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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nephtys" data-source="post: 3995111" data-attributes="member: 31780">Veris shrugs, "Some beings will breed with anything, really, we humans are nearly as bad as the dragons and demons. Half Orcs, half Elves, half Giants. I've even heard about a tribe of half-Kobolds, though I guess the other half must have been Dragonborn." "Our dragon, one of those insane metallic ones, didn't have breeding in mind, fortunately. All it wanted was a snack or a tale to amuse it and it wouldn't take no for an answer. The battle was inevitable but I tried to delay it as much as possible, studying our foe trough its replies to my tale (an incredible bit of nonsense about the demon-queen). When it had revealed its immaturity and gullibility I deemed it safe to fight, but I had underestimated our foe. For though its mind was warped and childish its body was massive. It swept down on us, unleashed a devastating attack on Tesla and nearly carried her aloft to her certain death and then flew past us to perch on a cliff out of our reach.     When it came at us again we were ready for it, taking one of Teslas lightnings head on, and a glancing hit from me. In vengeance it breathed a ball of flame on Errol to little effect and then it once again flew away to safety. It continued that way for another swoop, taking a bit of hurt from me and a great deal more from Tes before it once again attacked our ally, this time taking him in its jaws and flying off with him. Again it ignored the spells we launched and landed safely on a ledge with only Errol to face. A lesser man would have knelt before the beast and asked for mercy, but not our man. Unfased by the dragons breath he attacked, his mighty blow deflected by its hard scales.  But he would not be alone for long, for Slisik brought forth three great hippogriffs and I a swarm of bloodthirsty bats. Proving little more than a distraction our summons did no damage, but bought some more time for Errol who backed away over the side of the cliff while the rest of us advanced to come to his aid. Slisik healed Errol while the swarm smothered and sickened the dragon and the hippogriffs attacked again, still keeping its attention and soaking its brutal attacks before it finally switched its attention to the swarm, wiping it out with its fiery breath.  Wounded, wearied and maddened by our resistance, the beast blustered a bit before turning towards us once more, sweeping down trough our summons and attacks and taking me in ite fierce jaws, nearly ending my life with two savage bites, and carries me aloft. I could feel its pain in my very bones as Errol leaped up towads the beast and struck it deep with a devastating attack. Buffeted by Teslas telekinesis and harassed by her summons and Slisiks snake he still flapped his torn and bloody wings and carried me slowly away when I screamed in rage and with its teeth deep in my flesh unleashed my final spell, blasting its eyes out and sending it smoking to the ground even as it bit me again and brought me to the treshold of death. Slisik saved my life, but the dragon wasn't so lucky. And so here we are, richer and stronger for the experience." She sips her wine to wet her parched throat. "And if I exaggerate a bit to glorify my part, well, that's the prerogative of the story-teller." She smiles apologetically.</blockquote>

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