The Thirty-First Session

Upon finishing the period of meditation for Shag's Paragon Awakening, the Stone of Realms began to dull its power, but not before a great beast crossed over into the Material Plane; a Cerebrilith of the Underdark, commonly found in the Astral Plane, staring down at them. Proving both physically powerful and having psionic abilities, it caused the Sentinels to suffer from states of confusion, attacking each other, running away in fear, or even blabbering gibberish. However, one by one they all came to their senses, and after chipping away at its hide bit by bit, they finally struck down the beast. In the aftermath, Shag found that he now could sense the presence of all magic energies around him.

After a relaxing rest of the day, where Yief began tempering the Cerebrilith hide to make a suit of armor for Halrek, they slept for the night. Beginning their travel the following day, they eventually came to the base of a mountain, the natural rock formations funneling them into a cave mouth. After making their way in, they eventually came to a fork in the path. Aoth and Xochic investigated one of the openings, but before a decision about which path to take could be made, a loud rumble from deep within the mountain caused a cave-in, cutting Aoth and Xochic off from the rest of the group. Confirming everyone was okay, they realized the best and fastest course of action was to make their way through the mountain via both paths, and meet on the other side.

Shag, Yief, and Halrek began to make their way through, finding that the path became a labyrinth of tunnels as it progressed. Along the way they encountered a sentient slime, a chimera, a band of orcs, a cave troll, a roper, and a giant spider, and managed to crawl their way through the dungeon with relative ease, looting as they went. After defeating the spider, they once again felt the rumble deeper within the mountain, feeling more intense this time, possibly hinting that the source was closer.