Chapter 24

The Poisoned Berries Incident

 * Helike revealed to the party that he poisoned their prisoner, Guide, because N'Rol had taken away his powers when he failed to kill Guide during the fight
 * The party went into The Eternal Forest, where they had imprisoned Guide, and found him dead -- probably long dead, precluding using Revivify
 * As they were trying to decide what to do, N'Rol took control of Helike's body to offer to transfer the poison from Guide to Helike.
 * Helike accepted, and immediately fell unconscious while Guide immediately revived
 * Castelis cast detect magic, and determined that in addition to being near death, Helike also was afflicted by a Necromantic spell
 * Castelis tried to explain to Guide how to distinguish between Good Berries and the poisonous berries Helike had slipped him, but gave up and just gave him regular food

The Madness of Duluth

 * The party (less Scourpax and Cesta Melora, who went off to do some research) met with Duluth outside the city walls, where Carnelian had suggested by Sending they should meet. Lenny stayed out of sight
 * Duluth's hair and beard were cut short, his skin had scars of runes carved into it, and his eyes were so bloodshot they looked entirely red. He wore a black robe.
 * Duluth tried to preach to them about how darkness is truth and light is a lie, and Baldr is dead.
 * Lenny pranked him by using Message to say strange things to mess with his paranoia
 * Duluth led the party back to his cramped attic bedroom, where the walls were covered with notes and ripped-out book pages, connected with yarn
 * Carnelian took several pages about the death of Baldr, none of which was entirely conclusive
 * Some of Duluth's notes had writing in Abyssal, which Lenny translated as “Opening the great gate of truth”
 * Duluth revealed that his main sources had been the library in Ylil's Domain where the party had first encountered N'Rol, and Ychol's Library here in Gumnell, which was mostly about fiends

Ychol's Library

 * The library had tapestries, many of them depicting scenes from hell or the abyss
 * The party found Scourpax and Cesta Melora there. Cesta was researching the the hellmouth that the party had closed near Mallinckrodt
 * Gurney found some hidden books about practical tactics for fighting fiends