Chasing the Dragon - One Small, Valuable Thing

The Myste-Hass Calender

17/10/22

Corvus, Danny, George and Ethane 'Ice Flint' Ogolig are drawn to the Rising Dragon Inn, met by Madam Jao. They have some green tea, then the world shifts.

There is another knock at the door, outside appears to be dark, and a little kobold arrives.

Billy Whistle Branch has put forth a contract for some mercenaries to help him. He's an archaeologist, and he needs a find to be escorted back to town. The dig site is called The Titan Screams. THe directions suggest to follow the caverns east to the spider ledges, then south where the roots of earth breath.

Wendall the kobold will be our tracker.

The group signs the contracts, with a little difficulty in some cases, whilst Madam Jao reads Covus's tea leaves and advises him not to jump in without thinking.

The town is fairly busy, loud with mechanical thrumming. Many of the people are wearing orange work gear. Everything has been erected on a swamp. The group heads to a boat which sets off east.

On their journey, they see the dark world teeming with life. The great Spider Ledges is particularly unpleasant, sticky underfoot with trailing webs. This is the territory of elvish spider farms.

Moving on, the group finds a cavern where tree roots are protruding from the rock. Corvus spots more game trails and sense it is safer. The group rests, taking watch throughout the freezing night.

The next morning, the adventurers press on, arriving at the dig sight. The ground is rocky, spanned with wooden bridges and there appears to be no one near, despite the infrastructure for high activity. The chasm spans over a gigantic skull.

Wendall is being paid 50gp to guide us.

The group meets Billy Whistle Branch who says that the other dwarven miners have left. They were contractors who have moved on.

The archaeologist says that Peridot used elemental chains, magical crystals, to lock up the titans which once ruled before the prime deities. But, the titans escaped and rebelled. Billy Whistle Branch found the final of five chain links - the elemental crystals.

These crystals are red hot pieces of glass.

Serene, a fellow archaeologist, emerges when called. But, she is acting odd, then takes the shard from Billy and leaps off the edge. Meanwhile, snake creatures appear fire arrows wreathed in tiny snakes. Ice Flint rages and runs in, combat erupting.

Magma chases Seline, her skin turning white, her hair dark, as she plummets down. When the creature reaches one hundred foot, its forced not to continue.

Billy Whistle Branch and Seline have been together for five years, two years as lovers.

Billy Whistle Branch found the final crystal yesterday, and he messaged her with a sending stone to tell her about the find.

Corvus saw the remains of a romantic night, then noted some blood, where he discovered the corpse of Seline, confirming the other woman had been someone else.