Session 1: Bounty on a Dragon

Bounty on a Dragon is the first true session of Axe-idents in Heels, but the second of that campaign overall. It serves as the introduction to the Dragon's Guild, and learning about their story is the main focus of the session. It is the second session of Arc 1: Here We Go.

## Session 1: Bounty on a Dragon

### Next Session

Session 2: Negotiations and Joining the Guild

### **Major Events:**

The men we meet at the dojo both have dragon insignias on their necks (one is a Chinese dragon, the other is a draco-lich), just like on the picture on the bounty poster. When asked, they say they got them at their captain’s request. They also tell us they’re part of an adventuring guild called The Dragon’s Guild. The creator of the guild was a Dragonborn honoring the legacy of his ancestors, and has had many legendary members. There are always 5 members at a time, each powerful enough to burn down a kingdom. The men introduce themselves as Azrael (the guild’s mage, who shot Sally) and Felix (the guildmaster).

We go into the dojo for tea, where the multi-culture architecture continues. In one of the side rooms, we meet Dexter, a Warforged made of steel and gold with glowing jewels for eyes and four arms that each glow a different color. He also happens to be the one on the bounty poster. When we anger him, his eyes turn black and his voice sounds like that of a lich.

Dexter shows us an illusion of his past: the king’s palace, where the king is walking with his impatient daughter in the palace gardens. An approaching storm brings rain, causing one of the guards to usher them back inside. Suddenly, a fireball hits the royal quarters and incinerates it, accompanied by a dragon-like roar. A younger, human Dexter shields the princess behind him and blasts the dragon with lightning while the guards take the royals into the stronghold.

The dragon lands in the garden and transforms into a hooded man, also with a dragon tattoo around his neck, and makes his way through the castle, killing guards as he meets them. When he reaches the royals, he knocks out the king before Dexter comes in and continues to fight with him. The hooded man pushes the princess onto Dexter and transports his dragon tattoo onto Dexter’s neck, then disappears.

When the king wakes up, he has Dexter arrested. He is put in prison and tortured mercilessly until a younger Felix comes into the prison and collects Dexter’s mutilated form. This is presumably how Dexter became a Warforged.

The illusion ends, and Felix says that the king’s newly adopted 18-year-old son, who was the only survivor of a quashed rebellion, may be the real murderer.

Felix and Azrael also explain their weapons. Felix wields the spear of Heliod, the sun god (it’s suspected he’s either a sworn paladin of Heliod or is a incarnation of Heliod), which he used to incinerate a kingdom a few years back because the king of said kingdom killed the Dragon King and indoctrinated all his citizens into hating dragons. Azrael’s katana is a legendary weapon known as what translates to ‘ruthless soul cutter’. It’s from the legends when heaven and hell went to war (from the hell side of the armies), and whenever he kills someone with it, he gets to decide whether their soul is completely wiped from existence. He, in fact, fought in that war (the demons lost badly), and has been in hell before. He also has a ‘full infernal legacy’, whatever that means.

This entire time, Raz has been angry at Azrael for shooting Sally, and she, Sparrow, and Sally challenge him to a duel to collect his bounty, which they lose completely and would have been killed had Azrael not promised to keep them alive.

We also meet another guild member: Noria, the dwarf blacksmith.

### **Appearances:**

#### Party Members:

* Brand
* Joe Bairen
* Sally
* Sparrow
* Raz
* Zasag

#### NPCs:

* Nix
* Azrael
* Felix
* Dexter (First Appearance)
* Noria (First Appearance)