Chapter Summaries

Li Wei and his companions followed cultists into a hidden temple, where they discovered Duke Vanthampur leading a prayer before an angel statue while a spinagon watched. The elven mage identified a kidnapped Miss Caldwell among the prisoners, and Vanthampur threatened to kill the intruders.

• Li Wei questioned Reya about Elturel’s disappearance and grew suspicious of the High Observer’s presence in Baldur’s Gate.
• Reya explained that she had reached the dungeon through a hidden passage and joined the fight because she opposed both cults; Li Wei told her not to charge ahead without orders.
• Li Wei’s group followed two masked cultists through incense-scented tunnels to a magically sealed pair of iron doors.
• Li Wei sent the Twin-Tailed Pixie inside and saw cultists praying to an angel statue while a spinagon stood beside Duke Vanthampur.
• Katie smashed open the doors, and Li Wei’s group stormed into the temple as the door panels knocked cultists down.
• The elven mage recognized Duke Vanthampur and found Miss Caldwell imprisoned in a hanging cage; Vanthampur vowed that the intruders would die.

Reya’s faith faltered when the Spinagon revealed Zariel’s fall and accused the Hellriders of betraying her, but Li Wei intervened and destroyed the devil with a 20mm Autocannon. After the Cultists were massacred, Li Wei stopped Duke Vanthampur from escaping and prepared to question her.

• Katie cleaved through the lead Cultist and charged into the enemy ranks while Reya confronted the Spinagon.
• The Spinagon told Reya that Zariel had fallen after the Hellriders abandoned her, shaking Reya’s faith and weakening her resolve.
• Li Wei stepped in to protect Reya, declaring that faith had power, and summoned a 20mm Autocannon that tore the Spinagon apart.
• The Cultists fled, but Li Wei’s Gatling Gun cut them down as they ran.
• Li Wei pointed his Persuader at Duke Vanthampur and stopped her from leaving.