Session 142 - Ishtar shrine
The southern party continued heading north to Izabra. The northern party came across Timanthes the slave frozen in the snow. A still living elf, Paeral, was attached to him by blood vines. When you approached the elf a pack of huge elven dogs appeared and started barking. Paeral signaled for them to stop. When Dan thrust his halberd into the snow around Paerul and Timanthes, something grabbed onto it. A fight broke out with blood vines erupting from the snow. You quickly dispatched them, finding one of the dead elven dogs buried in the snow. Maggot tried to carefully detach the blood vines from Paeral but caused him a lot of damage. One of the dogs attacked Maggot but Paeral called him off. Fortunately Isen was on hand to heal. Paeral said that Timanthes was still alive when he found him. The rest of the slaves had abandoned Timanthes to head up the escarpment towards a shrine. Paeral said he’d been attracted to the Ruins of Kupchak but had found a pig faced demon on the surface. ...