May 16, 2021

We defeat the fire elemental and Zaliasa. We search Zaliasa's notes and he mentions having found a rune forge, and he's concerned Karzug will think he's a traitor and that he needs to craft weapons at the rune forge to defend himself. His eyes are black and his heart is enlarged but otherwise he appears to be human. We pick up a quill and lifedrinker mace, which Laudius picks up. We attempt to dry out the well with sand but nothing happens. We seal the door back with stone shape then head back upstairs. Linzi attempts to have scales incorporated into their armor and Laudius attempts to have the lifedrinker crafted into the image of Nethys, but neither are able to work on these magical items. However, there is a dwarven forge south of Korvosa where this could possibly be done. Dionaea starts working on an unholy garden in the cemetery. Shump Shump is summoned by the guards and asked to investigate a large flying creature killing farm animals south of Sandpoint. Laudius detects good and evil on our objects and only finds that the amulet is evil. Linzi asks Borhir about Xin Katash, it was thought to be in the northern mindspin mountains in the cinderlands. Laudius asks about the runeforge, it has been written about but is mostly a rumored place created by Xin to study magic. Linzi casts detect thoughts but no evidence of Borhir or Lyrie falling in love yet. Laudius uses the quill to write a love letter to Nethys and asks how tall the fire needs to be to please the gods, and learns that it needs to reach the heavens. Laudius puts a magic mouth on a cow bell and gives it to Shump Shump. After a few nights, the cow is taken by the creature, triggering the alarm. All Shump Shump sees are a few scales and starts chasing, and just sees the cow disappear in the Sanos forest. He tracks the sound to a cave in the woods, and finds a large black dragon with a few small black dragons eating the cow. Meanwhile, Dionaea grows plants using unholy water from the Lamashtu shrine in the graveyard, and also builds a stone wall around to keep people out. Every night, we go down to the tunnels and remove debris, Dionaea manages to clear a force field and we detect movement down the hallway...