The Fight in Scholar's Square

Descartes was able to examine Mirielle, and he had a potion that he attempted to administer to her, pouring only a drop or two from a glass vial of some strange liquid. Mirielle stirred, and with some coaxing finally awoke. It seems that she had been having a dream similar to Dru's, entering a tunnel into a mountain and hearing a voice saying "Come, bring me back". She also was unable to locate the voice before waking, however she did see a vision of a woman walking towards her in the last fleeting moments of the dream. The fact that two of our number have now had this dream both concerns and intrigues me. If I experience such a phenomena, I must try to delve deeper that the other two and see what I can discover. Mirielle seemed to have suffered no other harmful effects from our encounter with the Lovelocks, at least for now, which is a relief.
Unfortunately, shortly after Mirielle awoke Myria Highill arrived at the house. How she knew we were staying at Egert's I'm not sure, but her attitude was still as insufferable as before, and this time that cowardly Boy was not in command. She managed to offend Dru with her insults as well, and the two of us came to blows with her. Well actually, it was more of a one sided confrontation as Dru knocked her down and I landed a strike or two with the flat of my sword. The fight may have escalated further if Descartes had not intervened. Upon questioning her she admitted to not being fully informed as to the situation in town with the wells or with the House of Ataraxia Apparently a third party gave her the information to seek Father Briar, which makes me wonder if someone purposefully sent her to the house of someone who had been gone 11 years, but whether it was to put her (or us) off the scent or put us in the path of some harm in that cursed temple I'm not sure yet. She also admitted to being a freelance warrior, not an official member of the guard. She is concerned with the well being of the town, however, and since the others still wish to help in this matter we agreed to accompany her to the well, after an official apology on her part first.
We decided to go to the well in Scholar's Square first. As we left I cast elven guise on myself; it is relaxing to not be forced to hide my form among my friends, but until our purpose is more widely known in the town I thought it best to remain discreet for the time being. Hopefully I will soon not have to be continuously bothered with this inconvenient concealment. As we made our way into town the temperature continued to drop, and by the time we reached the square it was quite cold. The square was empty of villagers, which was strange, and we encountered again the black obsidian-like material covering the ground, jutting up in jagged shards through the pavement around the well. We also saw seven figures. One appeared to be an imp, three were like 8 ft tall maggots, two were like rotting animated corpses, the last like some sort of large humanoid made of clay-like material that I believe might have been some sort of golem. The maggots and imp approached us, while the others moved towards the shops in the square. Being nothing if not direct, we attacked. The battle was over quickly, and we managed to escape unscathed. The same could not be said of Myria, who lost an arm to an attack from the imp. Dru was generous enough to heal her, and although I still do not trust her the fact that she was willing to lose a limb to protect this town means there is at least some strength within her, and that I can respect. The only other interesting thing of note during the battle was that when I yelled "Begone" to the creatures in Abyssal, the imp responded "Ah, one who has been to our realm". As far as I know I have never been to the Abyss, I speak the language that was passed down to me by my parents. But with the memory gaps that still plague me, there is a possibility that there is more to this knowledge of their language than I initially thought. I shall have to keep this in mind and seek an answer in the future.
Upon investigating the well, we again smelled sulfur coming up from the well as before, and this time there was a faint light glowing at the bottom. Claw marks and slime covered the walls, and although I did not detect the immediate presence of any fiends, I could sense their aura coming from deep below. We tied a rope to the side and descended into the well. Instead of water at the bottom, a large room opened off to the side. We decided to rest there before seeking for what was allowing these demons entrance into our world.