounds, and the nearly intact ruins of an artificer's workshop. Caradoc, an artificer himself, wants to stay here and study what he can of the library of bizarre contraptions and constructs.

Swift Currrent, a tabaxi rogue/monk reincarnated as a dragonborn, leads kobold rogue Mikmek, goliath rogue/cleric Eaglebane, warforged artificer Render, and new dwarven paladin Riswynn Ruby-Eye in search of some ruins along the Thorn River. Along the way they encounter a leucrotta ambush, some tricky fey boggarts, and a grove of reveling satyrs before arriving in the razorvine-infested ruins. There are some suspiciously lifelike statues there, and as the party begins to explore their fears are realized as they are attacked by several stone-cursed and a basilisk! As several of their party members become petrified, the remaining crew must figure out how to help them and still escape with their lives.

Jared guest-GM's a DarkWizard Quest Special Episode! Goblin wizard Litesnak leads Balifra, Bariq, Arty, and Render to a cave where the barghest Rockfire the Magnificent has taken refuge. The party absails in and starts to explore but ends up in a dangerous battle with a roper and the barghest! Eventually the baddies are defeated and some treasure is gained from Darkwizard, who is glad his goblin minions can now live without fear of a demonic barghest in their midst.

Atrvirous leads Bariq, Balifra, Swift, Jorgrim, and Oneiros against the Corpse Flower that has taken over the former Sootscale Caverns complex. They take it on in its zombie-filled lair and cleanse the caverns of its foul stench forever. They leave the skirmisher teams called Lyas Lions there to begin converting it into a base, and the party travels to the Altar of Nomog-Geaya, where they battle goblins, hobgoblins, and bugbears led by a hobgoblin holy man called Fenic. Diplomacy unexpectedly breaks out when Fenic threatens to unleash the hordes of Urshani hobgoblins upon the nascent Lowerthorn domain, and a tenuous accord is reached, which includes Oneiros taking on a bugbear henchman.

Oneiros joins the party in the Feywild and leads Swift, Floki, Mikmek, Jorgrim, and Barriq against the evil archfey hag Mother Wormwood! It quickly turns into a battle on three fronts when a shambling mound and some redcaps join the hag's side. Both sides Entangle each other and after taking out the redcaps Oneiros gets polymorphed into a beached whale! Floki gets engulfed by the shambling mound and the other heroes start to fall prey to the hag's wicked claws. Mikmek keeps shooting from cover, Jorgrim unleashes ball lightning from his Ring of Stars, Bariq lights her up with Moonbeam, and Oneiros pops back into tiefling shape and starts putting the hurt on. After downing most of the party Mother Wormwood is finally taken out, and we start rolling bizarre changes and mutations for those who died in the Feywild - Barriq gets meaty hooves and penalties away from solid ground, Floki gets cat claws, MikMek can Speak with Dead once a day, and Swift the Tabaxi is reincarnated as a dwarf much to John's chagrin.  They search through Loomlurch and find some pretty weird hag treasures, then pop back into their own plane, where delayed death saves take the lives of Swift and Mikmek.  Swift is reincarnated for the second time this evening by Shrubritney, this time into white dragonborn form, and Mikmek is taken to Loudwater to be raised. 

Jorgrim leads Bariq, MikMek, Swift, and Floki into the Feywild to find Mother Wormwood's lair!  They come across strange tracks, find some mourning blink dogs, and make their way to the fallen-log site of Loomlurch where Mother Wormwood aka Skabatha aka Granny Nightshade is said to dwell.  They meet an interesting goblin and split the party when the hag comes out to investigate. Floki is captured, Bariq explores in lizard form, Swift does what rogues do best, and Mikmek and Jorgrim (as a raccoon) all take different tactics.  Eventually they're mostly united and come up with a plan to distract the hag and save their friend. They start a fire and battle a green dragon wyrmling to rescue Floki and DarkWizard, who's also a captive here.  What will happen when the hag comes back from the fire to find her kitchen is a warzone?

Rasprax leads Floki, MikMek, Fjori, Oneiros, and new warforged PC Render to a complicated cave system where drow have been raiding from. After MikMek tangles with some scouts, Rasprax sends in a small army of bandits and cultists by the main entrance while the party sneaks in a side water entrance. Epic tabletop battle ensues - we had a huge 5-elevation tile setup going and it was a blast.  In the end almost all the bandits and cultists died but so did all the drow, so Rasprax is planning to set up his own criminal enterprise here as a covert arm of the PCs' domains.  

We discuss our domain management house rules, then Mikmek leads Arty, Rasprax, Jorgrim, and Oneiros to find out what's been happening with the fey plants at Sootscale Caverns.  On the way they investigate the village on stilts, where MikMek gets taken out by a phase spider and has to be rescued.  At the caverns, they discover things have gone very bad indeed. The kobolds have been changed into some kind of plant people! The party fights some vines and then ends up in a sustained combat with regenerating plant kobolds, where leader MikMek is again sidelined (this time by myconid spores).  Eventually they clear the room only to discover that the final chamber of the caverns has a powerful undead-making corpse flower! 

Fjori leads Barriq, Artvirous, Jorgrim, and dwarven Justiciar Balifra Brightblade down from Haela's Halls to the goblin circus / shrine / lair at the Altar of Nomog-Geaya. They're accompanied by dwarven troops and looking to stop raids by the goblins on their fortress. After falling prey to several goblin pranks and traps, they descend into the temple level with its labyrinths and crypts in search of Rockfire the Magnificent, the goblin in charge. After a few skirmishes, they encounter Rockfire and he turns into a barghest! Battle ensues!

Emerging from the Feywild, Sly Zib Uppercut takes command of Oneiros, Swift Current, Rasprax, and Jorgrim. They first bury Chaz (who died from his Feywild wounds) and then set about trying to discover just where they are. They question the local cat and begin to explore the ruins of an old mansion, but in the basement Sly Zib gets almost killed by some green slime from the ceiling. As another ooze attacks, everyone starts heading for the stairs. Sly, Rasprax, and Jorgrim make it topside but Oneiros and Swift Current can't resist opening the last door and discover a new area guarded by a clay construct like a terra-cotta hoplite.  Things go downhill quickly - Swift is first to fall, Oneiros deals out a huge amount of damage but then likewise collapses. Jorgrim goes into a rage as a dire wolf while Rasprax shoots from afar, while Sly is stuck topside because he's now giant-sized and ready to plug the stairs with a nearby boulder.  Jorgrim falls, but not before reviving Swift, then Rasprax and Sly likewise get taken down.  Left alone and heavily wounded with the machine that has downed the entire party, Swift must choose whether to escape with his life or attempt one last desperate attack.