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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rae ArdGaoth" data-source="post: 2256778" data-attributes="member: 21064">Once they are all settled in, the dragon addresses everybody:"As you can see, you have all been called from the farthest corners of Faerun.  You already know that your races are diverse.  You will soon find that your backgrounds, your skills, and your outlooks are quite varied.  But you will also come to realize that you have each been selected specially, for a definite purpose, and that despite your differences, you will come together and function like a well-oiled gnomish invention."I am sure you are... interested... in why I have called you so far from your respective homes.  I will... 'cut to the chase', as they say.  I need each of you to right a terrible wrong and eliminate a great threat to the general well being of our fair continent.  Perhaps you have not yet heard of this danger in your own countries, but lest you scorn me for calling you away from your duties," the dragon's head turns pointedly at Brak, "Let me assure you that, given time and lenience, this peril would inevitably reach all of your homelands."I am no weak being, as you can tell from my lair, but I tell you, even I cannot stand up against this force alone.  The enemy watches me closely, observes my movements like no other, because it knows I am a threat to the achievement of its goals.  And were I to make an offensive move against our foe, it would throw everything it had at me and destroy me utterly.  As it is, I can defend only this small country I have chosen as my territory without incurring the enemy's wrath.  But not you."  The dragon grins slyly."You, a disgruntled team, uncoordinated, thrown together after being brought from across the continent, made up of short lived mortals, cannot possibly pose a threat to the enemy, can you?"  The grin grows wider.  "Ah, but I know what the enemy does not.  That you are powerful already, and you have the potential to become even greater.  You will start as a mere nuisance, but you will grow to become the force that overthrows the enemy's tyranny.    It will use whatever power it has left in an attempt to destroy you, and in that critical moment I shall join you and we will conquer our foe!"  The dragon lets out a mighty roar that shakes the cavern and causes several piles of treasure to shift their weights."Who is this enemy, you ask?"  The dragon, calm again, continues.  "It is another of my kind, another dragon, though of a different color.  Red, the most dangerous and powerful of the chromatic dragons.  Melniirkumaukrekon is his name.  Yes, a male.  And a vicious one, at that."  The silver dragon's eyes seem to burn with hatred as it spits a large block of solid ice at a wall.  "Vicious indeed, without morals, concerned only with his own gain.  Typical of a red.  He is a clever one, though, I must give him credit, for he has somehow managed to organize an entire brood of his own kind.  They work together and are gaining ground quickly.  As it is, they control one country directly and many others from behind the throne.  Thay is but one of these puppet nations."The country controlled by the red dragon brood is Narfell.  It is there that we will start our campaign against the enemy and, I predict, where we will end it.  Penthar, and perhaps Faelar, you are both aware of events in the area, and your homelands will have noticed a lack of conflict from the usually tense region of Narfell.  One of the reds has apparently disguised itself as a powerful Nars warrior and united most of the tribes together under one banner.  The hobgoblins in the mountains have also joined this new Nars league.  Whether this dragon be the terrible Melniirkumaukrekon, I know not.  And this is just the beginning, my friends.  Penthar and Faelar would have felt it first, but the rest of your lives would no longer be the same.  The red dragon empire is growing, and with alarming speed."Here is what I need you to accomplish first.  The league in Narfell is powerful but unstable.  If you can somehow manage to discredit the disguised red that is leading the tribes, they will be hesitant to join again in the near future.  Or perhaps the hobgoblin hordes can be turned against themselves and the league.  Goblin-kin has never been particularly good at keeping alliances for long.  This first quest should be relatively easy since the dragons are not expecting any resistance from any force but myself and have let their guard down.  While it is surprising that the league exists, it is not unprecedented, and fortunately, the bonds of such 'fellowship' are fragile.  You must break these bonds first, and then we can move on to the nations controlled in more discreet manners."Have you any questions?"</blockquote>

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