The EARTH story - May 4, 1372
After a day of preparation, you head back.
Tabrina teleports you to Snurre's stronghold. It remains deserted, so you head back into the underdark. Ayazin comes with you, though he and his wolf remain uncharacteristically quiet.
After Tabrina departs, Jo-owrn looks to Farad.
"How was it you wanted us to travel?" he asks.
Farad looks up. "Ethereally... I can pull everyone to the ethereal, and then we can scout out further than we normally would, and not have to worry about patrols we pass, but push on to the drow city."
Farad looks at Beth and Raz. "Both of you have dispel magic spells? Casting one in our area will pull us all back to the prime instantly. Just don't do it when we are inside rock or something!"
Raz shakes his head. "Sorry, but that's one spell which has eluded me."
Sharone pipes up in a quiet voice, "Idun has seen fit to give me two dispel magics. They are a handy defence against drow spell casters."
In groups of several of you at a time, Farad takes you into the ghost-world of the border etheral. It is a grey netherland from which the Prime appears as an indestinct, translucent pale copy of itself.
Staying close together, you set off into the underworld.
The first day of travel is uneventful, and you return to the Prime to camp several miles southwest of the first major intersection you came to in the underworld.