===== 19 Tarsakh =====

We got Daery's uncursed and we all rested up.  We headed out to see if our goblin prisoner was still tied up.  He wasn't.  He bonds were cut... so he probably poses us some ill will.

We then went to pay a visit to Ohlo.  He had a nice place, and had a few jobs for us.  The most pressing was that his apprentice was missing.  He knew roughly where she was, so we headed over to check it out.  Turns out the building she was exploring had its basement collapse into an unknown sub-basement that dated from Ancient Phlan.  This was all well and good save the Helmed Horror still on guard.

We dispatched the construct and rescued the gnome, returning her back to Ohlo.  He repaid us for our efforts with some potions.  His next task for us was to recover a strong box taken by orcs.  This coincided with our next goal of eliminating the orc stronghold.  (He had a third task, but we were fresh out of leads on dragon and chimera parts).

We approached the orc territory and ran across evidence of another party in operation.  Attempts to get some intelligence were for naught as all orc outposts that we searched had been cleared.  In desperation, we scouted the main stronghold.  

There was some sort of dominance rite underway raising a dreadful racket.  After forcing the lightly guarded entrance, we decided to search the upstairs first (mostly to avoid getting cut off should the whole of the orc host become wise to our presence).  

Evidently the leader of this band of orcs had set up shop on the top floor, and we ran smack dab into he and his wife.  It was a hard fought battle, with some exceptional healing by Najila finally deciding things in our favor.  

Tired, and with the racket going on downstairs, we decided to rest up before surprising the hopefully drunk and wounded orcs in the common room.