Tombs of Scoria: Episode 53

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== Synopsis ==
The brothers return to Solum with plans to confront a black dragon in the Devouring Marsh and enlist giant allies for constructing their keep. After teleporting to the inn in Solum, Anton encounters a divine being who hints at future demands of service. They travel to Swampside, battle jungle giants, ropers, rust monsters, and trolls, and ultimately defeat an elemental guarding the dragon’s lair. After restoring their weapon, Harbinger, using a wish spell, they navigate through the dragon’s defenses, face the dragon, and engage in a fierce battle involving additional dragons. With the black dragon defeated, they escape to Azoron's lair, leaving only the black dragon slain.
==Recap==
The brothers decide to go to Solum once again, and slay the black dragon in Devouring Marsh and fetch giants' friends to help build the keep. 
Imrik scries on the room of the inn in Solum.
===26th January, 1513===
Room seems to be empty, Imrik them to the inn. Anton finds himself in a black void and a woman made of stardust of constellation of Velthara walks towards him.
They are in Swampside, which is covered in snow. Anton casts and they go towards the swamp. Tyrael finds dragon is 8 miles away. Anton Imrik. A woman on a boat passes by, she waves to them, which causes Anton to casts on her, she falls into the water. Tyrael jumps in and drags her out of the water and gathers her things onto the shore. Nothing suspicious in her things. 
Anton on her, pretends he thought she was a polymorphed dragons. He says he's a dragon slayer and lets her go. Imrik casts and turns into a pegasus to carry them to the dragon. They reach the spot where the dragon is 60 ft. underground. They cover in oil of Acid resistance. Imrik polymorphs into a Bulette, 20 ft down he hits the solid ground. They search around for an entrance. Tyrael spots the entrance to a cave and they go in. 
They are ambushed by jungle giants. 
Combat start: McGary brothers vs Lair monsters
Arrows fly towards Imrik, he loses 2 images of . Anton casts . Imrik shoots one of the giants 3 times. Anton is hit by 1 arrow.
Anton approaches a giant and hits it 4 times. Imrik casts . Tyrael jumps onto a giant's back with his boots and backstabs it, almost killing the giant. Anton is hit, ends up very hurt. Ropers emerge and attack Imrik. Giants miss Tyrael. Tyrael kills the giant. Bowmen miss Tyrael.
Anton casts and drinks a potion. Imrik shoots the roper. The other roper grabs Imrik as well. Rust monsters are coming from deeper within the cave. Tyrael kills one more giant. Imrik is shot by an arrow, knocks of charge. Imrik misses roper 2 times. Tyrael kills the bowmen giant. 
Rust monsters attack Imrik, roper pulls Imrik 10 feet closer. Roper misses Imrik. Tyrael is attacked by a rust monster, Harbinger crumbles. Anton casts . Tyrael attacks a giant. Imrik turns into a bird, from the grasp of the monster. 
Roper attacks Tyrael. Five ogre mages come from the cave. Dragonbane Weapons call for brothers to fall back. Tyrael jumps out of range and shoots rust monsters. Anton reappears in the prime material plane. Imrik turns back into himself. 
Rust monster corrodes ogre mage weapon. Imrik casts killing all ogre magi. Rust monster attack Tyrael. Roper misses Imrik. Tyrael kills 1 rust monster. 
Anton casts . Imrik casts on Rust monsters. Tyrael kills 1 rust monster. 9 two-headed trolls stomp into the swamp. 
Imrik casts and float 30 ft. above. 1 Troll attacks rust monster. Tyrael attacks the troll. Imrik kills a two-headed troll. Troll misses Tyrael and moves one of the weapons. Anton glides towards the trolls and attacks the trolls with Spear of Rohana, expending 2 chages, stuns 1 troll. Troll misses Anton. Roper moves towards Imrik who hits it twice. Anton and Tyrael attack 1 of the trolls.
Anton hits a troll, Imrik hits a roper. Troll misses Anton. Tyrael kills a troll. 
Roper destroys mirror image, Imrik kills it. Anton is hit. Tyrael kills 1 troll, almost kills another. A troll withdraws back into the swamp.
The brothers finish off roper and some rust monsters, 2 rust monsters run back into the cave. They hack trolls to pieces.
Combat end. Harbinger is destroyed. 
Brothers heal themselves. They enter the dragon's lair. There is a pit of acid inside, surrounded by luminescent mushrooms. The dragon is underwater, it has moved a bit since they arrived. Imrik reapplies acid resistance and throws a lightstone into the acid, finds no passages. Anton crawls around the edge of the acid and drops in. The elemental inside attacks him.
Combat start: The brothers vs. Acid elemental 
Anton strikes the monster and swims to the surface. Tyrael leaps and swan dives in attacks the monster. Imrik casts .Brothers hack the elemental to pieces.
Combat end.
Imrik kills the rest of the rust monsters. Kralfort lets Tyrael know that black dragon can breathe in water. 
Whirlwind talks to Imrik for the first time. The bow wants them to use Wish to bring Harbinger back because they cannot defeat Scoria without him. Imrik relays that to the brothers. Tyrael is unsure what will keep them safe. Anton thinks they can defeat Scoria without the weapon. Imrik thinks they need to use it to bring back such a weapon. 
The wish scroll is gone, Harbinger restored. Tyrael talks to Harbinger, he doesn't remember. Imrik asks Tyrael where the dragon is, Imrik tries to scry but fails.
Brothers reapply oil of Acid damage and go through the acid tunnel. They go through the water tunnel ending in a man-carved tunnel that drops 60feet down. Tyrael hears the breathing of a large monster inside. Brothers toss metals inside to see if there are any rust monsters. 
Tyrael threatens the dragon in Draconic, and offers it its life for its treasure - Ioun stones. Imrik tosses a lightstone inside and scries on it. The room is massive, with a pit of acid in the center, with a 10x10 platform in the middle. Imrik casts and looks around the room. The wall opposite the dragon has a set of runes on it. Imrik attempts to misbelieve, nothing. 
Dragon calls for them. Imrik flies down and peeks inside the room, the rings. The dragon attacks with Breath Weapon. Brothers come down. Runes of the archway light up. Their magic items caese to function. 
Combat start: The Brothers versus ?????
Anton jumps over the pit, the rest of the floor is not floor, there is a pit. Anton taps around and finds the floor. Tyrael jumps to Anton and charges the dragon, does 28 damage. Imrik manages to jump to the ground and flies up, and shoots the dragon for 17 damage. Acron the Black hits Tyrael. The lights on the portal are all lit and a Copper dragon flies through. Moments later, a Blue dragon walks through, then a Gold one. Anton tells the Gold they have no quarrels with it. Tyrael wonders aloud why a Gold dragon fights along a Black.
Shine the Gold casts on herself. Anton misses the Blue Dragon. Akron hits Tyrael twice. Zuure the Blue unleashes a bolt of lightning on Anton, damaging the Kal the Copper too, Anton survives. Tyrael swings at the Black and kills it. Imrik flies to Anton. Tyrael jumps to Blue and attacks it for 15 damage. Imrik grabs them both and uses the amulet, teleporting them to Azoron's lair.
Combat end. Only Akron the Black is dead. 
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