Soromir's Journal Entry 17: Armor, Don't Leave the Hotel Without it.

I'm writing this down in between battles (most likely). We are in the sewers underneath Bornos. We've just dispatched a group of Troglodytes, including two Shamen. One of the Shamen had some potent fire spells ready and used them to some effect. I am fairly wounded but in comparison to others in the party, I'm fine. I've requested that Norris hold off on healing me until it's absolutely necessary.

Prior to this latest adventure, Orrenthal had to buy some armor for me. I'm an idiot. I wasn't prepared to enter the sewers and the lack of armor never crossed my mind. I'm pretty sure that Orrenthal overpaid based on what I paid him but thats a consequence of not being prepared. I'm never taking my armor off again.

Before we ventured into the sewers, Osbert and I made a visit with the Commadant in the Regus chapterhouse. Long story short, I'm pretty sure he showed us a gate very similar to the gate we saw opened on Demos. The gate under the chapterhouse wasn't fully opened yet. There seems to be some riddles to the opening. If I remember correctly, four or five of the locking crossbars on the gate are now opened. Leading up to this was the message we were requested to tell the Commadant from Jericho that "the fish is silver." The Commadant expressed concern that information on this gate is being leaked out among the select group of (ahem, 12-13 people) that know about this gate. The Commadant seemed cagey when I asked if he had been in regular contact with the group of people that knew about this gate. We pitched the notion of mind-control and mind-reading as there are mind-flayers (elithids) roaming about. Also of interest was the presence of giant runes in and around the area leading to the gate. There was a crude symbol to the God-King of the Giants.

Orrenthal was miffed that we wouldn't disclose this information. Osbert did it out of loyalty and a sense of duty to his order. I think I can get a lot more information from the Commadant by keeping this info close to the vest. Nothing personal, Orrenthal.