From the Journal of Pura Lindh, Bard and Historian

           27 Flamerule - 1 Eleasias 1389 (Year of the Forgiven Foes)
The gang followed Selena after the person who peered into the window of the Inn. The black clad voyeur ran with incredible speed and easily outpaced the gang through the streets of outer Dagger Falls. Only Ely was able to keep up by flying. Cethric thought this might be a diversion and headed back to the Inn, Pura following. Mordecai borrowed a horse and rode for the gates, calling out an alarm. Petro followed along the walls of the town, paralleling the fleeing suspect. Ely cast a glitterdust on the suspect as he downed a potion and then dove into Tesh river. Ely then cast a faerie fire on the area where the suspect was last seen in the river. However, the river was dark and murky, so it was difficult to see the suspect. As most of the gang arrived at the river banks, Venin spotted a non-glowing head bobbing near the falls before disappearing under the turbulent waters. The gang combed the shores near the falls and waited for the suspect to surface. When he did not, they decided to camp out until morning when they could be given some potions of waterbreathing. Cethric determined there are four faintly evil beings down deep with a detect evil.

The next morning they drank the potions and dove into the water. It is tough swimming, but Selena managed to make it to a small cave opening. Since the verdict of Laval Lindh would be read very soon, the gang decided to return to the garrison to support their father and friend. Randall Morn found Laval not guilty based on the testimony of Linday. Mordecai noticed Linday is not present in the courtroom. Though Kessla wanted to have a party for her newly freed husband, the gang told her they need to follow up on the cave under the falls. Laval agreed, wanting to spend some quality time with his wife. Returning to the falls, the gang dove in. Selena led the way through the narrow tunnel, followed by Venin and then Rikulf. Cethric was in his full plate, so had some difficulty shimmying through the tight space. This delayed the rest of the gang from following (though Ely first tried to pull the cleric out and then started pushing him forward). The three ahead came upon four merrow (aquatic ogres) in the large watery cave. The battle was difficult for Rikulf, Venin and Selena since they were not used to fighting underwater and their weapons were not piercing. Slowly, and working together, they stayed alive and killed the merrow. Cethric wiggled free from the tunnel in time to heal the three. They looted the bodies and found the exit into another cave. Inside were two more larger merrow and a bound and gagged fey woman (nymph?). Remarkably, the battle ended quickly.

The gang freed the nymph, but she remained unconscious, apparently poisoned. Cethric removed his armor with Venin's assistance so he can more easily move through the tight underwater tunnels. Petro set off a lightning ball trap that affects a couple of the gang. In the next cave they found a hugh statue made of mud buried up to its chest. With Cethric's urging, and Ely's suggestion to use a bolt, Mordecai poked at the statue causing it to animate and attack - it is a mud golem! The golem engulfed Venin and pounded the snot out of Rikulf; its reach covered most of the cavern. Fortunately, it could not move. Sharp weapons seemed not to affect it, so some of the gang used bludgeoning weapons, which were hampered by the water. Petro had a thought and swam back to the entrance, encouraging the others to follow. Most did, but Venin freed himself and fled to a tunnel on the other side of the cave, along with Selena and Ely. The trio returned to the rest of the gang. After some discussion, the determined they should be able to swim to three of the four exits out of the reach of the golem. Cethric bundled his armor to take back to the cave with the nymph, with Ely following. The cleric discovered the nymph is no longer unconscious and she charmed him, pleading for him to leave and not tell anyone about her. Cethric negotiated a promise to allow him to return to collect his armor and wiggled his way back. Ely asked about the nymph, to which Cethric responed she was fine. Not trusting the cleric, Ely returned to the nymph's cave, where he was blinded by her beauty. She demanded he leave and never return, which the investigator complied. Selena and Rikulf guided the blind Ely. The first tunnel lead to a huge underwater cave with a gargantuan freshwater crab (and lots of sparkly treasure). The gang decided to leave the monster for later. The next tunnel lead to a foul tasting shaft straignt down; again they decided to leave it alone. The third tunnel lead to a cave filled with tiny glowing jellyfish. Rikulf tried the final cave that is within reach of the golem, but the mud construct did not move. This tunnel proved to be the escape path, emerging nearly a mile away from Dagger Falls. Returning to the town, Cethric and Ely debated their actions with the nymph, with Mordecai siding with the investigator and Venin siding with the cleric. Naturally, though less vocally, Selena and Pura sided with their respective siblings. The tension was thick when they returned to the town. Cethric and Selena returned to the nymph's cave to recover the cleric's armor without incident. The others informed the garrison on their findings. That evening was the party for Laval and it went late into the night.

The next morning the gang collected (Ely removed his blindness) and rode for Teshmere in hopes the suspect might be there. Arriving near sundown, they stayed at the Fox's Brush Inn. Teshmere is a very quiet villiage, and the few people they spoke to have not seen any other strangers in about a tenday. Ely suspected something is afoul and asked Cethric to try to determine if the innkeeper was magically affected. She seemed to be, so the cleric tried to remove the charm. Once freed, she informed them an elven woman had been there for almost a tenday and left at sunrise that morning. Selena determined the rider rode east towards Dagger Falls at an accellerated rate. The gang collected their horses and gave chase. Once at Dagger Falls, they determined the elven woman kept riding east. Some of the garrison joined the gang, but finally gave up since she was so many hours ahead. Returning to Dagger Falls, the gang mulled over the facts, and purchased some equipment.