With Gaspode, Fonesca and Jito all still incapacitated, the Mothers were not happy to see the approaching group of drow. One spellcaster and two warriors came out of the cave entrance at the far end of the bazaar. They did not get to act before Siosiann unleashed a lightning bolt at them, striking two. The fighters closed to attack Kurtalla and Obrana while the wizard fired back a lightning bolt at Siosiann; Kurtalla evaded the edge of the bolt. The glaive wielding warrior managed to miss Obrana entirely while his compatriot did stab successfully at Kurtalla. This was the last attack that the Mothers permitted. Kurtalla dealt with his foe decisively and Obrana and Siosiann finished their weakened enemies with a blow and a spell respectively. Nervously, the Mothers regrouped near their stunned colleagues and they were relieved when after a brief discussion on how to haul them off to safety, they covered their senses.
A full inventory was taken of the items on the merchants and purchasers, Siosiann's innate ability to see the magical auras helped them to decide which items were stored via Gaspode's sheet for further use. The mind flayer in particular had a useful stash in its bag of holding. Jito was doing an inventory of his own and he realised that he should figure out what spell his ring of counterspelling should contain. He made the mistake of asking Fonesca. The wizard proceeded to guide the gnome on the correct procedure to ascertain the frequency of spell attacks against an individual, how to balance this against the availability of the said spells, the average power of enemy combatants and the current weaknesses in his own defences.Gaspode dryly commented that if he had had the ring with Slay Living in it, then he wouldn't have died when he met the drow cleric. Jito felt it best to leave it as it was.
Rather than attempting to go into the commoner level, the Mothers decided to proceed directly to the nobles' area. They went straight down from the bazaar along the central axis of the web. Again, much use was made of Siosiann's ability to detect magical auras. She was able to discern that two auras, both strong, were present in the entrance cave. One was an abjuration, the other an evocation. The Mothers then spent most of their Dispel Magics in order to rid the cavern of these lingering dweomers. Siosiann was eventually able to tell them that it was clear.