Bjarni and Jestix on the balcony see the horned devil approach with it's 4 wingmen. Fria searches the room at the back room and the others the various 4-mages rooms. The demons see the party and start summoning aid. More demons appear while one of the originals shouts 'what have you done with her?'

Bjarni shouts a warnign to the party, Vulf moves up, Jestix converses with the demon: the demons seem to be on the other side of the force barrier, we don't know if it will hold them back. “If she is gone my deal will continue with you lot” .. the other demons concentrate again and summon yet more.

Bjarni joins combat and misses his first swing, they're quick: too quick some of them are illusions. Some demonic illusions are dispelled and one horned demon suggested to go away. Fria casts Telepathic bond for the party, Ahmumstut starts a protection from evil. A horned devil fires a lightening bolt at Bjarni and it hits him but bounces off the wall. 3 other demons cast hold-person on Bjarni, with no success (this time). Bjarni attacks a chosen floating horned devil choosing to ignore the others as illusions. Bjarni uses excelsior to fly out and 8pt power attack on the hovering demon. It hits him on the way in with a longer weapon but.. 23pts+stun(fort).. Jestix pushes through the illusions and goes for the pit fiend (who attacks back despite J's prot form evil) it is an illusion too. We steadily work through the illusions back to the original 4+1: Bjarni battles it out with the big guy, Vulf & Jestix 2 each of the smaller ones, Ahmumstut and Fria finally make it into combat, passing through the force wall. Fighting continues and the spell users fail the SR. Bjarni's attack is stymied as his demon disappears appearing 100' above him. Bjarni charges up (w excelsior) and spears him from below: destroying the demon. Vulf quizzes his about what they want: “a disjunction magic item, demon sent a half-human bint to go in and get it for him”. it's a “hand held item” which does things to you, mages4 stole it from him a long time ago. The woman was named “Yarmilla”. Fria burns the last one away. The basis of the story is when they were younder the mages4 tussled with a devil who used an item on them that stole it from hi, who was made to promise not to come into their properties and get it back him or agents.

• Khthargnnth the horned devil
• 4 bearded demons

The party heal, search and return to the main mages4 chambers to explore the remaining two mages. Along a short corridor they enter a huge room with a dragon skeleton in it suspended by wires.. walls covered in overflowing book-cases. More display cases have creatures and taxidermi.. 2 rows of 4 glowing white translucent pillars each containing an image form the middle of the room. The 8 images are in full 3d:

• Gaunt female humanoid bat wings and razor sharp claws (harpy)
• Red dragon (v large)
• Empty
• 11 headed dragon (hydra)
• 8 Legged lizard (basilisk)
• tiger headed human (rakshasa)
• white dragon
• multi eyed white snake w pincers (?)

lots of books on conjuration and summoning spells. lots of bestiaries. The side room are similar labs/ libraries, the first a dust filled study with one chair and one side table and scribblings on the wall. The scribbles on the blackboard are the workings of a new spell, the blackboard is a gigantic arcane mark. Fria thinks spell is one where Cavel was working out differences between elemental and physical plane: and create a summon spell to craate a true version of himself. The north and south murals are of creatures from other planes of existence: very real looking. The next is a luxurious bed chamber.

• tons of v valuable furniture, very ostentatious
• note book under pillows on bed, more arcane marks: Cavels dream journal.
• lots of personal grooming items / powders / potions (all aged )
• library allows you a knowledge check in almost any skill (+1 for each language you understand)

we rest and search. Then move on to the final chamber, .

• 1080xp each for 18th Level characters
• 1920xp each for 16th Level characters

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