Beholders

Beholder confirmed locations: 
* Emon 
* Xhorhas
* There were other cities but I can't find where I wrote it down
We keep running into Beholder imagery. The early game cult had eye necklaces, and birds had weird eyes for spying as well. 
=== Xhorhas Cult Encounter ===
We emerged on a plateau in darkness by a desert; Xhorhas. There's a headless statue surrounded by stones and hooded figures. In the center of the circle is a magic bubble containing a bound and gagged Greg, and a chained up Gork. The artist formerly known as Lord Desmond is in the center of the circle, menacingly and is surprised to see Bea and Dircc working together. Lord Desmond monologues and Strike tries to ally himself with Desmond, but Bea pantses him. Champ yells "give me my dad back and I'll leave," Desmond says no. Champ says some other heartbreaking things including, but not limited to, "Dad can you just stay with me this time?" Samantha rolls a narrative 20 and it works.
Desmond lets Greg go with Champ and the magical barrier falls. Lord Desmond disappears and so do the cult members, above the plateau are three huge Beholders who also turn around and leaves. Suspicious. "We don't have to be alone anymore, dad." Gen runs over and rescues Gork. All this somehow translated into Smashmouth collectively making a deal to promise to stop coming after the BBEG. 
=== Dircc and Dream ===
That night after the Xhorhas cult, Dircc casts dream on the Beholder and enters its dream. He makes a jack in the box that the eye stares at, then he makes a firework happen. He exits the dream. Dircc calls Clarence, our very hot very good buddy, and asks if any barkeep anywhere saw fireworks just now, Clarence asks around and says his contact in Emon did. "Don't be a stranger, gorgeous." The beholder is in Emon.
Dircc casts Dream on the Beholder again in the Feywild and gets sensed. He sees the ship that follows him around appearing in the dreamscape, and he makes our party appear on the deck with Strike Gently. The Beholder is confused at the party's presence, specifically Champ's, but watches what's happening with interest. Dircc made Strike look like a threat to distract from the rest of the group.