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<blockquote data-quote="Cloudgatherer" data-source="post: 43827" data-attributes="member: 66"><p><strong>Departures</strong></p><p></p><p>Gale had carefully placed the lifeless body of Gwen in a spare blanket and placed her on the back of her horse. In the meantime, Canthor was shaken by the loss of his friend.</p><p></p><p>"We should go back to Aenith. We need to help Gwen," he pleaded with the party. His companions weren't in any condition to go anywhere and rest took the top priority.</p><p></p><p>"I say we exact our revenge on the dragon first," argued Star. "Once it is slain, we can use its hoard to help revive Gwen." This argument convinced the protective cleric of Bryle, who concerned himself with protecting the party against the perils of adventuring.</p><p></p><p>"In any event, we need to rest and we need a plan..." Star continued. Star scoured the mountains for a suitabe cave, finding one after several hours. During their rest, the party planned their strategy. Gale, Remus, and Star would form the "deadly triangle" with the help of Canthor's strength enhancing spells. Lor would remain toward the rear of the party, slinging spells as fast as he could, while Tarmus would haste as many as he could with his brother Yeric providing him protection.</p><p></p><p>It was with this resolve the party proceeded to the dragon's lair with the map Armathon had provided. Armathon was a travelling merchant, who had had some precious gemstones stolen from him. After paying for some divination magic, he managed to determine where the gems were and that a dragon guarded them. In exchange for the map to the lair, the party agreed to return the gemstones, keeping the rest of the dragon's treasure.</p><p></p><p>At the entrance to a large cave, Canthor began placing lighting protection on his companions. From their last encounter, the dragon's breath had dealt a significant amount of damage to the party. As they crept down the wide tunnel, Star could faintly her strange words being spoken a good distance ahead of him. He then heard nothing.</p><p></p><p>"Beware the sound of the whispering wind and the shifting sands," Bryle had told Canthor in his divination. Star crept forward quietly, but a bright light flashed before him, revealing the blue dragon they sought with the flash of his lightning breath.</p><p></p><p>Star was a bit more agile this time than last, and twisted to the side as came inches from crisping him. The bolt continued on pass the elven rogue, stopping a mere half-step from Remus.</p><p></p><p>The party started to put their plan in motion. Gale, Star, and Remus formed up as the dragon placed a silence spell near the spellcasters. The cave wasn't echoing as much sound as it should, the sounds were very quiet despite the dragon's great size and impressive lightning blast.</p><p></p><p>Tarmus and Yeric stuck close together as Canthor provided some additional last minute spells to assist his party members. Lor, with a haste provided by Tarmus, began bombarding the dragon, deftly defeating his spell resistance. In response, the dragon breathed on Lor, seeking to end the cause of so much of his pain.</p><p></p><p>Two lightning breaths slammed into the elven mage, the second nullifying his lightning protection magic and giving him a good shock. Another one of those and all that would be left of him would be smoking boots. Canthor quickly came to his aid, giving him as much protection as he can. Lor returned the dragon's favor as his first wave of ten magic missles inflicted damage on the creature, but the second wave of ten was turned away. While waiting for Remus and Gale to prepare for a charge, Star threw a sunrod into the cave, lighting up dragon's lair.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the "triangle of death" had just charged in on the dragon. Only managing to strike the creatures thick hide, the dragon retreated by burrowing under the sand in his circular cave. The party could see the shifting sand as the dragon moved about.</p><p></p><p>For several long breaths the dragon remained under the sand. Finally, he emerged and unleashed another bout of deadly lightning breath, this time striking three of the party members in a single line shot. Fortunately, the dragon's lightning was absorbed by the lightning protection provided by Canthor, and the "triangle of death" began its slicing and dicing as another wave of missle streaked into the dragon from Lor.</p><p></p><p>Battered and weakened, the dragon flew up onto a ledge, positioning himself to unleash another fury of lightning. As he reached the ledge, Remus took out a javelin of returning he acquired from a dwarven cleric of war and flung it at the creature. The weapon sank right into the dragon's flesh, collapsing the dragon on its ledge as the javelin returned to Remus' outstretched hand.</p><p></p><p>The party rejoiced over its victory, and quickly set to "collecting." Star was intensely interested in the dragon's bile and in total the party stripped the dragon of scales, horn, and teeth. The party also collected the dragon's treasure in their bag of holding, which consisted of several thousand gold pieces, a variety of gems (including Armathon's), and a painting of a man dressed in armor sitting in the Great Library. The painting was promply sold for gold upon return to Aenith.</p><p></p><p>Back in the city of Bryle, the party tended to Gwen's arrangements. Canthor had asked Gwen's dead body what she wanted, and she told them she preferred to stay dead and wanted a nice coffin, tombstone, and a small ceremony. The party provided her the service and placed her in Aenith's graveyard.</p><p></p><p>The next day, Lor took Remus back to the Forge of Liquid Fire. Razorback greeted Remus in his hearty dwarven fashion and showed off his dwarven waraxe made of the meteorrite metal Remus, Star, and Tarmus had found for him. Remus also paid the remainder of what he owed on his mithral full plate armor, and Lor and Remus returned safely to Aenith.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Canthor spent his time in the Temple of the Spirit, praying to Bryle about the loss of his friend. He felt the burden of guilt only his faith could alleviate.</p><p></p><p>Tarmus and Star had come to the conclusion they should get more than what had been promised them by Armathon. Three days later, when Armathon showed up to pick up his gemstones, Star was slow to turn them over. Tarmus and Star proclaimed the assignment was more lethal than they had anticipated and the loss of their party member entitled them to additional compensation. Lor rolled his eyes at the situation, leaving the table of taking Gale with him. Tarmus, Remus, and Star were left to deal with Armathon.</p><p></p><p>Armathon tried to make sense of what he was being told. "The deal was I provide you with the lair's location and in return you get the dragon's treasure minus my gemstones. Now, you've slain the dragon, worthy of song, and collected its treasure *and* you want more? Are you going back on this agreement? Are you not honest adventurers?"</p><p></p><p>This struck a cord with Tarmus, who informed Armathon he was a man of his word and asked Star to turn over the gems. Star did so, and Armathon turned to go.</p><p> </p><p>Star attempted to get him to stay, as did Tarmus. They knew full well Armathon carried one of the pieces to the Medallion of the Gods, and Armathon appeared to know this as well. He only smiled at the suggestion of trading it to the party as he left the inn.</p><p></p><p>Lor and Gale approached the table and stated they would be setting off on their own. Lor will try to find or research a modified teleportation spell that would hopefully take him and Gale home. In any event, the pair would remain in Aenith for a while before setting out in search of what they needed to get home. Remus was saddened by the news, but wished them luck in their travels.</p><p></p><p>"Well, I'm going to turn in for tonight," Star proclaimed. </p><p></p><p>"Yeah, sure you are Star," remarked Tarmus as the elven rogue went to his room, and snuck out his window to follow Armathon. He did a very poor job, as Armathon quickly discovered this fact, and proceeded to another inn, the Paladin's Smite. Star checked the guest book, discovered which room he was in, and went to open the door. He only had it open a crack and could see Armathon's legs on the bed, but the man got up and closed the door, leaving the quiet Star in the hallway.</p><p></p><p>Sneaking around the outside of the inn, Star waited outside the closed window to the room. He could make out some mumbling, but nothing else. After it had been quiet for several minutes, he proceeded to open the window and creep inside. The room was absolutely empty, save for the typical furnishings. This baffled the elven rogue, even after a thorough check of the room, and he returned to the Warrior's Courage.</p><p></p><p>The next day, the party learned of an insidious rumor: Aenith's graveyard had been emptied. All the dead bodies are missing, and the authorities have started investigating.</p><p></p><p>As the awake party members pondered the meaning of the travesty, Lugtee Hardroc strode into the Courage.</p><p></p><p>"Want to steal from the Dark Wizard?" he asked with a smile. The Dark Wizard had recently completed some sort of weapon, and he was having another Mithral Blade interview prospective weilders as he was busy with the goblin/orc invasion of Polary. Lugtee had gained his information from Valgerd, the lady rogue the party managed to capture at Temorana Castle in Ralanov before the betrayal of Treespire. He also told the party the circumstances of Treespire's betrayal, having wanted to go back to retrieve the woman he was in love with, not a cache of magic items. The Dark Wizard offered Treespire the choice of betraying the party for his love, and he choose his love.</p><p></p><p>Remus and Star, the only party members at the Courage, accepted Lugtee's invitation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cloudgatherer, post: 43827, member: 66"] [b]Departures[/b] Gale had carefully placed the lifeless body of Gwen in a spare blanket and placed her on the back of her horse. In the meantime, Canthor was shaken by the loss of his friend. "We should go back to Aenith. We need to help Gwen," he pleaded with the party. His companions weren't in any condition to go anywhere and rest took the top priority. "I say we exact our revenge on the dragon first," argued Star. "Once it is slain, we can use its hoard to help revive Gwen." This argument convinced the protective cleric of Bryle, who concerned himself with protecting the party against the perils of adventuring. "In any event, we need to rest and we need a plan..." Star continued. Star scoured the mountains for a suitabe cave, finding one after several hours. During their rest, the party planned their strategy. Gale, Remus, and Star would form the "deadly triangle" with the help of Canthor's strength enhancing spells. Lor would remain toward the rear of the party, slinging spells as fast as he could, while Tarmus would haste as many as he could with his brother Yeric providing him protection. It was with this resolve the party proceeded to the dragon's lair with the map Armathon had provided. Armathon was a travelling merchant, who had had some precious gemstones stolen from him. After paying for some divination magic, he managed to determine where the gems were and that a dragon guarded them. In exchange for the map to the lair, the party agreed to return the gemstones, keeping the rest of the dragon's treasure. At the entrance to a large cave, Canthor began placing lighting protection on his companions. From their last encounter, the dragon's breath had dealt a significant amount of damage to the party. As they crept down the wide tunnel, Star could faintly her strange words being spoken a good distance ahead of him. He then heard nothing. "Beware the sound of the whispering wind and the shifting sands," Bryle had told Canthor in his divination. Star crept forward quietly, but a bright light flashed before him, revealing the blue dragon they sought with the flash of his lightning breath. Star was a bit more agile this time than last, and twisted to the side as came inches from crisping him. The bolt continued on pass the elven rogue, stopping a mere half-step from Remus. The party started to put their plan in motion. Gale, Star, and Remus formed up as the dragon placed a silence spell near the spellcasters. The cave wasn't echoing as much sound as it should, the sounds were very quiet despite the dragon's great size and impressive lightning blast. Tarmus and Yeric stuck close together as Canthor provided some additional last minute spells to assist his party members. Lor, with a haste provided by Tarmus, began bombarding the dragon, deftly defeating his spell resistance. In response, the dragon breathed on Lor, seeking to end the cause of so much of his pain. Two lightning breaths slammed into the elven mage, the second nullifying his lightning protection magic and giving him a good shock. Another one of those and all that would be left of him would be smoking boots. Canthor quickly came to his aid, giving him as much protection as he can. Lor returned the dragon's favor as his first wave of ten magic missles inflicted damage on the creature, but the second wave of ten was turned away. While waiting for Remus and Gale to prepare for a charge, Star threw a sunrod into the cave, lighting up dragon's lair. Meanwhile, the "triangle of death" had just charged in on the dragon. Only managing to strike the creatures thick hide, the dragon retreated by burrowing under the sand in his circular cave. The party could see the shifting sand as the dragon moved about. For several long breaths the dragon remained under the sand. Finally, he emerged and unleashed another bout of deadly lightning breath, this time striking three of the party members in a single line shot. Fortunately, the dragon's lightning was absorbed by the lightning protection provided by Canthor, and the "triangle of death" began its slicing and dicing as another wave of missle streaked into the dragon from Lor. Battered and weakened, the dragon flew up onto a ledge, positioning himself to unleash another fury of lightning. As he reached the ledge, Remus took out a javelin of returning he acquired from a dwarven cleric of war and flung it at the creature. The weapon sank right into the dragon's flesh, collapsing the dragon on its ledge as the javelin returned to Remus' outstretched hand. The party rejoiced over its victory, and quickly set to "collecting." Star was intensely interested in the dragon's bile and in total the party stripped the dragon of scales, horn, and teeth. The party also collected the dragon's treasure in their bag of holding, which consisted of several thousand gold pieces, a variety of gems (including Armathon's), and a painting of a man dressed in armor sitting in the Great Library. The painting was promply sold for gold upon return to Aenith. Back in the city of Bryle, the party tended to Gwen's arrangements. Canthor had asked Gwen's dead body what she wanted, and she told them she preferred to stay dead and wanted a nice coffin, tombstone, and a small ceremony. The party provided her the service and placed her in Aenith's graveyard. The next day, Lor took Remus back to the Forge of Liquid Fire. Razorback greeted Remus in his hearty dwarven fashion and showed off his dwarven waraxe made of the meteorrite metal Remus, Star, and Tarmus had found for him. Remus also paid the remainder of what he owed on his mithral full plate armor, and Lor and Remus returned safely to Aenith. Meanwhile, Canthor spent his time in the Temple of the Spirit, praying to Bryle about the loss of his friend. He felt the burden of guilt only his faith could alleviate. Tarmus and Star had come to the conclusion they should get more than what had been promised them by Armathon. Three days later, when Armathon showed up to pick up his gemstones, Star was slow to turn them over. Tarmus and Star proclaimed the assignment was more lethal than they had anticipated and the loss of their party member entitled them to additional compensation. Lor rolled his eyes at the situation, leaving the table of taking Gale with him. Tarmus, Remus, and Star were left to deal with Armathon. Armathon tried to make sense of what he was being told. "The deal was I provide you with the lair's location and in return you get the dragon's treasure minus my gemstones. Now, you've slain the dragon, worthy of song, and collected its treasure *and* you want more? Are you going back on this agreement? Are you not honest adventurers?" This struck a cord with Tarmus, who informed Armathon he was a man of his word and asked Star to turn over the gems. Star did so, and Armathon turned to go. Star attempted to get him to stay, as did Tarmus. They knew full well Armathon carried one of the pieces to the Medallion of the Gods, and Armathon appeared to know this as well. He only smiled at the suggestion of trading it to the party as he left the inn. Lor and Gale approached the table and stated they would be setting off on their own. Lor will try to find or research a modified teleportation spell that would hopefully take him and Gale home. In any event, the pair would remain in Aenith for a while before setting out in search of what they needed to get home. Remus was saddened by the news, but wished them luck in their travels. "Well, I'm going to turn in for tonight," Star proclaimed. "Yeah, sure you are Star," remarked Tarmus as the elven rogue went to his room, and snuck out his window to follow Armathon. He did a very poor job, as Armathon quickly discovered this fact, and proceeded to another inn, the Paladin's Smite. Star checked the guest book, discovered which room he was in, and went to open the door. He only had it open a crack and could see Armathon's legs on the bed, but the man got up and closed the door, leaving the quiet Star in the hallway. Sneaking around the outside of the inn, Star waited outside the closed window to the room. He could make out some mumbling, but nothing else. After it had been quiet for several minutes, he proceeded to open the window and creep inside. The room was absolutely empty, save for the typical furnishings. This baffled the elven rogue, even after a thorough check of the room, and he returned to the Warrior's Courage. The next day, the party learned of an insidious rumor: Aenith's graveyard had been emptied. All the dead bodies are missing, and the authorities have started investigating. As the awake party members pondered the meaning of the travesty, Lugtee Hardroc strode into the Courage. "Want to steal from the Dark Wizard?" he asked with a smile. The Dark Wizard had recently completed some sort of weapon, and he was having another Mithral Blade interview prospective weilders as he was busy with the goblin/orc invasion of Polary. Lugtee had gained his information from Valgerd, the lady rogue the party managed to capture at Temorana Castle in Ralanov before the betrayal of Treespire. He also told the party the circumstances of Treespire's betrayal, having wanted to go back to retrieve the woman he was in love with, not a cache of magic items. The Dark Wizard offered Treespire the choice of betraying the party for his love, and he choose his love. Remus and Star, the only party members at the Courage, accepted Lugtee's invitation. [/QUOTE]
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