- The monk and Mahlkier reunited with the party. Trilos was able to teleport them to the parties location, because of the tracking gem that Tellum had given them.
- Jedwin remained with Trilos.
- The plan was for Trilos, Jedwin, and Samm to await the deactivation of the anti-magic field, then assist as the prisoners were able to escape. This all hinged on the ability of the party to reach the source of the anti-magic field and disable it.
The party continued on their journey through the underdark wilderness beneath the city, coming to a pile of bodies. These bodies were a dumping ground for victims of the Thinker. He would devour their brains, then toss the remains down a long cavernous shaft.
The party ascended this shaft. Along the way they were attacked by two Behir. The won this battle, but took significant damage. They need to expend healing resources before continuing.
Finally, they ascended into The Thinker's chamber. The fairy Arceaus scouted the room before they all entered, from the top of the shaft. He located in the corner a bulls-eye lantern, containing the preserved eye of a beholder. This was the device that emitted the anti-magic field.
The device was guarded by a purple worm. Unknown to the party, a magic force field confined the worm to the space directly around the lantern.
The party entered the chamber, and the Thinker quickly cast a confusion spell upon them. This spell affected Whisper and Mahlkier, impeding there plans for several rounds. Nevertheless, the rest of the party sprung into action. Lenny took on a Drider, which was guarding a pen full of prisoners. The Monk bounded across the room toward the anti-magic lantern, as did Arceaus, who did do in the form of a swarm of wasps. Perry was confronted by a Thri-Kreen weapons master. All of the party was subjected to pot shots from a group of dragonborn arcane archers.
Arceaus and the monk found themselves unable to reach the lantern, now detecting the force field that confined it and the purple worm. As Lenny defeated the Drider and unlocked the cage, Arceaus found his way inside the force field. He approached from the outside, as the anti-magic effect left one side of the corner uncovered by the forcefield.
Arceaus picked up the lantern, turning it disable the forcefield. By now, the Thinker had emerged. The Thinker's mind blast stunned Mahlkier for several rounds, effectively removing him from the fight.
With the forcefield disabled, the purple worm was free to roam out into the chamber. Lenny found himself face to face with the gargantuan worm.
By now Whisper had recovered from his confusion, and he teleported into melee with the Thinker.
Lenny was swallowed by the worm. The monk dealt severe damage to the worm, but he was unable to force it to regurgitate Lenny.
Arceaus, now in possession of the lantern, directed the anti-magic field to impede the Thinker. But the Thinker didn't need spells to use its tentacles. It grabbed Whisper, and was on the verge of devouring her brain.
Thinks looked bleak for the party, with Lenny ingested by the worm, and Whisper with her head caught in the jaws of the Illithid Thinker.
Whisper was able to muster the fortitude to hold of the brain-eating attack. The monk and Perra stuck the worm again, doing enough damage to force it to give up Lenny from its acid stomach.
Perra joined Whisper in melee against the Thinker, striking the fatal blow that ended his reign of terror.
By now, Sihirbaz and the other prisoners had escaped, bringing this chapter of the campaign to a close.
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