Session 7 - Marpenoth 24 (Day 10)

The party sets out for Maerimydra and travels to the bazaar. There they encounter a mercane merchant and duergar traders. They try to leave this alone but somehow they are compelled to trade with the mercane. The party tries to buy his services to gain access to a gate to Maerimydra but suddenly the mercane attacks the party. When combat breaks out, some of the party members act as if the mercane is their friend or even controlling them. Carolus and Danyx are thrown across the counter and Danyx is forced to flee the scene. A very confusing combat goes on until the mercane changes form and becomes an illithid. The party can hold out long enough to drive off the illithid.
The party descends and enters the common area of the drow outpost. They ignore the inhabitants and although a sense of unease grows on them, they continue and leave the outpost, circumventing the gate and closing the tunnel behind them with a stone wall.
The traveling goes slow and the party sets up camp at the end of the day, shaping the stone around them to keep them hidden.