Krynn's Vanguard continued down the path they found below the illusionary tree and found nothing more than an ordinary cave. Damp, musty, and with nothing more than normal cave sounds. Continuing forth they found a fork in the road. One path leading left, the other leading right.
After an Augury spell by Armantaro, the party went right as that was their best option. A while later they stumbled upon a dead end. Investigating, this seemed to be a natural cave-in. Looking further, Big Bob could see there was a path on the other side thanks to his Truesight. After clearing the blockage, they found a man-made staircase that led downward into a system of rooms. Unsure of what this place was they continued and were ambushed by Gazers. They were quickly dispatched of and the group continued investigating. They didn't find much besides debris and crumbling books from centuries of decay. Armantaro did find a book cover well enough in tact to make out the words "The Soul, The Blood, The Breath, and the Bones." The remainders of the pages had some words, but it was too old for any of the torn and decaying state of the book to make any sort of sense or guess out of it.
They came to a locked door they needed the key to. After searching and being attacked by a group of Spectators, they circled back to the other path they hadn't taken where they found two pieces of a broken key. On their way back to the locked door, they were attacked by a Dragonflesh Gafter, and a Dragonflesh Abomination...just what was this place?
Proceeding through the locked door they found a throne room of sorts, investigating, they found a hidden contraption within the throne that opened up a secret passage. The group continued without impediment until they found yet another fork. Choosing fairly arbitrarily, the group stumbled into a room with a Dragon Skeleton, the skeleton animated and some other creatures materialized. The group did battle with a Dragonbone Golem, Animated Breath, a Dragonblood Ooze, and a Draconic Shard. The Draconic Shard was a massive problem that they dealt with first, but not before it took down Valphire Roseblood who lost their life relatively quickly after that. One of their main healers, Bob was out of comission for most of the battle being restrained by the Golem. After dispatching the rest of the enemies, Kyan Covverre was able to revivify Valphire and they healed up, pressing forward again.