Empires - Session 14

The party continues their way through the Icewater Mansion looking for more keys, eventually coming across a helpful taugger spirit who points them in the right direction. After solving a tricky alchemy puzzle, diving to the bottom of a well, kissing a fish, putting on a performance in front of the Big Fish Man, and other such feats, the party finally has enough keys to open the gate down to the Bathhouse, the Sanctum Sanctorium of the Icewater Mansion. There they faced the Grodair and his minions, and they persevered after Ciujn enlarged Skratch to be 12 feet tall, and Viola placed the final blow in the fish, which subsequently exploded. It was fine. At the head of the room was a large pearl that seemed to have the attention of the creatures, but after breaking through its shell, discovered underneath was a Golden Needle plunged into the hands. Haru pulled the needle out, and it resolved into the body of a tall allander otter, who Haru seemed to recognize...