Session+102

**Session 102** **6/10/2010** **Assault on the Drow Fortress and Magmadon's Defeat**

About 100 elves had gathered in the courtyard hoping to be chosen to go into battle. Hirotsu watched from the balcony as Attalicus and Eltrue walked the lines of volunteers, directing a few mages and warriors to different groups. Dulcet was directing the priests and priestessess of Corellion and Hanalil.

Minastes approached Erevin, "I've picked out the best of the rangers that I think will be the best suited for this battle. They, like yourself, have a particular skill in slaying drow." "I like them already," the elven prince nodded, "Will you be staying behind?" Mina shook her head, "I will be going with you as well." "Very good," he nodded his approval. "Let me introduce them," she escorted him to a group of ten rangers waiting in a corner of the gardens. There were several rangers onlooking with disappointment. She nodded to them, "We can't take everyone along. We need to protect our borders." Erevin nodded his agreement, backing her up, and thanking the volunteers.

"These will be our front force," Mina introduced the first four elves who would be going in alongside her.

**__Rangers -__** Minastes Grovedancer - female. leader of the rangers. Kurnos Lightshiver - male. white hair. scar over his left eye. Rys Silverbow - male. elder gold elf. blonde. silvery bow. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Alasha Starglow - female. moon elf. black hair. white ioun stone. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Liluth Laughingwater - female. young. pink hair. cute. bow looks too big for her.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Erevin raised an eyebrow at Mina when she introduced the youngest. Liluth was very excitable, greeting Erevin with enthusiasm, "I've always wanted to meet you! You're an inspiration, sir!" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The leader of the rangers smiled, "She's one of the best shots of the rangers. Her parents were both killed by drow. She was the first to volunteer." <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Erevin nodded, "I am honored to meet you all. We will do good this day."

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Crowe approached Wren, "Ibis and Parula have volunteered to go with you. Parula feels like she owes you for rescuing her." <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wren raised an eyebrow, looking over her coven sisters, "Are you sure you two are prepared for this? This is not an adventure we're going to... this is war." <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"We are prepared," Ibis stepped forward and nodded to her, "We will pay them back for what they did to our Mother." <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wren nodded her approval. Ibis had been with her mother, Raven, since Raven had gone off to create a guild of her own. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"We will be counting on you, Wren, to see us through," Parula nodded to the raven haired witch. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wren's shoulders felt heavier, their power seemed like nothing compared to hers, "You both can fly, correct?" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">They nodded their heads. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Loch was nowhere to be seen... and somehow Wren felt relieved. Her childhood companion had already been through enough. She wouldn't have let her go to war.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**__Witches -__** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> Ibis Feathermoon - elder. red hair. fair skin. black bird familiar. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> Parula Ashenmist - pale blonde hair. wolf familiar.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Eltrue walked up to Erevin as he was leaving Mina's side, "Erevin... who is your best warrior? Your... melee expert." <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Erevin gestured to the small gnome looking around in the gardens, "Posy." <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Eltrue nodded, walking up to greet the young gnome, "The Earth Shaker, I would like to introduce you to our warriors going with you. There are among the most skilled that I have trained... We thought it would be best that the elves travel in 5 man squads... one of my leaf guards, one of the rangers, one of the healers from our temples, one of Kinu's... scouts, as she likes to call them, and one of Attalicus's white tower wizards. Then there are a couple of witches from Raven's Nest who will be floating amongst the five groups."

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**__Green Leaf Warriors -__** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Elbereth Starim - male. elder. retired, but volunteered. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tarathiel Sunweaver - male. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Sariandi Swordstar - female. moon elf. blue hair. star carved pommel of her blade. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Valinda Dawnhorn - female. moon elf. green hair. ornate hunting horn. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Alarana Durothil - female. moon elf. purple hair.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Elbereth nodded to Erevin, a few wrinkles on his face, "Lord Erevin, I have heard of your exploits. You wield my family's moonblade with honor." <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"It has served me well," Erevin nodded to him. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"I need to remain here to guard the queen," Eltrue nodded to Erevin, "but I understand that Kale will be going with you." <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"Certainly," the elven ranger nodded. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"You have a scout with you as well, don't you?" Eltrue looked around, not seeing Thorn anywhere. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"Yeah... a scout," Posy laughed. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"I believe you're looking for Thorn," Erevin nodded, gesturing to the area he had last seen him.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thorn was hanging around when he seen the black clad elven group approaching him. I didn't do it, quickly flashed in his mind and he made his escape, slipping into hiding. He watched the others attempt their own version of hiding and had to keep from laughing. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"Is he teasing them already?" Erevin laughed, walking with Eltrue behind them. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"Did you find him?" Eltrue looked at one of the rogues. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"No, sir... I swear he was here just a moment ago," a gold elf shook his head. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"Could you present yourself, Thorn? I would like to introduce you to some of your allies," Eltrue announced to the area loudly. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"Prove it," the halfling scoundrel shouted back. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Eltrue raised an eyebrow and turned to one of the black clad elves, "Are you Thorn's allies?" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"Yes, sir," a red-haired sylvan nodded his head. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"There!" Eltrue shouted back as though this was acceptable proof to him. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thorn stepped out of the shadows with a raised eyebrow, "Really?" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"They would never lie to me," Eltrue assured him. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thorn sighed, "What did I do?" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"Nothing," the queen's bodyguard shook his head. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"Then what am I accused of doing?" the halfling reiterated his question. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"I just wanted to introduce you to your fellow... scouts... that will be going with you," he nodded to him. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"Scout?" Thorn looked almost offended as he proudly folded his arms, "I'm a damn thief! What are you going to do about it?" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Not taking the bait, Eltrue continued on, "These people were trained by Kinu Shadowfall and will be a part of the five man teams we're assembling. I thought you might want to check them out." <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thorn frowned at him. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"Great! I'm glad we have an understanding," Eltrue nodded, moving on to leave the five with Thorn after giving each an introduction.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**__"Scouts" - Rogues -__** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wyren Spellstalker - male. moon elf. burn scars on his hands and cheek. trained to incapacitate those of the arcane. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Rhespen Eveningfall - male. sylvan. bronze skin. autumn red hair. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Zaos Vandier - male. gold elf. pale gold hair. startling ruby eyes. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tsurra Moonflower - female. moon elf. dark blue hair and eyes. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Alissa Stillhawk - female. sylvan. chestnut skin. brown eyes. trained hawk.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thorn wandered by the five, easily pick-pocketing their weapons as he looked them over. They were carrying magic daggers of different sorts.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Eltrue and Erevin made their way over to Attalicus and Azarius. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"I was just introducing some of our better trained evokers," Attalicus greeted them. A group of elves dressed in white robes stood beside them.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**__Mages -__** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Zberyl Autumnfire - female. moon elf. shocking red hair. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Arai Ashgrove - female. pale. charcoal-grey hair. black shark eyes. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Lyari Shadowmantle - female. long busy wolf-like hair. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Rilitar Silveroak - male. elder gold elf. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Koryn Leafwalker -male. sylvan. verdant green hair. bronze skin.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Dulcet was introducing the priests and priestesses to Maliumpkin.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**__Clerics -__** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Theonil Blueclawn - male. moon elf. blue and white streaked hair. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Torian Mistrunner - male. silver hair. missing the tip of his left ear. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Laefen Oakenwill - male. sylvan. summer green hair. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Larisha Goldenhaze - female. gold elf. golden blonde hair. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Kryssa Fadinglight - female. moon elf. pale. silver eyes.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> One from each of the 5 groups were put together into five squads of five for the front force. Another 5 squads were being assembled behind them. Hirotsu stood on the balcony, addressing the hundred plus elves being assembled below her, "Assembled warriors, I thank you all for coming here today. What you undertake this day will be dangerous, but I know by Corellion's grace... that you will be victorious. With my son and his companions leading you, we will get vengeance on the drow who invaded our city with the foul touch of undeath despoiling our homeland! Now is the time for retribution!" The crowd gathered around erupted into a thunderous war beat, chanting "Lionspaw" among shouts of "Death to the drow!" Thorn glanced around at the crowd... they were certainly a lot more bloodthirsty than he knew them to be. They were in a frenzy with emotions of anger, retribution, and vengeance! The heavy presence of Tempus stirred the cries for battle... but the halfling was itching more to fill his pockets from the dragon horde. Erevin and Posy were smearing warpaint on one another, fully ready and engaged for the coming battle.

Crowe stepped closer to Wren to be heard over the crowd, "Is there anything else I should know? You know... in the off chance that something were to happen to you." Wren looked over the beautiful violet-eyed witch before her... somehow the idea of her death looked to bring her elder sister joy... had it really come to this? She managed a small smile, "If I don't make it back... Contact our mother to inform her." "Of course," Crowe smiled, nodding her head, "I'll be sure to do that." Wren nodded, unconvinced that her sister would be quick with such a message... but surely even Crowe wouldn't be so foolish. The white-haired elder Dreamspinner turned to the witches now standing beside her younger more powerful sister, "Ibis... Loch... you both have brought honor to Raven's Nest for volunteering for this mission." She patted them each on the shoulder as if to bid them farewell.

Attalicus stepped up to the raven haired witch, passing her a scroll of teleportation circle, "It is up to you, Lady Wren." She nodded to him, accepting and unrolling the scroll. She brought the memory of the platform where the dragons had taken flight after the wedding from the volcano. She chanted, weaving and controlling her magic as she pulled the words from the page. The others could feel the power behind the spell as they watched runes form and click into place on the dirt around the elven witch.

Five were able to step through at a time. Wren, Kale, Posy, Erevin, and Azarius were the first to step through. Shri was with them as Erevin's moonblade. They arrived at the center of the volcano on the platform that emptied into molten lava to their left. A few empty cages were scattered on the ground. The dwarven tunnel where the companions had come in to join Wren before had been sealed off. There were two displacer beasts patrolling. A tall tower stood to the right with two undead fire giants guarding the entrance. A few drow were on the top with bows on guard duty.

Spotting a ballista on the nearby tower, Erevin aimed his bow at the drow manning it, sinking two arrows heavily into his flesh! The drow fell back with a groan, clutching his chest as blood pooled around his feet. Thorn turned invisible, going with Uther, and Uthgarte through the portal to follow the others, leaving Ursus and Mali to direct the squads. They were to give the others at least 30 seconds before sending the squads in. Wren stepped out of the circle, and sent a thundering lightning cloud over the displacer beast nearer to the bubbling magma. Posy moved into a guarded stance as she went into a full rage.

Azarius wove magic, speeding his actions to make it seem as though everyone around him stood still. He used the time to weave haste over his companions, become invisible, and create a shield and armor over himself. He then moved across the floor away from the teleportation circle. The displacer beasts winked in and out rapidly, not quite appearing where they were standing. Erevin moved swiftly over the floor, opening up the teleportation circle for the next wave. He sent another group of arrows, impaling the drows on the tower and taking down the one he had shot before. One of the drow on the tower changed the blue fire to green, sending out the alert of invaders. A drow mage on the tower sent down a fire ball, washing the companions still around the circle in fire.

The displacer beast nearer to the tower turned toward Erevin, whipping it's tentacles about, but the elven woodsman managed to dodge behind the stalagmites in the floor. Thorn tumbled effortlessly off of the platform, still invisible, to gouge the beast in the back! Posy deftly ran across the stone floor to intercept herself between the displacer beast and Erevin, but the beast managed to blink in and out enough to avoid her fierce strike. Uther quickly followed her lead. A drow woman kicked the dead body covered in arrows off of the tower and fired a spear-sized bolt from the ballista to graze Wren's side! Other drow were running about in a panic of chaos. Wren spun around to weave a hex heal over the petite fox behind her, closing up most of her wounds before pulling a swift casted blink on Inali. The two of them moved off of the platform with Kale to investigate the lava. Azarius began summoning an elder air elemental.

Erevin launched several arrows at the drow on the tower, fatally shooting one in the neck... the drow tumbled off of the tower to splat on the ground below! The drow woman sent several magic missiles into Wren, but her brooch of shielding fully absorbed the damage. Several arrows clattered against the metal armor of Kale beside her from the drows on the tower. One of the tower drows hefted one of the large arrows up and loaded the ballista. A large magma dragon popped his head out of the lava to blow fire over along the ground! Thorn and Erevin managed to dodge out of the way, Posy barely caught any of it, but it washed over Uther and killed off the last displacer beast!

Thorn shredded the displacer beast with his daggers, finishing it off. Wren's thundercloud moved toward the dragon as a bolt of lightning flew from her finger tips to burn a drow in the tower window to ash. Uther drank a healing potion, healing some of his burns as Posy turned around to charge and leap on top of the dragon! In a full rage, she slashed it's face with her greataxe! The huge air elemental answered Azarius's call, funneling wind over the tower, and sucking up the drow mage! Blood drops spattered the ground like rain as it tore her apart! Azarius shot a green ray at the dragon, disintegrating part of it's lava-rock looking scales. Erevin fired holy arrows into the undead fire giants, one of them fell from three fatal shots and the other looked horribly wounded!

The magma dragon fled the scene, submerging into the lava as Posy leapt for the rocky ledge! The final drow on the tower fled quickly through a trap door to the lower levels away from the air elemental. Another drow peered out of a window to shoot an arrow into Wren, sapping away her strength.

The wounded fire giant charged in to meet Kale with a mighty clang! Thorn slipped behind the giant to slash him in the back deftly with his daggers, dropping the giant to the ground! "That's alright, Kale... I got this. I'll protect Wren," Thorn grinned from behind the fallen giant. The elven witch winked at him, "Thanks!" The elven warrior nodded to him, "You said that to my sister too, didn't you?" "Oh I said all sorts of things to your sister," Thorn chuckled. Wren looked over the lava... if that dragon came back up to blow his breath again when the squads came in... they would be burned to ash. They were going to have to deal with that dragon. She wove magic around herself to transform into a huge gold dragon. "Oh my gods, Wren!" Thorn cursed at her as he dodged around her huge clawed feet. "Sorry!" she whipped her head toward him, winking and giggling, "Does this make my butt look big?" "Yes!" Thorn answered her without hesitation, "Because your butt IS big!" Wren laughed, stepping over him as she walked out onto the lava. Kale swept Inali behind him as he watched, waiting for the magma dragon to come back up.

Posy, having made it to the ledge, moved beside Uther, anticipating the dragon's return. The air elemental diminished the green brazier warning from the tower as Azarius wove magic over a drow to make his mind feeble. Erevin took out the last tower drow and moved out of the way of any possible dragon breath. "What's the plan, Erevin?" Thorn turned to the elven prince. "Well unless you can reel up a magma dragon... we can check out what's around the corner," Erevin answered. Thorn nodded, slipping through the shadows to look around the corner. Two more undead fire giants stood guard before a tower wall. Half a dozen drow stood on top of the wall where Thorn could see magical defenses going up. The halfling thief used his monocle to fully show Erevin the area. "There's one down there!" one of the drow pointed out the rogue, standing safely on the wall.

Wren glanced briefly back at Kale before plunging down into the magma, "When the squads come in, direct them away from the lava." Beneath the lava surface, there was a tunnel where the tail of the fleeing magma dragon was vanishing around the corner. She attempted to draw him out with a lust spell, but his willpower was strong enough to ignore her. Posy held her ground, continuing to anticipate the arrival of the magma dragon. Uther stayed beside her and Kale stood on the opposite corner. Azarius stepped around the corner, still invisible to observe beside Thorn. The same drown pointed directly at him, "There's another one!! Right there! Right there!" Answering the mage's command, the air elemental swept up over the wall to tear at the spotting drow with it's whirling winds. The fire giants took swats out of the elemental's windy body. Azarius followed up with magic missiles into the spotting drow, but a magic shield prevented them from going through.

The first squad of five came through the teleportation circle... Minastes Grovedancer (ranger), Elbereth Starim (warrior), Wyren Spellstalker (rogue), Zberyl Autumnfire (wizard), and Theonil Blueclawn (cleric). Erevin quickly directed them, "Go to the tower! Stay away from the lava, there is a magma dragon! Do not go beyond the corner. Hold the tower!" He sent several arrows into the last drow in the tower, taking him down.

The fire giants continued to strike at the air elemental, ripping chunks of air to make it smaller! Arrows came from the drow at the elemental, but they whipped around in the whirling winds. Thorn moved toward the wall with the fire giants. Wren moved down the tunnel to peak her head up from the magma. Magmadon's wife, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Yuria Sakunohi, stood as a bone dragon with only flaps of her once lava rock scales and magma coated skin. She appeared to be controlled by a green gemmed collar by Magmadon who stood in his human form at the back of the chamber, surrounded by gold and holding a matching green gem. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">His son was talking to him, "They are here, father." <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">"Excellent," Magmadon nodded as he noted a small ripple in the magma where Wren's head vanished just a moment before.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Certain that the witch or magma dragon would surface at any moment, Posy continued to wait near the edge with Uther and Kale. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Around the corner the air elemental finished off the spotting drow on the wall. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Azarius sent a lightning bolt into one of the undead fire giants burning away some of it's undead flesh. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The second squad of five came through the teleportation circle... Kurnos Lightshiver (ranger), Tarathiel Sunweaver (warrior), Rhespen Eveningfall (rogue), Aria Ashgrove (wizard), and Torian Mistrunner (cleric).

Erevin directed the squad toward the tower, "Move quickly. There is a magma dragon in the lava that may blow fire at any time. Should a gold dragon emerge, do not shoot it. It's ours." They nodded to him, looking nervously toward the lava.

Thorn slipped from the shadows behind the giant that was moving in on Azarius, stabbing it in the back! The air elemental turned back to the sorcerer, speaking in auran, "There are more drow back here!" The words barely escaped him before a massive explosion hit him and blew the elemental apart. Several drow shot arrows into Thorn, hollering back to their comrades, "There's a halfling down there, shoot him!"

Wren surfaced from the lava to the awaiting Posy, Uther, and Kale. She quickly explained the situation of three dragons in the dragon hoard of gold, "They know we're here." Posy looked into the lava, "Do we go down?" "I don't think we have a lot of choice," the gold dragon form of Wren shook her head, "If we don't deal with them... they will certainly surface and decimate our squads. It's going to be a rough fight... but I can get you down there safely." Posy nodded, "I don't think the squads should follow us down." Wren agreed as Erevin joined them in the conversation. "I don't want to leave them against the wall," the elven prince frowned.

After a brief discussion of planning, the direction was given to the squads to hold the tower and take any who come from the wall while the others dealt with the dragons. Erevin used his monocle to point at the lava as he held up a gold coin. "What are you doing?" Wren tilted her head. "Calling Thorn," he nodded to her. Thorn swiftly disengaged from the undead fire giant and headed around the corner toward his companions. Seeing the halfling heading off, Azarius joined him.

Wren created a mythic dimensional door for the companions to travel safely to the dragon horde. Azarius wove magical protections from evil around his friends before stepping through. Uther and Uthgart remained behind to direct the squads, but Kale went through refusing to let Wren out of his sight.

Inside the horde, Erevin released his shadow hawk to steal the gem from Magmadon's hands. The shadow hawk bounced off of an invisible wall of force and Magmadon laughed, "It will not be that easy! You're going to have to play with my beloved bride first." "You're a coward and a bastard," Wren shook her head at him. Magmadon chuckled, shrugging, "What else is a woman good for?" Posy tightened her grip on her warhammer, "This woman is going to kill you today."

Seizing his moment, Magmadon's son blew fire over the group! Erevin, Kale, and Thorn were mainly able to dodge behind Wren, her golden scales immune to the fire. Yuria, his undead wife, unleashed another wave of fire right after her son catching Posy and Azarius! The young gnome was partially protected from fire, but Azarius was burnt terribly. Thorn moved up and swiped his dagger across the young magma dragon, burning him with a splash of acid! Wren wove a hex heal over Azarius, healing up some of his burns. Posy charged across the gold covered stone floor, slamming her hearth hammer into the bones of the undead Yuria! The undead dragon chomped the little gnome with her enormous bite!

Azarius moved across the floor and sent a polar ray into the young magma dragon, freezing some of the flowing lava that coursed through it's scales! "You're a fool!" Wren hissed at the younger magma dragon, "He abandoned and sacrificed your mother to save his own skin... and now he's going to sacrifice you." "I can make more sons," Magmadon shrugged from behind his protective wall of force as his son reeled in pain. "Not when I get through with you, you wont," Posy declared as she fought with the undead marionette. Erevin whipped his moonblade in an arc, following up Azarius's attack with a cone of cold shattering the young dragon into frozen bits! Magmadon seemed mildly disappointed in his son.

Yuria bit, clawed, swatted with her wings and slammed her tail into Posy battering the little gnome with a bombardment of attacks! Thorn slid across the gold covered floor to meet the undead dragon's enormous chomp! He jabbed his daggers into the underside of her jawbone, scattering stone shards outward! Posy wielded her hearth hammer with rage, but the enormous bone dragon managed to stay out of her range. Wren released a cast of an electrical lightning bolt into the undead dragon, barely charring bits of her bone. Azarius sent another cast of lightning to barely char part of her wing. Magmadon shouted with frustration at his undead wife, "You haven't even killed ONE of them! You're just as disappointing as when you were alive."

Erevin sheathed his moonblade and fired a holy arrow into the undead dragon. The holy white magic flashed against her, but the arrow bounced around her stone-like bones. Yuria bit and clawed into Posy and battered Thorn with her wings and tail! Magmadon sighed from behind his wall of force, "It looks like I'm going to have to get involved in this..." He wove magic blue flames over his body, a cold fire shield to protect him. Thorn slashed his daggers multiple times, severing the tendons that lashed Yuria's bones together! Large bones were falling off of her from his fatal strikes. In a moment of teamwork, Posy and Thorn bashed and slashed her again with precision! Rattling, and barely holding together, Yuria looked to fall... Magmadon shook his head in disappointment, "She never had any staying power." Wren finished off the enormous bone dragon with a shot of lightning, shattering her!

Azarius disintegrated the wall of force in front of Magmadon. Posy charged to power attack the human form of the magma dragon, but fell short of her target when she slammed into a second wall of force! Magmadon pointed at her and laughed. As Erevin and Wren paused in wait, Magmadon wove a delayed fire ball behind him. Recognizing it, the dragon-formed witch warned the others. Azarius took down the second wall of force with another disintegrate spell. Erevin took slow and careful aim, but the arrow again bounced off of a third wall! Thorn slipped into a pile of gold and started shoveling it into his bags.

Magmadon grew into his magma dragon form, dispelling the final wall. "I grow tired of putting down your family," Erevin announced before launching several severely damaging arrows into him! The enormous magma dragon immediately turned his attention to the elven ranger, biting and clawing into him as he beat Wren with his wings and slapped Posy with his tail! Drawn by the sound of his companions screaming out from wounds, Thorn threw his dagger from his pile of gold to teleport up to the dragon. Wren wove dispelling magic over the magma dragon, removing his cold fire shield. Azarius quickly followed up with a powerful polar ray to freeze large chunks of his lava scales! Erevin slipped his bow on his back and quickly whipped his blade to send a cone of cold to freeze more of the magma running over the enormous dragon.

Vulnerable and with nowhere left to run, Magmadon ragefully clawed into Erevin, bit into Azarius, beat Wren with his wings, and slammed his tail into Posy! In the back, the delayed fireball went off to blast Posy! Thorn slashed his daggers into the magma dragon, fatally striking him to finally drop him with a great crunch! The Magmadon blood line was over. The flash of a contingency spell went off just before a fireball exploded over the companions!

Erevin pulled Shri from his blade to channel her heals while the companions shoveled gold into their bags. Above, drow began to pour from the wall above!