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Start: 11th of Excitol, evening, in Rathian Hall planning next steps with Azaetha Starstride and Xan'alith'alan
Discussing plan of attack: Tiny Hut --> Dimension Door in w/ Devastation Orb and teleport back --> Dig through rubble with Staff of Peaks and Valleys ("Shovel"). Alternatively, invade with an army (Vaakbonds, Drow).
Nesdin divulged some of his backstory: his family were displaced from their caves by the growing tremors in the Humming Plains, and they were living in poverty on the streets of Rookmore. Nesdin made money fighting in The Crucible. One day, a mysterious hooded figure approached him, and offered him 300 gold to read an unknown spell scroll aloud. Upon doing so, Nesdin transformed a random patron into a Lemure, melting their skin off and causing them to burn the surrounding patrons. The monster was put down and Nesdin was arrested. Quickly into his incarceration, Magnus "Johnson" Thaumalor heard of Nesdin's plight and paid for his bail. Seeing incredible magical potential from this Kobold, Magnus "Johnson" Thaumalor took Nesdin under his wing, and led a crash course on evocation magic for him at the Astralreach Academy. Nesdin then participated in an exchange program and traveled to Qir'ellan'alak.
Nesdin was taught Nondetection. Aoife Sweeney made a Sending to the Nexus Encephalon and tried to direct it to her dad. With a 3% chance, she succeeded and made direct contact with the assimilated brain of Killian Sweeney. Killian Sweeney warned Aoife Sweeney about the Nexus Encephalon, warned her to leave immediately, and alluded to her returning home to Biggityburg. The Bill's Bimbos then took a long rest.
12th of Excitol, morning. Breakfast in Depthsong Tavern, quickly joined by Azaetha Starstride. The group then went to Distilled Myths and got some free potions of healing from Soma (she slipped an extra one to Calliope for his job well done murdering goblins).
Traveling back down the tunnel and avoiding the Purple Worm, the group arrived back at the end of the tunnel in the evening of the 13th of Excitol. Nesdin set up the Tiny Hut for 10 minutes, and the plan was set in motion. Calliope and Aoife Sweeney dimension doored ~300 feet into the quarry. Aoife Sweeney triggered and rolled the bomb, and Calliope teleported back to the hut. After a tense 36 second fuse, the cavern collapsed and the Earthquake began. Hundreds of Intellect Devourers were instantly crushed and killed.
Over 1 hour and 50 minutes, Calliope dug through the collapsed stone using the Staff of Peaks and Valleys ("Shovel") and emerged about 800 feet into the rubble pile that was the quarry portion of the cavern. The team observed the destruction wrought by the Devastation Orb, with the quarry entirely crushed. About 3/4 of a mile ahead, Uldrazim was heavily damaged: the exterior wall was 40% wrecked, houses were crushed, and the main spire of the central castle collapsed. Movement was seen on the exterior wall, but details were difficult to make out at this distance.
The Bill's Bimbos took flight and flew to Velkrazar, immediately gaining the notice of the colony recovering beneath them. The team landed at the top of the south steps (right side from city perspective), just beyond a recent domed wall of force. Inside, approaching the party, was their old friend Dismalaravas.
End: 13th of Excitol, evening, at the top of the south steps of the ziggurat Velkrazar. The Bill's Bimbos face off with the Nexus Encephalon and Dismalaravas from opposite sides of a Wall of Force.