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The Fishwives return to the [[Halfling Encampment]] to find that a new and terrible foe now preys upon the succulent Halflings. They resolve to seek the Mute, Illiterate Half-Orc, who has disappeared into the jungle. Our Heroes have scarcely begun to search the jungles for their companion when they come upon a fierce battle between the [[goblins]] and the [[grung]]. Impressing the goblin survivor with their godlike powers, they are taken by him to their Big Boss, unifier of the goblin clans. He is, of course, Mute, Illiterate Half-Orc! - and the celebration which follows is one of great intoxication and merriment. But fell doings are afoot: a dread [[vampire]] has returned to his [[ruined temple]], now miraculously restored!  

[[Xipacna]] - for that was the name of the beast - soon falls to the great magic and [[moon]]-blessedness of the Company. Undeterred by this battle, the Fishwives brave further into the catacombs of the temple to face the mighty [[mind-flayer]]. Through the power of song, the Company elicits the goopy elixir of the snail god [[Tecuziztecatl]] and, thus fortified, plunges into a flooded crevasse to combat the [[hideous aboleth]]. From the depths of the temple, the Fishwives swashbuckle their way [[wiktionary:excelsior|ever highward]], putting to an end at the points of their bright blades many abominations and rescuing the wise and cunning [[Elven]] diplomat [[Aldon Endir]], who in the tomb had slumbered for a thousand [[Dolorianian Regnal Calendar|years]]. Finally emerging atop the pyramid, where they had battled [[the hag]] but weeks ago, they survey the new land for which they have already shed much blood.