Hernvet sits down and with a smile on his face says. "I know how we can shake this lizard off our backs for good" He then stands up again. "All we need to do is give em this lil book he was talk'in bout" Then he sits back down. Then says after a needlessly long pause."Also another plan could be, we walk out'a here say'en we are bring'en the gold and the other stuff, then we simply walk up to the big ol'dragon and stab em in the face a few good times."
Kyzen is also very suprised by Tamora's departure but understands her reasons...
Kyzen listen to everyone and as soon as Hernvet finishes is sentence... "Agreed!!! All we need is to gather all the information about Dragonfen, Aeteperax and Lady Tula Belhaim so we can go out there and kill ourselves a nice little dead black dragon!"
Kyzen the realise that he didn't give his name.. "Hi, I'm Kyzen"
"I'm afraid it isn't as simple Mr. Bargill. We do not have the book that the dragon was mentioning. But even if we did, he also asked for seven hundred and fifty thousand gold and the heads of our friends here. As for killing a dragon that size, well, it would take quite the powerful army. If memory serves, when Aeteperax was at last defeated by the Lady Tula Belhaim, she had not only a small army, but also weapons enchanted by powerful magic." The baroness drift off for a moment in thought.
The old gnome uses that pause to chime in. "Bah!" She waves dismissively. "That was no dragon last night. A good magic user for sure, but there was no big undead beast on that manor last night." The baroness turns to Bassy. "What? What do you mean? We all saw it."
The old gnome continues. "That thing you saw was an illusion. It was loud, and made a big show, but it didn't make a sound when it landed. No tiles from the roof came loose and no windows cracked under the strain of all that weight. And dust didn't fly up when it flapped its wings. No, I'm telling you, someone puts up a great big show of illusion magic, nothing more."
"Haa! I knew it!" Kyzen tries to hide is feeling of relief...
"Who hides behind illusions is a coward! More reason now to go out there and find who ever is responsible. Anyway, we don't really have a choice, since we don't have the book and the gold, the only chance this village has of survival is for us to deal with the situation."
Hernvet looks around while everyone is talking and then says. "Well I do not care if it is an illusion, all I know is we need to find the fella who thought it be funny to do such a thing. I bet that the caster of such a spell would likely be hold'in up in that place he want'en us to head to"
"What? An illusion? Are you sure? I mean, I heard it talking." Kakrish shakes his head in disbelief then sits back down. "I guess that doesn't change the plan. We still need to go find the guy."
So, what remains is to prepare quickly and act well within the deadline given. If we are willing to out and rid your barony of this threat Baroness is there anything within your power that can help us prepare?
Hernvet looks at Kyras and says "I agree we should get this done in the time given, only problem is we dont know where the monastary is."
"While we don't have much in the village, I might know a place where you could get powerful weapons to help you. The tomb of Tula Belhaim should contain all the items you will need, but I should warn you, the place might not be without danger. No one has set foot there for centuries. You can find the tomb by following the Eskander Creek that crosses the Dragonfen."
She then pauses and turn to Hernvet. "As for the monastery, it is at the other end of the old quarry road in a mountain formation in the fen. Not much is known about the place except, that is abandoned ages ago. The order of monks just vanished without a trace and all those that attempted to explore it never came back."
It seems we have our marching orders then. The tomb of Tula Belhaim first to better arm and equip ourselves. And the monastery next, yes? I have some coin to spend before we depart. I'd like to get an enchanted Fauchard if one is available. If not perhaps a cloak of resistance, a better bow with a higher strength rating, and some special weapon blanches for my arrows.
Kyzen is ready to go...
Hernvet nods his head and says "Indeed I say we head over to them ol'tombs and grab our selves some weapons, but before we head to the monastery I reckon we stop at this here town to make sure everything is still alright after we get our new weapons"
"Great idea. The tomb it is!" Kakrish stands and makes himself ready to go.
Let's go! Hoga says. We follow the creek!
Hold for a moment Hoga. I have a request. We need to be as prepared for this as we can be right? And we have a week. Well I favor this special pole arm here. Kyras spins his cold iron Fauchard in the air. Its quite sharp and you all have seen me make cuts with it as deep as any Hoga can make with his axe, even though I am no where near as strong as our large friend. Its also quite exotic and I am not likely to find an enchanted one just laying about. So, I'd like to have one enchanted before we head off. I have the coin and there is nothing more important to me to spend the money on. But it will take two of our 7 days. What do you say? Are there things we can do for two days before we hit the tomb?
"You want to make your sword thing magical? You want to do that while we go take care of the tomb?" Kakrish walks over to Hoga and punches him in the arm. "Do you think we could take the tomb ourselves? I mean, maybe we don't need him for this." He jerks a thumb in Kyras's direction.
You are welcome to try Kakrish. Not sure you will get past the lock on the front door though. Kyras says with a laugh. Seriously, what if there are incorporeal undead in tomb? We need magic weapons to hurt them.
Hoga punches Kakrish on his arm, with a very toothy grin.
Maybe.
I think we can probably do a little reconnaissance. If we're going to spend two days, let's have one of us stay and guard Kyras, and the rest of us , go check out the trail, and just be ready. We can make up some time if we ride on secure paths we personally secured, don't you think?
[b]You misunderstand. I am no enchanter. I will hire it done and do not have to stay here. I just believe we should not go into the tomb until I have an enchanted blade.[/ooc]
"Well I say, I finally know all yall's names. As for your magical blade to be, I say that Hoga kakrish and I head out to that tomb in case we run into some of em undead types, I'll be handy" Hernvet looks around and then says "How far is this tomb and the monastery, if possible we might be able to wait two days and do both in one if they are close enough"
I'm fine with Hernvet coming with. Kyzen can do a more than adequate job of guarding Kyras, and we can use a healer if we get in trouble.
That said, I think we need to just get the lay of things; see what's out there. We'll need the whole crew, to mess around in a tomb. Three is a small number.
"Ok. So you just want to spy around a bit while we wait for Kyras's extra fancy blade? Kyras, you said you don't have to wait here with it, right?" Kakrish stretches his arms and pops his knuckles. "So why don't we all just check things out. Maybe we'll find some spies or something in the woods. I mean, how is that undead dragon thing even going to know if we leave if he doesn't have spies. Right?"
I like how you think Kakrish. Lets do just that.
"Agreed, lets all go together"
Sounds good!
After visiting the enchanter for Kyras weapon, you decide to explore part of the Dragonfen to see what is out there. The closer you get to the swamp, the heavier the air seems. You almost expect a horde of undead creatures coming down on you. As you move deeper into, the feeling doesn't get any better. Once in a while, you hear the roars of drake similar from the one you fought the night before. Because of the echo created by the swamp, you are unable to pinpoint where would it be.
Half a day pass before you find something interesting. In a cry clearing lie a corpse of giant proportion. From afar, you can only guess that it was some sort of giant with greenish skin and obese. It didn't have much for clothes nor armor. Without getting closer, it is hard to identify what might have killed it.
"Look there! Its a large greenish dead thing, I wanna go take a closer look." Hernvet says pointing at it.
Kyzen follows Hernvet and is ready for action... he looks arround just to be sure nothing jumps on them...
"A large green thing? That sounds suspicious." Kakrish squints at the vague shape. "There's only one way to figure out what it is. Let's go investigate." He moves towards the blob.
Hoga goes, too.
Perhaps a troll? Kyras wonders aloud. Are we sure it is dead?
Getting closer to the corpse, you are able to regonize that is used to be a marsh giant. It would seen that it was on the losing side of a battle. Its body is covered in claw marks and it is missing its left arm.
Kyzen stays alert while others examine the body...
Wow. Its arm is clean off. Kyras says, adding no new information.
Kakrish studies the body. "Yeah Kyras, that's what I notice too."
"Ok, the arm is off, we all noticed it. What else?"
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Its large and green?
Hernvet looks at the wounds closely.
"Well well this creature was not merely attacked by some simple beast as it has been hit by acid"
Acid? Not good. Not good...
Our dragon friend maybe?
That's probably it.
Hernvet is able to estimate the death of the giant to around twelve to twenty four hours ago. If there was anything valuable on it, someone took it already. Kyzen studies the area and finds nothing else of value in the immediate area. Unless someone wants to dig a really big grave, the group has nothing else to do here.
Lets move on.
"Dragon? I guess that makes sense. Ok. Yes, let's get moving."
"Agreed!"
On to the monastery, then.