22nd session: The bronze trial, part II

1st moon, 12th day, year 4554
Using his ring of change self, Nalfein enters the village of Derrick posing as an elf, and after talking with several fishermen, secures passage for the brothers.

1st moon, 13th day, year 4554
The next morning, he meets Grokard, the fisherman, and sets out. After a couple of hours they pick up the rest of the party. Grokard is surprised and frightened by the dark elves that join them, but the lure of a lot of gold and the realization that they can kill him easily ensures he agrees to sail them to the isle.

1st moon, 21st day, year 4554
The T'orghs arrive to the island, and agree with Grokard that he should return every 3rd day to the island. After a week, he is free to go as he please.

They decide to follow the coast, and look for a lake or similar, as Belos has informed them bronze dragons do.

After a couple of hours, they find a river leading inland. They follow it, and are quickly ambushed by two giant crocs. The crocs die and are raised, one by Belos, one by Nalfein.

Continuing on, the brothers and their new undead guardians are attacked by 24 man-sized, blue and yellow frogs. The fight is long and hard, with Belos almost dying and Nalfein going down as well.

After the fight, the T'orghs decide to rest. They move a bit away from the river, and make camp. During the night, a minotaur and what later turns out to be a psychic tiger try to sneak up on them, but when discovered and faerie-fired, try to flee in order to regroup. This results in a 10-minute hectic chase through the forest, finishing by Nalfein and Tagar catching up with the minotaur. Fight starts, and the psychic tiger returns invisible and joins in. Tagar trades blows with the minotaur while Nalfein holds off the tiger. Belos arrives after a while, and help finish off the monsters.

1st moon, 22nd day, year 4554
The T'orghs continue inland, bypassing some ruins and finally find their lake, hidden in between some hills. Tracks show that the dragon at least comes here occassionally, but no cave in sight. Belos makes them all able to breathe water, and they go exploring underwater. Suddenly the dragon, which is just about bigger than anything else they have seen, arrive, dropping in from above. The T'orghs realize that they are screwed underwater, even if they can breathe, and quickly dimensior door out of the lake while the dragon finishes off their undead servants, including Jeffrey. The battle then continues on land (and in the air), finishing by Nalfein killing the dragon with his wand of fire, mere seconds before the next breath weapon would surely kill most, if not all of the brothers.

Exploration turns up a dragon-lair, complete with a dragon-horde.