The party was at the Golden Clover Tavern in the morning. Hazel noticed some drow looking at them and (via detect thoughts) express feelings of “so that must be them… Ariadne’s comrades… what is their deal?”. Hazel noted that they referred to Ariadne by name. The group had a few drinks and food (the spider gruel and multigrain bread).
The group found out they had a room reserved for them (room number 12), at the same floor as the drow attendees. On the way there, Hazel detected abjuration magic coming from room number 1.
Hazel, Elenion, and Brandybuck explored the city streets. They saw a very busy hair salon, and Hazel tried reading thoughts of Seldarine guards, but they noticed, and recommended she doesn’t do that at the ball.
Zannan left the bag of holding (enchanted with non-magical aura) atop of a tree just east of the Ball building so that Boyd can bring it to them in case of emergencies.
Brandybuck went to check the area near the gates of the city and noticed traffic to and from the docks, the air ship docked outside the city, and some people being turned away at the gates for inappropriate behaviours.
Once the ball began, Zannan and Elenion tried to look like they were on a date off to the side, so Zannan could check on the bag, but the guards saw through their deception, and suggested they move along to the ball.
Upon arrival inside, they were announced as “The Twilight Wings”, and were encouraged to interact with the other attendees, especially members of the council (on both sides). Brandybuck immediately noticed one of the drow attendees was precisely the drow who he remembers as his parent’s murderer.
This same drow (Arch Huntress Evgenia Nastamitsia) approached the group and asked for a dance with Zannan. He noticed a slight change in her eyes when he mentioned his last name. During the dance, Evgenia questioned Zannan about the Twilight Wings’ views on fairness government and community. She also told Zannan she has concerns about the Drow Empress not properly taking care of her people, and that the drow community is suffering and not doing well. She mentioned that she knows they travelled with Ariadne, and that she believes Ariadne is still alive, because the empress announced Ariadne was executed, but it was not a public execution. Evgenia believes the Empress still has some use for Ariadne and likely keeping her in a more secluded, high security prison to which not even Evgenia has access. Evgenia then slipped a note into Zannan’s sleeve, letting him know that they can attempt communication via spells (such as “sending”) every Sygmys at 7 PM. On the note, she again expressed concerns with the well-being of the drow, and that she believes that peace between drow and eladrin is the way to save her people, because the Empress is not acting in the best interest of the drow. The party notices how Evgenia’s guards are protecting her from afar, trying to prevent the other drow from noticing her interaction with Zannan.
Zannan also talked General Egoreen and learned that her main goal is to end corruption, as she has lost many soldiers to the illness. She was otherwise uninterested in the social function as a whole.
Hazel interacts with Abofri, who was not very open, however she implied that interests between the drow and the Twilight Wings may be aligned, while being evasive about any details.
