First Session- Escape from Velkynvelve

Hello, all! I'm going to post what happens each week on here, and link it via facebook. This way we have a better record of our campaign, and perhaps fewer spoilers from the other group doing Out of the Abyss. THE ESCAPE. The party finds itself thrown together in a prison cell with the following NPC's

JimJar, svirfneblin

 Prince Derendil, Noble elf in a quaggoth's body

Topsy and Turvey, svirfneblin twins

Stool, myconid sprout

Buppido, derro

Eldeth Feldrun, shield dwarf from Gauntlegrym

Sarith Kzekarit, drow accused of murder

Ront, a lost orc, and

Shuushar the Awakened, a kuo toa opposed to violence.

 Their drow captors were Mistress Ilvara, her consort Shoor Vandree, his cousin and priestess Asha Vandree, her former consort Jorlan, and 12 drow, 12 quaggoths, 6 giant spiders and 5 drow elite warriors. Lexus the half orc paladin was ordered to help JimJar and Buppido clean the spider temple, and Lexus said she was sick and needed to return to the cell. At the cell, she pushed him into the cell as he opened it and the party jumped the hapless guard, stole his weapon and killed him. While JimJar and Buppido tried to escape the two quaggoth in the small spider temple, the party rushed out of the cell. They began to cross the rope bridge to the guard tower, and over another rope bridge to get their weapons and gear, but were quickly bottlenecked on the way as drow guards and quaggoths emerged from everywhere. Firble the deep gnome underdark druid managed to strong arm one guard into the spider webs below, and Ront the orc managed to push a quaggoth down there as well. Making no headway the party decided to follow Sarith's example and leap down to the web and then down into the pool, where a hungry ooze awaited them. Emerging from the pool, they ran to the caves under a hail of crossbow bolts. Relying on the underdark ranger Invictus the Rock's pass without trace spell, they were followed in hot pursuit by the drow captors, as Ilvara shrieked that she would follow them and recapture them, no matter what!