Transformations

**"Transformations" (1x09)** is the ninth session of the first chapter of A War On All Sides. As certain chapters close, new ones are just beginning.

## **Synopsis**

As night blanketed Freynor Keep in a peaceful darkness, Crawmi was met with wicked dreams. An unknown entity, revealing himself as Fu'ulphul, promised to help Crawmi get his mother back and get revenge on those who took her. As the chaotic dream subsided, Crawmi awoke in a sweat. Going to wipe his forehead, a burst of energy from his hand collided with his head, knocking him back into slumber.

Morning came for everybody several hours later. Nowun and Ronwe awoke to strange happenings. Ronwe watched as a bird landed on his windowsill and began speaking in a strange tongue. As it flew away, he burst it into feathers with a fire bolt. Nowun looked out of his window to see a tree with what appeared to be a face in it. As this was occurring, Ronwe received a call from Tyrael to confirm the travel sponsorship was set with the conservatory. He also made sure they knew to bring any samples of Lightshards that they could.

Soon after, Mort the bugbear guard, came upstairs to retrieve the party. Apparently some uninvited guests had come into the keep and caused a bit of a ruckus. Miksin was apparently very upset downstairs. The party descended down the stairs one by one, noticing quite a site. Below in the foyer, a group of kobolds were in discussions with Miksin about seeing their master! Though their demeanor was very urgent, Miksin only cared that the one missing an arm was bleeding all over the floor. The party decided to intervene, and found out that these Kobolds, led by one named Bewp, were here to see their master. After some discussions with the kobolds, finding out that they incapacitated Freynor outside, the party followed the flock downstairs into the basement. As they moved through the darkness, they found themselves at the mouth of the tunnel that Ivantar had been carving the previous night. The kobolds excitedly rushed ahead, with the party keeping close. As the tunnel opened up into a large cavern, they were surprised to see a copper dragon curled up in the back of the room, asleep. The kobolds rushed the creature, waking it up with much admiration and praise. The first words out of the dragon's mouth? "Oh no."

The party learned that Ivantar was actually a young copper dragon, and that the previous night he created his lair, filling it with the Lightshard he had found. The work of excavation and the now latent energies that were uncovered through the creation of his lair caused him great exhaustion. In this haze, he was unable to stop his body from reverting out of its human form and into that of his true, draconian visage. The party had some discussions on this, and ultimately weren't that mad about it. It was kind of cool to be friends with a dragon.

Breakfast was had (a bit uncomfortable for Ivantar as Felzl'pop the kobold kept touching his abs), new free workers were acquired, and oh yeah, PATSY still had to be taken back to town! The party formed up and began the trek back, but not before Griff possessed the body of Hekki'zoo, one of the kobolds. Along the way they encountered an abandoned shack, where inside a dwarf had impaled himself with a Corrupted Lightshard, a Lightshard with a black appearance. After a short time, his ramblings turned to madness, and he began attacking the party. The party damaged him quickly, causing his body to writhe and transform before their eyes! He grew spines and a mad, demonic appearance. Despite this new, wild form, the party was able to dispatch the creature. They learned that these corrupted shards seemed to have negative effects on a person, though they did not find out much beyond that. Nowun decided to take the chunk of shard that remained for himself. Surely a grand idea.

The party entered Menagerie, found Murat, and gave him back his mechanical friend. The two embraced lovingly, and Murat thanked the party. As night settled upon the town, Von Drak of the Deck of Shadows once again reached out, this time via message. He had a sort of security job that he needed help with. He would pay handsomely. The party would meet at The Thin Curtain in the morning for details, if they desired.

## **Featured Characters**

### **Player Characters**

* Ivantar
* Ronwe
* Freynor
* Crawmi
* Nowun

### **New**

* Kobolds
	+ Bewp
	+ Kolgerazineagolganeth’razinoterius
	+ Vor'kith
	+ Hekki'zoo
	+ Felzl'pop
	+ Ska'tarnash
	+ Sin'tar

### **Returning**

* Griff
* Murat Ren
* PATSY