4760 Abadius 18th Ilmarsh, Ustalav (Eric armor day 99/100)

Just before sunrise the pcs sneak into the unguarded temple known as the Recondite Order of the Indomitable Sea. In the hidden room the pcs, excepting only Glade, grease up and don their tar clothes. Glade then cast his water breathing spell. Glade next summons 4 giant catfish which are attached to special net like harnesses and then tied to Linkles, Rigby, Gregor, and Erick. Lastly, after everyone was ready, Glade turned himself into a giant catfish. Thanks to the tar clothes and grease only Rigby suffers minor discomfort due to the cold. About a half hour of fish towing the pcs arrive in the tunnels under Undiomede House. Immediately the pcs begin to hear the noises of combat or a massacre as inhuman cries of pain and a monstrous roaring echo from a distance. Gregor and Erick armor up and hold the narrow exit from the tunnels while Rigby, Linkles, and Glade scout out the dungeon. The 3 scouting pcs begin to search the tunnels. Just a short way ahead the pcs came upon a yellowish lump that was emitting rainbow-like swirls of color. The pcs decide to bypass the strange lump with stealth. Then the pcs come to a dead end cavern that has a bleached out human corpses. One bleached white woman is still alive and is singing to the infant in her arms. The pcs have an extended conversation with the woman and they decide that she is mad. The child she is holding is dead but she doesn't seem to notice. Eventually the pcs decide that the yellow lump is draining the color and life from creatures which apparently causes the "rainbows" as a side effect. The pcs convince the woman that the yellow lump is the cause of the baby "sleeping" and the woman draws a kitchen knife and slashes the lump. The slash seems to release a yellow and red flash of light which fry the woman to a crisp. The pcs immediately attacked but wisely chose ranged attacks over melee as the bleached mother attempted. The yellow lump absorbed Glade's radiant damage but the combined attacks of the other pcs killed the yellow lump before it could ooze into melee range. The 3 pcs went a bit farther and then they heard an alien voice haranguing in an alien language. The 3 pcs stealthed forward and found a cavern where a large fishman appeared to be giving a pep talk to a group of about 10 smaller fishmen. The fishman keeps speaking the words Dagon, Ulat-Kini, and Shub-Niggurath. Eventually the fishmen are rallied and they organize a military spear column into the nearby cavern.

The pcs can't what happens next but the noise of battle is heard again. The pcs move in close behind the spear column and see a huge tentacled monstrosity on three legs. For a short time that seemed like an eternity the column of fishmen attacked the tentacle monster with ranged spears and daggers at close quarters. Their weapons did little more than scratch the monster while its tentacles tore the fishmen limb from limb. The large leader kept the fish soldiers moving forward to attack and killed any that tried to retreat. After a while the tentacled creature began swaying and chanting which created the spell Hunger of Hadar behind the fishmen and on top of Rigby and Linkles.

Legles thought it wiser to grab Glade and run rather than stay and fight alone. The pcs ran to Gregor and Erick and hid behind them. Glade took a risk and ran out to cast spike stones one more time but this time he hid behind the two human warriors and refused to look at the horrific creature. The dark tapestry monster stepped onto the spike stones, traveled a short distance, and then decided that it was too painful and it retreated. Then the creature used a trial and error strategy to find out when the spike stones expired which resulted in significant damage to the dark tapestry horror and a pause of about an hour in length. During this time Glade convinced Gregor and Eric to use the sword Ovinrbaane one last time.

Then the tentacled horror lumbered to the attack again. But before the creature could lay tentacles upon the human warriors, Eric dealt it a devastating blow with Ovinrbaane. Then Gregor charged his magic sword with radiant power and hit the creature with all his might cutting it in two. As the pcs caught their breath the creature began to melt giving off a smell even more foul than it had in life. After pulling themselves together the pcs searched the tunnels below Undiomede house. They found a significant horde of ancient coins. They also found a huge glass beaker containing the naked remains of old man. The pcs also found a book, magic trident, and a suit of full chainmail that survived its owner being squeezed out through the rings.