Episode 02.5
From Reydala
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Sanoan is attacked by frightened animals from the forest, going to investigate, the party confronts the animated remains of a druid circle. After the battle, Laviege appears before them and drags them into a world of madness and terror..
The party braves five floors of what appears to be a testing ground of Laviege, known as Laviege's cube, solving puzzles and fighting fierce foes every step of the way.
Ixthixis, a mind flayer that had long since lost his ambitions of solving the cube, was one of the first beings met inside the cube. An evil creature, but one already defeated by his own failures, he lived by scavenging off the brains of other cube-goers that failed. He was left to his hopelessness after imparting some advice..
Sothran was another denizen of the cube, a doppleganger who had been turned into a thrall of an aboleth. The party rescued him from the grasp of his captor. He followed the party through the cube up to the confrontation with Laviege. He was not seen afterward, however.
They also crossed paths with a blinded priest who had succumbed to the horrors of the cube and showed signs of madness. Reluctant to let this poor soul become food to the creatures of the cube, they took him along. However, he was not seen after the conflict with Laviege.
That conflict, which came at the top floor of the cube, struck the party against what appeared to be the goddess in a living chamber. After striking decisive blows, they began to hear a melody. Aylo's melody provided the necessary link back to the real world from the dream. They all awoke in Nel's manor in Sanoan, only to find that they had been unconcious the whole time. Though it seemed the voyage was one of the mind, the Nightmare remained deep in memory...
