Dragon's Eye
Following the advice of Arundel, they make for Dragon's Eye. Encountering Lizardmen, the party faces several tough battles. Not only do the lizardmen weapons do fearsome damage but they swarm in large groups. Grease and stinking cloud do the honours again - taking down the lizard king with misile weapons. A second tough fight is made easier by holding a bridge with captive villagers on the other side - thus reducing the lizardmen to fighting 1 on 1 with arrows whistling overhead into the ranks behind.
Pesky acid beetles made life dificult but there are some useful magic weapons on the corpses of failed adventurers that made the beetles' lunch. Spiders add the usual fare of adventuring life.
Deeper in the mountain trolls are encountered and dispatched with fire arrows and potions. A particularly vicous struggle sees the paladins holding a pass (greased and gassed of course
) from trolls and evil clerics. Those emmerging from the vile concoction are cut down and fire poured on them. Arrows fly into the cloud, striking the floundering enemies. After this mighty struggle, Gia realises her true calling is not as a warrior or squire but as a healer and destroyer of those that would hurt her Sisters. Her God grants her the powers to heal her (now very tired and battered) sisters and she learns from a Priestess rescued nearby. Rescued villagers grant her a boon in the eyes of her God.