After considering their options at the lake, with too many unknown variables, the party decided to head southwest towards where they believe they could encounter the druids. After several hours of traveling, the party noticed they were being followed by something in the bushes.
Zannan and Lennie called out to the creatures in the forest, hoping to reach out to the druids. However, the party was instead approached by three drow females dressed in rags, bearing simple pouches and adornments made of natural materials and crude leather. One of them had an amulet of a blood-filled vial. She said they were only there for Ariadne, and everyone else was welcome to leave.
The party did not agree to those terms and began fighting back. During the fight, the drow revealed themselves as being a coven of hags. After a few rounds of fighting, one of the hags got a hold of Ariadne, and teleported them both away using what appeared to be a vine bracelet, which after being used fell to the ground and withered away. The party managed to prevent the remaining hags from teleporting as well, and eventually terminated them both.
The party managed to take one of the teleporting bracelets before it got used. Zannan identified it as “Vines of Binding”, a single use teleportation item that can transport the bearer and one additional creature to Carantharas. The use of this item comes at a heavy price, however, as the creatures transported arrive at their destination in an extremely weakened state.
The party also recovered the blood-filled amulet that the first hag
appeared to be using to track Ariadne. With evening fast approaching, and one member
short, the party finds themselves in the middle of a thick forest, unsure where
to head next.
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