Session 55

Heroes: Ayrin, Azrael, Haurchefant, Kunik

Haurchefant reaches the slaad who kidnapped Azrael, and destroys it. He then makes his way in what is clearly the lair of a beholder, with circular tunnels bending at impossible angles. While tumbling his way through the tunnels, he loses his grip on the unconscious Azrael, who falls down a long shaft, eventually ejecting her outside of the asteroid. With no way of recovering her ally, Haurchefant finds a spot to hide and rest for a while.

Outside, Ayrin and Kunik are pondering to leave the asteroid to regain their strength and regroup, but an antimagic field makes it impossible for them to activate their ship. The slaadi "invite" them to go back to the Vault, to try and find an "amicable" agreement.

The two are stripped of their weapons, but they manage to convince the slaadi and their beholder masters to retrieve Azrael and Haurchefant, and allow them to meet the master of the vault, who seems very interested in aquiring their modron ship.

The Heroes meet Vlindarian, a beholder death tyrant, and his beholder acolytes. When it becomes clear that Vlindarian wants to imprison Ayrin and Azrael (to deliver them to Gadreel) and kill Kunik and Haurchefant, the Heroes fight for their lives and emerge victorious, albeit very wounded. Still, they don't have much time to linger, as the slaadi may still come looking for them.