Narrative

Day 29 was Tuesday, 1st Tan 107 AT, with 5 days to Timnor and 5 days to the auction. The available notes begin with six red, lizard-headed, Salamander-like people. One had no legs. They were invaders from the great Brass City, from the Fire plane, and their leader was a true salamander. They wished their enemies had been killed out.

The party was en route to Dunensend to see whether the issues there had been resolved. The statue was incomplete. The Salamander-like group spoke of kin looking for their thorn in their sides. Luth was hiding with the vulturemen, and they had heard he was alive in there, perhaps in the dome. The party had destroyed their plans waterwise. The Salamander-like group then went on their way.

The party continued in the same direction and came across rocks like seaweed, but with a different vein colour. Pressing a rock caused a staircase to appear, opening into a large under-sand structure. Inside was a mosaic on the floor showing a lionin creature, a four-legged sphinx, a goat-headed sphinx, and a six-legged cat-like creature with a braided beard and Egyptian headdress. The central figure had a lion body, six limbs with hand-like feet, and was flanked on each side by six vulturemen wearing Dunnen-style clothes in an honour guard style.

Astraywoo bowed to the figure. Dirk greeted him as “Excellence”, describing him as having the vultures under his wings to protect them after Garadul failed. The party thought his brother was looking for him. The Goliaths had come to him asking for help to trap his brother. The party said they would protect him if they escorted him to see the Dunnen people. After being told about the automaton, he did not want to go to Dunensend, but he may have had something to show faith.

The notes then jump because pages 103 and 104 were missing or unavailable. The next available material records a fight with Lortesh, ending with the party killing him. Dirk took skulls. Geldin found two skulls in them, which were given to Invar. Dirk buried their dragon skulls. The party scoured the beard and took it back to town. Morgana noticed the plants starting to grow.

The party returned to Dunensend. Guards banged spears against shields as the party went toward the palace, and townsfolk cheered and celebrated along the way at the water gardens. Benu, mother, and father were present. The party received their support in wars to come. The time was 19:00.

For the night, the bath house was outside Dunnen rules. The party tried to procure beer, went to the Hunt & Hearth by mistake, and received free rooms. They needed to go to the Hard Cheese. They walked into the back room, got drinks for Arvel, got cheese, and retrieved Errol.

News arrived that the Rhelmbreaker giant had been spotted at Highden travelling waterwise. The party went to the bath house and sent a message to The Basilisk saying they had killed Lortesh.

Errol hopped onto a message table. A message or voice said, “make your decision (Anite!)” and said it had made a mistake controlling the wizard and accidentally opened the prison. It was very happy the party had killed the dragon, and happy when people were proud of themselves. The party then headed to the inn and slept.

People, Factions, and Places Mentioned

Dunensend, the Fire plane, the great Brass City, the dome, the under-sand structure, Dunnen, the palace, the water gardens, the bath house, Hunt & Hearth, the Hard Cheese, Highden, and the inn were all mentioned. Dirk, Geldin, Morgana, Invar, Astraywoo, Excellence, Garadul, Luth, Lortesh, Benu, mother, father, Arvel, Errol, The Basilisk, Anite!, the Dunnen people, the vulturemen, Goliaths, guards, townsfolk, Salamander-like invaders, a true salamander leader, and the Rhelmbreaker giant were also mentioned.

Items, Rewards, and Resources

The under-sand structure was opened by pressing a rock among seaweed-like rocks with a different vein colour. Its floor mosaic showed a lionin creature, sphinxes, a six-legged cat-like figure with a braided beard and Egyptian headdress, and vulturemen in Dunnen-style honour guard clothing. After Lortesh was killed, Dirk took skulls, Geldin found two skulls in them, and those were given to Invar. Dirk buried the dragon skulls. The party scoured the beard and took it back to town. They received support from Benu, mother, father, and the people at Dunensend in wars to come. They also received free rooms at the Hunt & Hearth, got drinks for Arvel, and got cheese.

Clues, Mysteries, and Open Threads

Pages 103 and 104 were missing or unavailable, so the transition from the under-sand meeting with Excellence to the fight with Lortesh is incomplete. The identity and motives of the Salamander-like invaders from the great Brass City, their true salamander leader, and their reference to kin seeking “their thorn in their sides” remain open. Luth was reportedly alive and hiding with the vulturemen, possibly in the dome. Excellence protected the vultures after Garadul failed, and his brother was apparently looking for him; the Goliaths had asked Excellence for help trapping that brother. Excellence was reluctant to go to Dunensend after hearing about the automaton, though he may have had something to show faith. The Rhelmbreaker giant was spotted at Highden travelling waterwise. The message table incident with Errol preserved the strange statements “make your decision (Anite!)”, an admission of mistakenly controlling the wizard and accidentally opening the prison, and happiness that the party killed the dragon and felt proud of themselves.