Chapter Five: Elf

We need to figure out if the dwarves are being poisoned by the elven plants, or, something the druid was previously dealing with. We were attacked by a kluzd that drags us under the mud. We kill it!

Aruna knows the poison is called methelanok, it is used by elves, because they and their kanks are immune. We guess that the elves poisoned the water, which normally only lasts two weeks. The elves showed up about two months ago, at the same time the druid disappeared. About 20 elves show up, so we hide for a few hours. We have no choice but to follow the elves.

After a few hours we find a lone elf, who spots us and runs, but we catch her. She offers a deal: she'll show us where the camp where the druid is, if we agree to hurt them without killing them. The camp is surrounded by the wall with only one entrance, and she knows where they probably keep the druid. She proposes to lead us in if we don't hurt a specific elf, who is currently herding sygra. She says that the dwarves let the slavers use their water source, and the slavers take elves. She hates having a thri-kreen druid in the camp. Her name is Fana.

She draws us a crude map and points out that there is a pen of kanks 20 feet to the west. The druid is the smaller building directly NW of the dining hall with the skull on it. Anywhere from 20-50 elves could be there

Xa'oc is practicing a lot of self-control in not killing the elf.

We decide to take the detour to go to the herding elf. At the herd is an elf and two gith approaching her threateningly. The two elves attack the gith. We kill the gith and talk to the elves. These are the elves that caused the fight in Urik that got us captured. These are the elves that killed the slavers that captured us. These elves hate the city of Urik, which is the source of the slavers. The other elf's name is Jengi

Tenneth and Vex will control the herd and keep an eye on Fana (while we restrain Jengi as a hostage). Tenneth casts Mage Armor on Vex. Aruna, Xa'oc, Kriv are tunneling to get the druid. The camp is in a canyon. Out of line of sight, we dig a hole, tie up Jengi, and leave her in there for now. We rest during the day, which allows the timing to minimize the number of elves in the camp.