Land Shrouded in Darkness

The land beyond the end of the world is a strange place. We can only navigate during the night, but unfortunately, all night, all but those who worship the foul Basceron cannot cast spells. Fortunately, spells cast before nightfall still function, and I've changed my spells accordingly.

Our first stop was an abandoned tower, where we fought some sort of shadow creature that was actually the melding of three. This creature was tough -- it severely injured me and we were only barely able to overcome it after a long and exhausting fight. I was able to question the corpse afterwards, and get a few straight answers, including the location that we'd find Jartik. Unfortunately, it did not know how to escape this accursed place.

I cast a spell the next day right before night fall that would turn us into translucent, wispy clouds. We glided through the night quickly, and arrive at what appeared to be a large field of rocks below. It was guarded by some sort of staff-wielding minotaur. Livy tried to talk to it and let us pass, but negotiations quickly broke down as it, like many others before us, tried to extort money out of us. The beast was able to animate a few of the rocks into hulking earth elementals but Livy used her fey granted gifts to cast a spell that confused an elemental and the minotaur. Borrow and I finished off the other one, and we stood and watched as the confused combatants pounded each other. The earth elemental won, and we destroyed it next. We returned to our wispy forms and ascended the stairs, stopping before entering a large fortress built into the mountain side.