Uriel’s Correspondence Dear Sister, My quest to kill the dragon Ragemaw continues. Following our battle with the mechanical crabs we rested once more. Tordak kindly lent me some of his dolphin oil, but not before he revealed himself as the one who cleared Goldar’s stock out in the first place! Swine! Apparently the sisters Sabrina and Sairina have some sort of bet, ten percent of the treasure for whoever gets the killing blow. I will gladly take that action, that will show that showboating Sorceress! Too good for spellbooks is it? Ha, we will soon see who is laughing when the dragon is dead and I am standing on a massive pile of gold! Sadly Reza and Frougal had to leave us, but in the their place we were joined by two clerics of the Moon Goddess Kayasit, whilst I doubt you would approve we certainly welcomed their help. The elder priest was a Trollkin named Arnulf. Apparently an old acquaintance of Tordak he seemed to believe his deceased brother Lippy had accompanied him? Sairina seemed concerned about this. But I saw no need to disabuse the poor fellow. Iarna an apprentice, accompanied him, very tall, and despite inexperience she proved very effective. As a side note Red Beck’s head remained transparent, although this didn’t seem to trouble him. Can’t let him win the bet, he’d just spend it all on new egg companions. Well no sooner had we reached Rogmaw’s castle, can’t be right, than we were ambushed by a troupe of goblin boar riders. They were led by a massive hog, the size of a small house! We dispatched them, naturally, but poor Tordak got viciously gored several times. His luck did not improve that day. Sairina tried to pick the lock to the front entrance but it seems her skill set is more like yours sister, brute force adjacent. Breaking through the door we were hit by an ambush! Shit Wizards! Or to refer to them properly, Gastronmancers. Fiendish Goblins who decided that the best way to deploy their magical gift was to manipulate putrid feculence. The battle was… strange. Both Sairina and Tordak rushed in the front. It seems that upon death some of these filth bastards would erupt! Several explosions wracked the building and upon entering we cleared up the rest of them. One of the goblins had lobbed acid at Tordak, poor bastard he was not looking pretty, hair looked good though! We persevered on through the keep and came across a shrine to Mystra, which is a little odd for a Dragons lair? We made our way through a courtyard and into an unassuming room to the east. Sairina asked me to investigate a cupboard and upon doing so I found a finely crafted wand. Alas upon gripping the shaft it went off, revealing a sentient lightning bolt! Worse was soon to come, after nearly being electrocuted we were ambushed by sentient spell constructs. Turns out spells were not as effective as I might have hoped, every time we tried to cast it healed the bastards. Tordak and Sairina were able to put them down but we were all looking worse for wear. The wand seems to still work though, so there is that… Part II to follow
