(G575 30/11/2024 via Roll20 - JF(GM), KT, AP) YI32
[Fenrir, Reinward and Irritator have been given the task of destroying
the port of Dulok on Fashib by Princess Senel. Instead of doing that
though, they have been bothering a random red dragon instead. Fenrir
has gone missing.]
DAY 661 (23rd Nightal)(December) cont ...
Reinward and Irritator remained outside the cave, arguing about what
to do and whose fault it all was.
'I didn't see any traps at the entrance, so in you go.'
'What?' exclaimed Irritator. 'If Fenrir got snatched, then I'll get
snatched for sure!'
'Irritator, Irritator, Irritator, this is your life. You have to take
ownership for it.'
'What are you talking about? I never asked him to go in that stupid
cave. How is it my fault I assumed you two knew what you were doing?'
Eventually even Reinward realised, as the rogue of the group it should
have been his job all along, went back into the cave.
He found the trap that Fenrir had likely blundered into. Invisible
or flying or not, the presence of any creature triggered it.
He tried to disarm it, but by bad luck he triggered it and was
teleported into a dark chamber.
He appeared to be in a stone box, about ten feet by ten feet. There
was a small crack between two stone slabs. He shouted through it and
attracted the attention of two trens, called Fronko and Eggsy.
They were not much help, but he did find out that Fenrir was in a
box too, and just within shouting distance.
Time passed, and they tried various things. They still had their
possessions with them, but magic didn't work. This also meant they
could not get anything out of their bags of holding.
After ten hours of getting nowhere and feeling like they were both
suffocating they decided to attract the attention of the Tren again.
Fronko and Eggsy were servants of the dragon and were friendly by
tren standards. They did the bidding of the dragon, but not gladly,
and felt sorry for all the beings that were caught in the teleport
traps and left to die in the anti-magic boxes.
Fenrir tried to sweet talk them, offering gold for their release.
The tren took the gold and ran for it. Blinking in the light of
guttering torches they saw that they were in a cavern that had
several large stone boxes, with counterweighted doors. Two large
automatons guarded the chamber. They lumbered forward, but were
easily destroyed by the escapees.
They then wisely blocked all the trap doors open just incase they
ended up in them again and went to explore the rest of the network
of tunnels and caverns. Sneaking around the eventually came to a
chamber that held someone Fenrir recognised. It was the "dragon
maiden" from his dreams.
She stood alone in a wide circle of black stones. She had a bed
and a desk and a chair, but not much else.
'Just kick over one of the stones,' she told them, 'and I will
be free.'
They did so, and she immediately teleported out of the cave.
The red dragon must have sensed something as it started stomping
around the cave network. Eventually it cornered them in a cave
off the main tunnel and while Reinward snuck through a wall with
his Blink ability, Fenrir was roasted by a blast of dragon fire!
Reinward snuck around to get at the dragon's rear, but fumbled
his daggers as his hand shook with dragon induced terror.
Fenrir was whacked and bitten at and injured so badly he used
his boots to teleport over to where Reinward was.
Reinward used a wand to cast Grease, but it had little effect
on this mighty creature.
Fenrir healed himself then held the dragon back while Reinward
threw his deadly daggers. This was still not enough though and
they were in danger of being a dragon's lunch when Fenrir
thought about some of the shards he had collected from the FAMP.
One would summon dozens and dozens of dire boars, in waves of
up to twenty at a time. This he did and the dragon was suddenly
beset by a horde of boars. They didn't do much damage, but there
were so many of them that they pushed it back into the tunnels.
Fenrir kept them coming, and they followed it up into the other
caverns, keeping on the pressure.
Now it was the dragon needed to retreat and heal, it broke for
the way out of the caves. Fenrir and Reinward teleported back to the
cave mouth and 'headed it off at the pass'. Here it was slain, at the
entrance of its own home.
Thinking of me (how kind!) Reinward cut off the dragon's head and
a roll of its skin, which were then stuffed into a Bag of Holding.
The horde of boars were ordered to scour through the caves and kill
all automatons and tren servants that they could find.
I hope that the helpful sounding Fronko and Eggsy had left the caves
by then.