We encounter a man starving in the desert who was left by the Asabi
Ungvar approaches to give him some dog biscuits
He warns us of tar elemental in the tar and of Netherese ruins in Anauroch
We are being chased by a cactus monster that guards the cactus forest we destroyed
The man tries to give us his possessions while he stays behind to fight the monster but its clearly a trap.
At Ungvar's direction he dumps the bag which contains some papers, a large key, and a wand with faces carved into the side
Jimco examines the papers but they are written in a different language and starts casting detect magic on the other items
the man twin cities of ULEMA and AL-SHIEF'
Detect magic shows the wand is obviously magical and the key is not. Jimco believes it to be a wand of smiles. He gives it to Phoenix
We test driving the worm into the tar, when it does not resist it we push forward in the direction we were previously headed
As we near the other side of the tar pit, one of the elementals we were warned about emerges. Infaris immediately shoots it with a firebolt.
The elemental overwhelms Jimco and Ungvar, they are absorbed inside of it. Infaris attempts to pull them out but her magic surges and she becomes 3 years younger. She is unable to pull out Ungvar but Jimco pops out on his own due to his non-stick armor plating
Ungvar rages and emerges from the tar as well just as Infaris fires a final final bolt killing the creature
We see the twin cities to the north but decide it to be a silly place so we head south instead
After spending the night in the desert we come upon a pyramid and a giant obsidian sphinx
Examining the ruins, Jimco finds something scribbled on the wall with an arrow pointing to the back of the sphinx. He cannot read the text however
We examine the back of the sphinx and find a hatch