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Deciding to enter through the spire, Forsythe took a moment to commune. He discovered the spire and the writhing roots were the main plant in the area, however they were willing to let the group pass with the promise of bringing them bodies to lay their spores in. He also learned of another plane bleeding into their realm nearby.

Once inside the spire, they realized the vines completely engulfed the monolith. Forsythe, in his air elemental form, flew about the vines and rock to locate a cave entrance. Through various means, the group made it to the cave and entered. The tunnels led out into an abandoned city square where a very ornate building was located. Inside the building, they found an office with several books that included: heraldry of the Varis families and metallurgy. Kadath found a scroll for casting a private sanctum within the desk as well.

The main floor also included a meeting room and the orrery. Evangeline and Fix brung the orrery back to life and entered the date into the maintenance log. Kadath sensed a strengthening of magic from below the orrery and let the party know. However, they decided to check the upper level first.

Upstairs was a well furnished living quarters for someone of great prominence. They later discovered this was for Shedine, the mother of dragons. Through some recollection of studies, they remembered that Shedine was the mother of the Great Dragon from Yosh-lin. After thoroughly searching the area, they headed down to the lower level, where the magic still emanated. This was a single room with a teleportation circle etched into the stone floor and a single upright portal that pulled at them slightly.

On the other side of the portal was the ring that haloed the spire. The group quickly realized they were being pulled away from the portal and decided to explore why. They found a creature whose chest was its own portal with a gravitational pull. The closer they got, the harder it was for resistance. As Buckly was nearly pulled through, the creature was dispatched. With her knowledge of nanite technology, Evangeline quickly disassembled the creature and informed her group that with enough of these, they could have pulled in an entire city.

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Episode 101