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Finally lowering her bow, Rhiannon steps forward, gesturing to the elves and the sisters to fall back to where they can speak safely and plan thier next move.
Finally lowering her bow, Rhiannon steps forward, gesturing to the elves and the sisters to fall back to where they can speak safely and plan thier next move.
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The pair of elves, taking note of Rhiannon's gesture, heads deeper into the woods to discuss options.
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Following the elves into the woods, Garathane greets them. "Glad you're feeling more like yourselves, brothers."
"Thank you, friends." Taegen says. "I'm glad you could finally get through to my pig-headed brother...even if I'm a touch jealous of how you managed to do so."
Looking around at the gathered group, Tanyl says, "More of you than I thought. What's the plan? Verduris is a rather potent enchanter."
"Verduris is the dragon?
We can temporarily suppress his enchantments, but to truly dispel the charm on another of your kin would take my most powerful magic as well as another good bit of luck as I had with you. Killing the dragon will be no easy task but we would have a better chance if we knew about the lair and about the dragon's 'allies'.
How many more of your kin are under the dragon's spell?"
Tanyl nods. "Yes, Verduris is the dragon. He a green of moderate age."
"Verduis's lair is the cave and he has six more of our brethren under his sway." Taegen adds mournfully.
"Ooo. That makes things stickier. We better have some plan to get them out!" says Celebeth.
She leans over to her sister and adds, "I wonder how many of 'em are cute."
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"Perhaps you could pretend to still be under the dragon's control, and lure your brethren away with some convincing ruse while we attempt to slay the beast.
It's a risky plan, but it would be better if they were not around. I can't remove the spell on all of them, and we can't hinder ourselves trying to fight them non-lethally while also battling the dragon."
"Sounds like we'll have to be quick and decisive ablet taking the dragon down." Rhiannon says resolutely. "I'm sure his death would release them."
Azen grins at Celebeth but doesn't answer. It hadn't been about that of course, but maybe after killing the dragon there would be time to visit the elves and to engage in some creative diplomacy.
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"Wulfric, I like your idea of using a lure. Maybe we could have one of the brothers write out a note. Perhaps like "The trolls seem to have ran into some trouble. We went to help. Send backup if we're not back by dawn." Then one of us could drop it off at the mouth of the cave, all sneaky like. That might buy you enough time to prepare more spells for breaking enchantments. If we can break the dragon magic on a few more, it might give us additional resources for dealing with the dragon and saving the remaining elves."
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"We could certainly try." Tanyl says at Wulfric's suggestion.
"Although acting is not our strongest suit." Taegen adds. "Fortnately, our brethren are not exactly theater critics either, so we may very well have a chance."
Garethane smiles at Taegen's summation of his friends cultural proclivities. "Perhaps our friends of the bardic persuasion could help with the wording. Just in case any theater critics were to intervene."
Azen helps them with a note, but makes sure it has their flavor and not her own, so people who know them will find it believable.