"No doubt my brother can hide us, you and the Hunter can no doubt secure her?"
With out extensive knowledge of this place I can not teleport us to her, but once near here I can return us all safe and we can leave this place to be destroyed. I would agree with our other companions brother, some finesse till we find the princess, then we shall unleash your full wrath upon them and see how long they can stand.
When we go to make our leave I shall summon to our side a veritable army to cause all kinds of trouble to our foes.
"Do we have a plan then?"
Sentries and guards first, as quiet as possible, then the princess. And then my dear brother you get to do what you do best.
"Excellent, it is time to feed my hunger then"
Eloron hefts his axe onto his shoulder and looks at the others
"Ready to Slay a dragon rescue the princess and answer our questions friends?"
"Alright. Let's be heroes."
Azriel casts Invisibility on those who do not have a means to do so.
The steel falcon leads your party to the base of the cliff, tossing a handful of sand here and there to make sure you stay together. The mouth of Neleroth's cave is 100 ft. up the cliff. several rocky outcroppings jut out from the cliff face making it possible to climb up without too much trouble. The Steel Falcon can jump between the larger outcroppings to get to the top with ease. Zystra scales the cliff face with ease.
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Azriel wraps his arms around his brothers neck, and the mighty eloron follows, albeit a bit slower.
The four of you stand at the mouth of a massive cave, nearly 60 ft. wide. In front of you lies an open cavern mostly empty save for a few scattered bones, and a large pool in the middle. Three tunnels exit the cavern to the right, left, and forward. Each tunnel is about 40 ft. wide.
The events we will set in motion here are clouded. But soon they will become clearer, I should think. Figures hidden in the shadows may soon be revealed and a puppet's strings may come in clearer focus
"A deed with uncertain completion? Let us see it to its completion and quickly!"
Eloron looks to his brother,
"Brother I have no hand for stealth if you can aid me in hiding, I need your help in this"
Given that Azriel and his brother are both invisible, Azriel casts Silence upon his staff and clings tight for dear life.
"I say we go left"
The left passage way is long and slowly winds down into the depths of the crags. Those of you who can't see in the dark lose visual a ways down until you find a way to see. At the end of the long hall you come to a set of massive iron doors, easily 30 ft. high.
Eloron puts a hand on the door in front of him, brushing his hand over the surface of it, then he presses his ear against it.... Listening.
"We have ourselves a beast, and lava, or some very hot stew, either way, I am hungry, let's make an entry! I will attract the beast's attention while you get yourselves into position ready to strike!"
Eloron whispers just loud enough for his companions to here, he looks towards where each of his companions should be...
"Shall I open the door?"
A moment brother.
Azriel closes his eyes and focuses.
Seems we'e found the dragon. What of the princess?
presumably she is with the drake, how ever if you give me a moment.
Be careful it is as I feared, the princess is right next to the dragon ... might I suggest, we rush in I can slip through time grab her, and return her to her parents and then return for you? Thus we can insure her safety and then deal with the foul beast.
"Excellent Brother, I shall provide a large distraction, allow me to enter first while the rest of you slip in undetected"
Now would be an opportune moment to enjoy those potions we procured.
We should endeavor to get you as close as possible before awaking the beast. If it so much as makes a sudden movement our efforts may be for naught.
The moment those doors ope n I will teleport the Princess to the Throne room and return, to aid in the battle, if you would like to slip in and get in position first i could aid in that, a spell of Gaseous Form so you can slip through the door unnoticed.
"Then the two of you, night hunter and young one, should both enter so and then I shall open the doors afterwards"
Azriel mutters and moves his hand and both The Steel Falcon, Zystra turn into near transparent puffs of smoke.
We shall wait an appropriate amount of time, and then open the door
As soon as his companions slip through the cracks in the door, Eloron pulls two potions out of his waist belt and drinks them one after the other, then thinking he grabs a third and downs that one quickly. He smiles at his older brother gently places a hand on his shoulder...
"It is time brother, just as with the last dragon we will return with its treasure and it's corpse, return as quickly as you can, I would not fight it without you."
Eloron smiles again lift his enormous hand from his brother's shoulder and hoist his massive axe off his shoulders with both hands. He squares up in front of the doors in front of him and almost as an afterthought dumps one last potion down his throat... Then he lets his anger boil up inside of himself, filling his belly with the black fire of hatred.
Having already quaffed his Potion of Endure Elements and Potion of Resist Energy, Azriel gets in position preparing his spell.
"Well then Brother, Let us hope this was long enough..."
Eloron swings his Axe for the center of the doors, with both hands and the full force of both is fury and size.
Eloron doubles in size and hurls all his weight into a mighty swing against the doors. Several long cracks spread out from where he strikes and when his axe is pulled away one large crack runs all the way through. Bright light spills through the cracks but the door still stands.
In the same instant, the door cracks Eloron's axe smashes into the doors once again.
With his second blow Eloron smashes a the left door to pieces and knocks the other off its hinges. In front of you lies a massive bubbling pool of lava. Several stone pillars rise out of the lava to create separate platforms. In the center of the room on one of the larger pillars you see a huge red dragon. He lies curled around the base of thick black post that runs from the platform to the ceiling. Shackled to the post is a young blonde girl. She is dressed in a torn and scorched gown. Even over the sound of bubbling lava you can hear her gently crying to herself.
Zystra wafts across the chamber, positioning herself directly between the girl and the dragon. She readies herself to re-corporealize and begin battling the beast.
As the door comes down Neleroth's eyes fly open. A sphere of swirling colors manifests around the princess, blocking her from sight.
Eloron
Azriel
The Steel Falcon
Zystra
Neleroth
Neleroth (dual initiative)
To understand the "sphere of swirling colors" around he princess.