Further exploring under the Magaambya

Deciding discretion was best, we tried to quietly move out of the tunnels, but made too much noise along the way. We heard the patrol come after us. Turning to fight, we quickly took them out without much trouble. Just then we heard a rumbling coming from one of the nearby tunnels. We followed the tunnel to find that there was another Gnagrif, with gold teeth, sleeping inside of a cavity in the wall. We decided to attack it. It turned out to be a variant of a Gnagrif, as identified by Orkbolt. This one could grow to large size and eat rocks to spit at it's foes. It proved to be a tough foe, but we defeated it with team work! We found that it had some magic inside of it. Argent was kind enough to disembowel the creature to find out what was inside. We then took some time healing up and identifying various items we had found along the way. Realizing we were getting low on spells, we decided to head back to the Magaambya to rest up. While there we started the process of getting a rune transferred for Amara.
The following day we continued exploring. In one area we found 3 animal masks with 3 cloaks hanging on the wall. Detecting Magic, we found that one of the masks was magical. We took all from the wall. It was obvious that the former wearers of the cloaks were most likely dead, based on the sheer volume of blood on the cloaks. Behind one of the masks we found a somewhat secret door. Gazzean easily figured out how to swing it open. He did so & we proceeded down the corridor behind it. At the far end of the passage we found a room where we were unsurprised to find another nest of Gremlins. After another brief fight we searched about, finding some treasure before moving on. This time we recognized more Gremlin types, Vexgit by name. Opening a door to one side we found someone sitting at a desk. As we approached the figure it rose and turned to us. As it did so, we saw that it seemed to be a man made of stone. He spoke with us, demanding to know who we were and why we trespassed upon his hall. Laraena recognized him as Uduak Basni, the student who had been turned to stone by the teachers of the Magaambya. As we spoke to him he melded into the floor and began trying to pull people into it! It was a tough battle, with Gazzean being sunk fully into the ground! Gazzean was unimpressed, flexing mightily and bursting clear of the stone floor! Sevastin then landed the final blow with a truly spectacular spell strike that shattered the Stone Ghost into many small pieces. Searching the room we found some magic and some notes the Stone Ghost had left. The notes contained maps of access tunnels underneath the Magaambya, including what we had been asked to explore and map. It was clear that he had been directing the Gremlins, who had been directing the insects.