Among the Mages

 - They arrive in the village of Siannodel, and Sariel finds that there is a large wooden wall around the village. - Sariel takes everyone to her parents' house and there are introductions - Zaril casts the Mansion in Sariel's old room and they treat her parents to a lavish dinner - Half the village turns up before they can head out to see if Sariel has really returned home, and she is then is able to introduce her brothers to her friends. - Sariel then uses the great Ydriselm in the center of the tree to Transport Via Plants to take the group to the place she met Silvana and gained her powers. There are a lot of large webs like those of spiders in the trees at the edge of the clearing. - She Communes with Nature and can tell that Silvana is nearby. - Sariel then casts Speak with Plants on the Ydriselm then stepped out of into this grove who says that Silvana is nearby but weak. It suggests Sariel can get her attention by calling on the bond between them. - While she is doing t...

 - The group says goodbye to Gerard and thank him for his hospitality. - They BAMF to the Holimian forest.  - They arrive outdoors in a forest clearing and it is dark. It is overcast and very dim. - They start to hear chittering noises coming from the forest, which Sariel does not recognize. - Zaril flies to the nearest tree to try to hide, and she hears a chittering very near her. - Neil casts Lightning Arrow in preparation for a fight. - There's a creature hovering just on the other side of the trunk that's nearly as big as she is that looks like a cross between a dragonfly and a praying mantis. - Sariel casts Tongues and then walks towards the tree where Zaril went. She calls out in a friendly manner asking if they can hear her. - Other creatures start coming towards them out of the forest look like a cross between a beetle and a scorpion. There are at least six of them.  - Sariel says they are looking for Silvania, and they do not respond. BATTLE of BUGS - Neil shoots...

 - Over breakfast, Neil tells everyone that Ellilune dream contacted him again. Apparently, she only has the resources to keep Agrexost under her control for about two more weeks. They plan to spend one more day with Gerard doing research. This time on the iciest, coldest, bleakest plane to try to offer as a destination for him to go live. - After they finish their research, they will experiment with basic intra-planar teleportation by going to the coast of Lionhead Island and summoning a water elemental to see if it has any information on the exact whereabouts of Agrexost. Then they will Wind Walk back to Gerard's house. - They plan to teleport to the Holimion forest to ask the nature spirit who grants Sariel her powers if she has any advice on talking to titans.  - From there they will teleport near Ellilune's tower and Wind Walk the rest of the distance to her. - So Sariel casts Wind Walk on herself, Zaril, and Luca and they fly to the southern coast of Lionhead Island. An ...

- Neil takes Jinorah back from Zaril and settles her on his shoulders. - The group looks around to see if there is a door knocker, but it looks like this might not be a door meant for receiving visitors. - Acta casts Thaumaturgy to make a loud door knocking sound without sacrificing anyone's knuckles. It should be loud enough to be heard within the cave.  - Neil quiets himself and senses a dragon a few hundred feet ahead of him.  - The door opens and a very tall man with very broad shoulders, a longish red beard.  - They introduce themselves and explain why they have come, and he invites them in. - They chat for a while in his parlor (a nice room with comfy chairs and a fireplace)  - Acts shows Gerard her "souvenirs" and gives him an Infinity fruit and it tastes like a fine aged cheese  - Gerard agrees to let them read "Gods and Titans: A Treatise on the Probable Shaping of the Material Plane" and brings them to the library. - The library is the largest single r...

- The baby dragon is currently up a tree, freaking the hell out. - Zaril flies up the tree near the baby, but it start making screaming noises at her.  - Acta tosses Zaril the last of the scorpion tails so she can try to lure it down to Neil, but it just screams again - Neil makes calming noises in Draconic, but that makes zero difference. - The dragon jumps to a different tree. - Zaril follows and tries to grab it, but it slips through her hands - Acta notices some rustling in the bushes around them, so she looks around and sees what look like very short lizardfolk carrying spears surrounding them. She says hello to them in Draconic, and it starts so she gets Neil's attention. - The kobolds (they're kobolds) threaten the group for trying to "threaten" the baby dragon. - Sariel starts fading and turning into an Air Elemental, and the kobolds freak out. - Luckily she still has Tongues going (from last time), so she assures them that she's just trying to get it out ...

- How often do you use a hot tub in Texas, really? - The group walks for a few hours and as it's starting to get dark they see a small building on a hill  - The roof is partially collapsed and the door is ajar. - The inside is torn up and there are old stains on the walls that may or may not be blood. There is a pile of bones in the corner. Some of them might be human (or elven or whatever). - The debris seems to be collected into what looks like it might be a nest. There are blackish-purple scales scattered around, but they don't look like dragon scales. - Zaril backs up out of the house. She sees a flying creature with leathery bat-wings and four legs land on the roof. Everyone else in the house hears the thump. - She tries to throw a rock through the door, but she misses a little bit and it bounces off the door frame. - The creature cocks its head to look at her and she casts Invisibility - Acta casts Invisibility on herself and goes outside to see what's landed on the s...

 - They arrive on Lionshead Island, and Neil uses his Primeval Awareness to detect the nearest dragon to them (within 5 miles). He senses one within 3 miles of them in the general direction of the eternal storm. - Sariel casts Guiding Hand as a Ritual and they follow it towards the storm. - The terrain is fairly mountainous and hilly, and they have to walk around a good-sized bay between them and the caves, so the going is slow. - The day is lovely, but the perpetual storm ahead is a big storm and it's really blowing. - Sariel who is leading the way, see what looks like two balls of lightning in the storm headed towards them. - They are two birds that look like they are made of pure lightning. LIGHTNING BIRD BATTLE - Zaril flies towards the Lightning Birds and casts Faerie Fire on LB(Blue), but it dodges the spell - Acta examines the creatures and can tell that they are elemental creatures composed entirely of lightning and are immune to lightning damage, and they are immune to thi...