Idum Tan Frilan 15305

Past the Iron Gates
Upon waking from their strange not-dream, the party breakfasted on dino meat and continued on their path along the steep mountain switchback. As they walked, an entire pack of dire wolves charged past them as if on the run from something--and then, not too long later, the thunderous footsteps of a T-Rex shook the cliffside path. The party elected to climb the cliff to the next switchback while Eli distracted the beast with a bit of magic, and the creature ultimately barreled past without noticing.

When they finally reached the Ebony Tower, following Eli's direction, they came upon a closed ironwork gate: on the near side of the gate, an angry-looking half-elf woman stood in between two velociraptors, and on the far side, a human man looking contemptuous and generally not predisposed to let her and her violent creatures inside the Tower grounds.

After letting the summoner know that her creatures are wreaking havoc and generally trying to kill people down the mountain, which certainly wouldn't help her admission chances, she cleared out and the party started to plot their own way inside. After some deliberation, it was decided that Eli should play her card and tell Raphael that Treysan is expecting her. Although Raphael goes to check on the veracity of this, and although Eli's lying, he winds up coming back to let them in anyway.

Eli led the party through the Tower grounds and up the guests' staircase, which was prettier and a fair bit longer than the servants' staircase, until they reached Treysan's door.

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