06/16/2023
The Bruisers helped Naukar get the delivered remnants off the barge and onto the island of Quazi, which seemed to be a living island of tentacles and gooey flesh. The remnants were "devoured" by the island, presumably being taken somewhere below
Letting Naukar know they'd be back, the group ventured into the innards of the island, traveling underground, beneath the Kindred Sea.
Below, the group found a vast expanse in which the new Castle Avernus was being built
The person in charge of the construction was a man named Harper, the Devil's Ear, who had been contracted by Quazix'Ana due to his encyclopedic knowledge of the nine hells, the abyss, and the shadowfell, which allowed him to know the exact way in which the castle should be reconstructed
Bogul's Bruisers spoke with him and learned the planning phase of the reconstruction was complete and he was no longer needed on Quazi, and asked for a ride back to the mainland, which the group agreed to
The castle itself, plans completed, was being constructed by hundreds of tentacles, ostensibly the stalks and tendrils of the Queen of the Beholders, Quzix'Ana
Venturing farther into the underground lair, the group encountered Quazix'Ana, a massive beholder with an ego to match her immensity
After offending her while trying to get information on the location of the dread lord Azalin, the group fell into a bitter battle against the beholder queen
Emerging victorious, the group blinded Quazix'Ana, and she begrudgingly informed the group where Azalin was hiding until his castle's completion: Demon's Hollow