Lights, Camera... Where is Ortho?

The party withdraws to the first cavern to rest and regroup. The watches were set, and all was quiet. But in the morning, Ortho is missing. Daria denys everything, and even proposes that he may have been a plant all along. Taunted by the missing party member the group resumes their exploration of the caverns.

Slowly, the party inches it way, searching and listening every step. No signs of the Drow are present. Around the bend, the passageway opens into another large cavern. Bugbears and Trolls are ready, they must have been alerted by the sounds of combat. The party is a bit more prepared, and slowly emerge into the next cavern, deliberately engaging the minions of the Drow.

The bugbears and troll hold the line for a few rounds. The Drow support their combatants from a distance. The bugbear line begins to crumble as Rudolpho, Vin, and Kongu wade their way into the melee. As a flank opens, Daria moves around and peeks into the doors of some of the buildings in the cavern.

Ortho is there in the building, gagged, bound, and hanging upside down. The sound of combat must have helped him regain consciousness, as he managed to struggle free just as Daria arrived to 'help'.

Daria's next exploration discovered a room full of treasure, but it also set off the trap... 12 bugbear zombies hiding behind an illusionary wall. Fortunately, the original combat was winding down as the second front opened. The Drow increased their harassment of the party, continuing to create zones of darkness. As the party deals with the undead assault, Nesta searches for signs of the Drow. She works her way back through the darkness, back into the original passage way. Nesta feels a tingle, then is unable to move, then... nothing.

The party is victorious, and finds a nifty pile of the shiny shiny. Nesta is nowhere to be found...

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Session Characters: Rudolpho, Ortho, Gwendelyn, Daria, Vin, Nesta, Kongu
Session Loot: 1400 sp, 1000 gp, 40 hand crossbow bolts, 3 vials of cure serious wounds, 3 vials of neutralize poison, 2 vials of lesser restoration, 2 vials of drow sleepy time formula, a wand of repair light damage (50 charges), and scrolls with 7 spells.