Wow... haven't posted anything for a while.
The party has moved through the dungeon, freeing two of the prisoners.
They have cleared room 9, finding a few magic items in the sarcophagi

As they enter into the fresco chamber, 3 dire rats run forward, chomping on Quill.  he moves around the rats, to flank one but ends up being flanked himself by two gnome sulks.  They slip through the shadows, striking at him with war pick and hand crossbow until Bry moved forward with a sunrod.  The sulks were no longer able to hide and the party quickly struck them down.


Got Mirtala out of her shell with the use of insight  and diplomacy.  She gives the group information on the whereabouts of Sertainian.  "She was... uh... up a spiral staircase, around a bunch of corners and uh... down two separate flights of stairs.  You're not going to leave me, are you?"  She is plainly terrified. She's been shut up in the dim light with the rats terrorizing her and biting on her occasionally.  She is also clearly sick from some disease from the rat bites.  The party has no choice but to keep her with them.  They try to get her to stay with the other 2 rescued outside, but she freaks out without 'her saviors' near her.

The group moves up the spiral stair case and fights a hobgoblin and a drake were guarding the top.  After dispatching them, they move to the end of the hallway and stand before a double door.

137 Xp for each PC