The companions have spent a week resting in Ragathion, recovering their strength. The Lor clone, which until now the party has dragged along unconscious, awakens during this period. He looks like Lor, and speaks like Lor, but seems darker somehow; perhaps it is just the residual effects of the thrall poison. At any rate, the party beings to call him "Nor", to differentiate him from the original Lor. A lantern archon appears one morning with a message from Arthas's superior. Captain Arthas is to take his irregulars on a reconnaissance mission, while the main army initiates a direct attack on the Erinyes forces. A strange pocket dimension has formed within the Maelstom, not far from Heaven's shores, and Ragathiel's lieutenants are worried that it may be a rally point or supply center for Hell's forces. The archon gives Arthas a compass that will point the way to the anomaly; the irregulars orders are to reconnoiter as thoroughly as possible, but to avoid engaging devilkind directly. The party follows the compass to a small island floating in the mists of the Maelstrom. The only feature of interest is a crumbling brick structure: The irregulars penetrate the tower's defenses, using Nor's rusting grasp ability. Within, they encounter a vicious cat named Pooh, a flock of lizard-chickens, and room after room of strange artifacts and bizarre graffiti. Eventually, in the basement of this odd structure, they find a metal descender box that takes them far below ground, to a dungeon secured from the outside. The dungeon is even more dangerous than the surface structure. In the first few rooms, the heroes encounter deadly traps and huge cloaker beasts that almost slay Eovan. After walking down a twisting hallway, they come across a large chamber, populated by walking mushrooms that spray hallucinogenic spores. After an intense battle with the fungi, the irregulars are victorious! They rest for a moment, debating their next move. Everyone who played gains 3,000 XP