The party decides to examine a nearby stone obelisk in The Westwood.

Random Encounter

We encounter an Ettin putting on a magic show in the forest.  The Ettin had captured two legendary fighters, Lacklin, a human and Torek, a dwarf.  They were searching for a arch-lich named Jozan.  They were incredibly outmatched, captured, and traded to the Ettin for excrement.  The arch-lich was working with Asserac, another arch-lich.  In exchange for rescuing the warriors, they tell us they will be in Amphail for 30 days, and that we can call on them for assistance within in that time.  We gave them 30 gold for expenses.

Stone Obelisk

The stone obelisk is surrounded by 3 rings full of hieroglyphs that all rotate.  We meet the ghost of Mardivas, an arch-mage who was active around 900 DR.  He created a 36 rune alphabet.  The obelisks are locks apparently sealing some great treasure far underground.  We successfully open this one, but have to locate where exactly the treasure is, as well as the remaining obelisks. We also obtain another letter in the torn note.

Random Encounter

We encounter a large gnarled tree in the forest, rotting with necromancy.  We manage to extract a magic seed which looks like an element, apparently a very old creature.