Book 1 Chapter 5

As the party heads for the trapdoor, they hear Venkra's voice call out to them, and they see him hobbling over to them, using a javelin as a crutch. They explain what happened to him, and he explains that the Tiefling, Gulfnarqwa, must have abandoned him while he was unconscious. Once again, the party heads for the trapdoor, and descend into the subterranean portion of The Fort. Once below, they find a notice from the Padashan army saying that they have legally seized this location, as it belongs to the Padashan Empire, and anyone that was inhabiting it can be removed according to Padashan law.

They hear voices coming from the mess hall, and the party heads towards it to deal with the soldiers. Vore decides to charge straight in and flips a table giving the party a strong entrance. However, immediately after that, he is surrounded by soldiers. Dorian heals him once, but Vore soon goes down, and a soldier slits his throat to make sure he's dead. As the party is dealing with the rest of the soldiers, Riswind notices that something weird is happening with Vore's body, that it is beginning to transform into something else. Once the fight is over, Vore's body has transformed into a pale creature with a featureless face.

The party quickly heads to the the alchemist's quarters to grab some healing potions, before heading towards the living quarters, to find Feyaro's family. Feyaro hears a little girl screaming, and starts to run towards his quarters. Inside are several soldiers who are raping a little girl, and there's also a nude woman on the ground with her throat slit. Feyaro goes in to a fury and kills the soldiers, and wraps the little girl up in a blanket, and comforts her.

He suggests that the party clear the rest of the fort without him, because he's going to be waiting with his daughter in a secret room where he keeps documents and other things. After some discussion, the party agrees, and heads off. Almost immediately, Venkra, who is hobbling at the back of the party, hears the sounds of fighting coming from Feyaro's quarters. They rush back to find a humanoid, which looks an awful lot like Vore did once he died. He is standing over the dead bodies of Feyaro and his daughter.

A tense fight ensues, and the victorious party checks if Feyaro is dead, which he is. However, while checking his body, Riswind finds an encoded letter. Once she decodes it, she reads it to the party, and they begin to discuss their next move..