Session Forty Two

The forty second session of the Adventures of the Dragon Crag was on the 22nd February 2023.

## Party Members Present

* Brandr Sigurdson
* Snorri Morgrimson
* Relnwe Adiath
* Aleksi Lehtonen (Late)

## Synopsis

### Cold Cellars

#### The Quartermaster

We planned to head out to find the Wellspring of Power. Unfortunately, a few of us were rather worse for wear and Aleksi's Old Kislevian Remedies didn't seem to be doing much for our ailments. Thus, we decided to get some more healing draughts. We went off to speak with the quartermaster of the dwarfen army. He told us that we could take anything we wanted in supplies, but that they didn't have many healing draughts, so we would have to pay. We did not want to pay.

#### The Cold Cellar

In return for the healing draughts, Brandr said he would inscribe his Rune of Frost on the wall of the cellar where all the soldiers' beer was kept. This made the quartermaster very happy and he led us down into the cellar. After Brandr had done his business, the Quartermaster pressed his cheek up against the wall and marvelled at its coolness. Thereafter, there was always a queue of dwarf soldiers come to recieve their ration of cold beer.

### Desert Storm

#### Leaving Camp

Once we were ready, we left the camp and headed northwest to where we had been told we would find the Wellspring of Power. With us, we have Nikolai, All, and the Hrukidron-Barag Our plan was to walk along the top of the Rivet as we were told that it was treacherous inside. At the bottom of the Rivet, it was dry and cracked and horrid. It seemed as though a sickness lay on the Rivet - there, the grass and plants were yellow. As we head north, it became more and more sandy, so Snorri fashioned sand shoes for the animals, speeding the company up slightly. However, the Professor began to fall behind. Eventually, he collapsed into the sand. Rel also collapsed by she regained consciousness quickly. She said she felt a wave of magic emanating from the northwest. We tied the Professor to the Hrukidron and continued. We thought that perhaps this Wellspring isn't a great weapon of Sigmar after all.

#### Whipped by the Wind

We continued onwards for sometime, but the weather quckly took a turn for the worse. A sandstorm whipped up and came in unnaturally fast directly from the north. Other, lesser beings, would have got lost in the storm. However, Snorri always knew where north was. We tried to drive straight on into the storm, but it soon became apparent that we could not go on. We made a shelter behind the Hrukidron and hunkered down. As we got bored, Rel introduced us to a game in which we each drew a line in the sand to see what we end up with. It was how elves made maps. This game made Snorri even more bored so he decided to go out into the storm and tryand find a way down into the Rivet where the wind would be less. After finding a path, he returned to the group and kicked their stupid sand picture.

### Into the Rivet

#### A Road to Nowhere

We descended into the Rivet and at the bottom, to our relief, the storm was less stormy. Rel took the lead, checking for quicksand. Soon we came across a paved road which led in exactly the direction we were headed. It was an odd sight in such remote parts. We made excellent time along it.

#### A Desert Forest

After some time, the road vanished and the terrain changed wildly. We soon found ourselves in a lush green forest in the middle of the desert, filled with unfamiliar trees. They were bigger than any we had seen before. The wind had completely died in the forest and all about was still as if the day was fair. We passed throughthe forest with ease, but as we came backout into the storm, Rel got tired so Aleksi took the lead.

#### The Stone Giant

Next we came across a gigantic stone statue. It stood, straddling our path - a titan in the desert. We passed between its legs and looked up. There we saw a gigantic stone cock. As we passed by its gargantuan buttocks, Aleksi became tired but he elected to continue.

#### What's that lying there for? It's not a lion, it's a gyrocopter!

The terrain began to dip dow for a while before levelling off again. In the rocks by the path, Aleksi saw something glinting. Broken, jagged metal jutted out of the sand and, after some digging, a gyrocopter was revealed. It seemed to have been flying northwest. Inside was a skeleton of a dwarf and on the front were the marking of an engineering clan of Karak Izril, that looked similar to those of clan Silverscar. Beyond the gyrocopter, Aleksi became very tired and had to drop back, so Brandr took the lead.

#### Oh look, more sand.

Brandr led us across flat sand that was very boring compared to the marvellous terrain we had just passed through.

#### A Ruined City

After a while, we saw that the sand had blown up against the side of what looked like ruined buildings. After investigating, we saw that there was indeed masonry below the sand. The ruins are neither human or dwarfish, but Rel spotted the Eltharin glyph of Cadaith meaning grace or power on one of the stones. The buildings were lined up, pointing northwest. After this ruined city, Brandr became tired so Snorri took the lead.

#### The Great Pyramid

Shortly after the ruined city, a great pyramid loomed into view. On one side were two great sphincters made of leather. We sqeezed through one and into the cool gloom. Inside there was a crowd of ragged and injured humans. One stepped forward and demanded that we showed him we didn't have horns. We showed them our sweaty, hornless scalps. They said that they were refugees from Libeck and that the village had been completely destroyed. The beastmen had come from the east. Brandr wanted them to stay on as dogs bodies for anyfurther archaeological activities in the pyramid, but the rest of us thought we best be off.

#### The Oasis

As we emerged from the pyramid, we noticed the storm had died down substantially. We continued onwards, led by Snorri, and came to an oasis. It was a true paradise with palm trees, coconuts, and a swan. In the middle of the oasis was an island with a small house on it. We waded over to the island and discovered that there was a strange man in the house who said his name was Mildew. He said he was minding his own business in his forest when he was suddenly teleported here - he had no idea how. He said he too felt the bad magical feeling coming from the northwest, but also the southeast. His hands were bleeding from were he had tried to pet the swan. We decided to leave this strange man to his business with the swan.

#### More Beastmen

After leaving the oasis, the storm died down completely. Snorri, leading the way, spotted a figure on a small rise ahead. Rel looked closer and saw that the creature had horrid rough pebbly skin and was about 9 feet tall. Aleksi decided to loose an arrow. Rel then shot it with the Hrukidron. It turned around to face us. It only had one eye, but it had many teeth. As it started lumbering towards us, more beastmen appeared. They charged in and we fought them about the hrukidron. Rel fired more hrukidron shots at the beast, but it grabbed her and began smashing her around. Nikolai lifted his ring into the air and invoked Dazh, making a blinding flash that only affected the beastmen - they were all blinded. However, Nikolai was still knocked out by the beastman he was fighting. After some more vicious fighting, Rel finally took down the huge created by impaling its heart.