Excluding Neverwinter, I had to spend the entire campaign either in the cold or underground. I hate both. I get no ears, no ship, no trees, no brick. No cats to pet or Ashley Panther to ride on piggyback either. Don't I already suffer enough?

Also how is Ashley not being evil? I'm not even complaining anymore. It's a simple question.
>betrays, manipulates and lies to her 'beloved' summons for selfish desires
>refuses to use her powers for the benefit of the party for no reason other than that she doesn't want to
>actively aids the enemy by letting her summons sabotage us by refusing to scout and even knocking over lanterns to put out the light
This isn't the neutral 'valuing freedom and living on a whim' anymore. It's open disregard not only for the feelings but also safety of her comrades, to the point of endangering the party
NeutralEvil (NE). Neutral Evil is the alignment of those who are untroubled by the harm they cause as they pursue their desires.
I may do stupid things sometimes and I am very much untroubled to harm (and eat) beings I consider pests, but you will never see me causing trouble to my comrades and friends on purpose, let alone endanger them. And I do what I am told unless that itself endangers us. So if Ashley's behavior is 'neutral', I never ever want to be accused of being 'evil' again!
With that out of the way, where do we go now? Whatever dug that probably is too big to fit in the man-made tunnels. So we should be safe there. Do we continue North or go back? Kashtan's right, moving straight through the middle with enemies left and right isn't the best idea.