Gaspode lay dead at the hands of female drow, Jito was the only Mother left fighting cogently as Fonesca was too injured to engage, she moved back to be safe to cast spells from a distance. Kurtalla, Obrana and Siosiann all started acting randomly; striking their colleagues as well as their enemies; wandering off or sometimes, just gibbering happily to themselves. Kurtalla wandered within range of the double-flail-wielding drow who rewarded the ranger with two solid hits. Kurtalla was able to respond in turn. Fonesca let loose chain lightning, which badly injured the female drow and then jumped to the other enemies in turn. Jito moved to attack the female drow and struck her down. Kurtalla was still beside the male drow with the flail and attacked him. This was enough for the drow to fall. The other male drow who had been casting spells from the rear saw this and decided to make his exit, he teleported out of the cavern.
Obrana was being troubled by the remaining flayed drow. It landed its acidic fists on her but she was unable to intelligently respond. Next Kurtalla attacked Siosiann hurting her sorely, she did not attack back. Fonesca and Jito combined with attacks on the flayed drow; their efforts did ensure that the creature could not find a new opponent. This laid Jito open to attack from Obrana and the gnome winced as she struck at him with mad fury. He responded with the flat of his blade hoping to knock her into unconsciousness. Meanwhile Kurtalla had hit Siosiann again and she fell to the floor bleeding. Fonesca realised that Kurtalla could be a real and unpredictable threat, so she summoned a column of ice to keep him enclosed until his confusion wore off.
Next was the matter of Obrana, which Jito was dealing with slowly. His blows rendered her senseless without him suffering more serious injury himself. Fonesca and Jito shared a grim smile and sat on the cavern floor for a moment, exhausted at their efforts. They could hear Kurtalla gibbering quietly behind his rock wall. Fonesca and Jito both knew that a confusion spell couldnt last too long, so they waited for Kurtalla to talk sensibly to them. Once he did so they helped him out of his prison and he cast a cure on Siosiann which brought her to consciousness. Then they fed Obrana a cure potion which also brought her back to alertness. Obrana herself then gave curative magics to the rest of the party, so that their physical injuries were minimal.