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46th session: The Extraordinary Gnome

2nd moon, 5th day, year 5218

After receiving the quest, the brothers quickly decided to port to New Hope to learn more about this gnome. Posing as disciples of the Sunlord, a cult of Pelor-worshipers who embalm themselves because beauty has no meaning, they entered New Hope and began asking around for Araxmus.

They quickly learned that he was easily found on 3rd Street, usually in the most expensive establishments. The T'orghs stopped at the most expensive restaurant/tavern, and bought some wine while waiting. And they were luckily. Less than an hour later, Araxmus arrived with an entourage of 7, composed of 3 human males, 3 human females and an elf. 

For a couple of hours, they ate. Araxmus ate and drank for 10, but none of the others, nor the staff seemed troubled or surprised by the fact. After dinner, the gnome and the men started to bet heavily and play a game of Dragon Ante, a fairly complex game of strategi and chance. The stakes quickly went up, and it soon became apparent that the ladies were part of the stakes as well.

2nd moon, 6th day, year 5218
Late in the night, the game finished and the gnome went home with two women, while the T'orghs followed the elf to his town-house. They broke in, and tortured him to tell about the gnome. But he knew nothing of value, except that he (the gnome) sometimes claimed he was cursed by the gods.

Belos stole the elf's visage using foul necromantic magic, and the brothers went to wake up Araxmus for more drinking. They succeeded in luring him out in an alley, and jumped him. And while Araxmus could certainly hit like a truck (or rather, like a cloud giant) and had whirlwinds and such at his disposal, he was still no match for the dark elf brothers.

After taking his money, they went back to the temple, and activated the next rune, the Silver Symbol. A horned devil appeared in a puff of smoke. 

The next symbol is the silver rune. Find the dragon named Argatha and steal the biggest of it’s eggs.

When you have the egg, soak it in the blood of the gnome and place it in the Eternal Brazier for a month.

Before heading out to find the dragon, the brothers returned to their palace to see how things were going with their nation. The nation was running well so far, and they learned that Argatha was a more than 900 years old dragon, known to deal with humans, lover of magical items and said to live in the highest peaks, or maybe in the clouds. Fairly accomplished spellcaster, rumored to take the corpses of enemies to her lair and bury them, after stripping them of items, of course.

 2nd moon, 13th day, year 5218
After some time back in the capital, where they started rumors that elves from the Ghostwood were sacking nearby farms, the brothers headed to New Laketown, where they hired 10 hard mercenaries to cause havoc around Ghostwood, posing as elves. The band was called the Black Unicorns and their leader was called Ghiram.

2nd moon, 18th day, year 5218
With their plans set in motion, they headed to Tuskam, the city nearest Webwood, which again lies at the feet of the mountains that most suspect to be the home of Argatha. She is supposedly also a sort of talisman for the city of Tuskam.

45th session: The Eternal Brazier

2nd moon, 3rd day, year 5218
After spending a month getting acquainted with their new country and setting up a puppet ruler (simulacrum of human Nalfein and a loyal priest and wizard of Asmodeus to help the magical construct), the T'orghs were finally ready to get back in business and get the Eternal Brazier from the fire giants of Dragonhome, and not of Ashbringer as they originally thought.

2nd moon, 4th day, year 5218
Using the magical steads summoned by Nalfein, the brothers quickly made their way to Dragonhome, where they found a very large fire giant clan living in a volcano which seemed ready to erupt.

They killed a few giants but otherwise made it to the throneroom unseen, where they confronted King Inferno and tried to strike a deal with him. He asked for the head of a red dragon living nearby, and off the brothers went again. They soon found what would later be revealed to not be the dragon's lair, and then the dragon. The fight was short and brutal, and even though Belos succumbed to the dragon's mighty breath, the brothers managed to kill the 700 year old dragon.

Quickly returning to the fire giant king with the head, they soon found themselves once again a throne-room packed with giants. As they were leaving with the mighty brazier, the giants decided to strike and take them out, but the T'orghs managed to flee to the border of the Underworld, shadowwalking back to Menzo.

2nd moon, 5th day, year 5218
There they decided to hide the brazier, and then headed to the temple to activate the next rune with the next symbol.

That was the symbol of air, and a horned devil appeared as usual and said:

Well done, much better. The Lord of Light appreciates your speed. To complete the next trial, you need to kill Araxmus Tirax, a gnome in New Hope. Bring his dead corpse to the altar.