Drow Portal Attacks-->Zsalat

*a message sent to the Lords office, the Shadowdale Mage tower, and posted in town*

Yesterday a group of us were approached by a Mage of the Tower in town. She told us that she stumbled on a small tear in the planar fabric. She was adversely effected by it and was in pain as well as hearing voices. After a Mindblank spell she was able to focus more and lead a group of us to where this took place. We found some traces of magic in the farms as well as signs that a larger tear was taking place further to the North. After informing the local guards we traveled to Shadowdale Woods.

Once there we gathered a few more adventures and quickly discovered a few Outsiders (devils mostly) as well as powerful undead. After a quick battle we located the source of the disruption. A powerful drow mage was summoning what appeared to be two or possibly three different portals over each other. She spoke of "finally being able to weaponize it" as well as calling it or referring to something called a Nexus. Once we saw a number of powerful creatures as well as more drow emerge from the portals we attacked. After a difficult but ultimately successful battle we slew the mage and creatures. They seemed to be from the Negative material plane and different outer planes. Which seems to confirm that they opened something connecting to more then one place at a time.

We heard a number of voices coming from the portals but the magics sustaining it became very unstable with the death of the summoner. After a few minutes it collapsed on itself with a small magical explosion. While it seems we have ended the current threat; it is obvious that this was not the main attack and more of an experiment. During our time observing the situation we did see a few powerful beings reenter the portals from our side.

If you have any further questions I am always available.

Valtore Ahur, of the Ironhouse.

Anyone who wishes to get a scroll of Disjunction please leave requests at the Spell Tower.

After conferring with another Arcane Master we theorize that the goal of the drow is to open a large permanent portal to the outer planes and or the negative plane. While disjunction will work on some portals massive positive energy should have a similar effect on the negative portal. The threat is very real and any further information gathered would be helpful.

Valtore Ahur

A  large and high energy portal opened up high on the hill in the crossroads.  Several attempts were made to disrupt it with Modenkinens disjunction and other ideas but all attempts failed to break the incredible level of energy sustaining the portal. After balors came through,  the portal master ,Zsalat himself, appeared within the portal but seem to be somewhere untouchable.
He offered and pleaded with the adventurers there to join his cause against Myth Drannor.
After he was done making his point he forced drow through the portal that he deemed 'rebellious and uncooperative' to be disposed of by the adventures , which the summarily did. Zsalat  thanked them for helping him 'clean house'.
    To anyone who is able to sense the nature of the portal, they might be aware  that this was more of a rift than a typical portal.  To anyone who could perceive more they might realize the origin of this portal was not the abyss nor was it the negative plane. the actual point of origin would be unknown however