I can't help feeling that Alakast ought to be discovered in a more memorable way, rather than just being found "passing through" on the way to rescuing Alek. (I am thinking of converting Rana Mor from Dungeon 86 to be its resting place).
Did anyone else do something like this? If not, did you find the discovery of Alakast worked fine as it was?
My initial thoughts are to run Rana Mor before Vaprak's voice, as a jungle location on the way to the Demonskar. Or, if I expand the invasion of Redgorge as Chef's Slaad suggested, I would run it after they return from Occipitus, as a trip to get a "secret weapon" against their nemesis, Nabthatoron (to aid the defence of Redgorge). I might swap degenerate humans for the gnoll devotees of Nabthatoron, or simply have the fallen humans as the descendants of an order devoted to guarding Alakast.
Did anyone else do something like this? If not, did you find the discovery of Alakast worked fine as it was?
IMC, Alakast is part of the Rod of Seven Parts. I took elements of _The Banewarrens_ and modified it to fit into Cauldron - IMC, the Spire is actually underground, beneath the Cathedral of Wee Jas.