Session Fifty Four

The fifty fourth session of the Adventures of the Dragon Crag was on 5th September 2023.

## Party Members Present

* Brandr Sigurdson
* Snorri Morgrimson
* Relnwe Adiath
* Professor Meino Osterhaus
* Aleksi Lehtonen

## Synopsis

### A jabberwhat?

We found ourselves in the heat of the toughest battle yet, attempting to finish the ritual to heal the waystone at the Wellspring of Power, while defending ourselves from an onslaught of beastmen. The Professor had just fallen to his nobbly knees, having taken two arrows to the chest and more beastmen came at us. The great brayshaman, who had accompanied the late Wargor, came forward and raised his staff that seemed to be writhing and hairy. In his other hand he held a horn. Before our eyes, (well not the Professor's because they were closed) his body started to bend and mutate. He grew in stature, and twisted in form, turning into a terrifying Jabberslyth. It pulsated and shimmered in horrific bulbosity. However, none of us were terrified. The Professor probably would have cried or wet himself or something, but he was probably dead. Right now, his small, limp, and (thankfully?) lifeless body was the last thing on our minds as we faced down the Jabberslyth.

### The Ritual

At Snorri's request, Aleksi carved into the bray shaman that snorri was currently grappling, killing almost immediately. The substantially injured Burlok then bravely charged at the Jabberslyth. Brandr saw that the Professor was dead and moved to finish the ritual. He said some weird words and splashed some blood from his cuts onto the obelisk. It was a very complex set of actions and the waystone began to emit a bright light. Soon the entire area was bathed in light coming, it seemed, from the floor.

### The Fight Continues

While Brandr did his thing, Rel continued to fight the beastmen around her. Logan charged at the Jabberslyth and Snorri climbed back up to the Hrukidron to take a shot at the monster. At that moment, the Professor woke up. He wasn't dead as it turned out, just unconscious. As predicted, he wet himself the moment he saw the Jabberslyth and ran to hide behind the waystone. Aleksi, on the other hand, was not afraid and charged the beast, striking his axe deep into its hide. The jabberslyth let out a tremendous roar of pain, and turned around to face Aleksi. It spread its body out to engulf Aleksi's vision. Now Aleksi was scared and a dark wet patch spread across his kislevian pantaloons. The jabberslyth then opened its gaping jaws and sprayed out a vicious bile, covering Aleksi, Brandr, and Behram who stood nearby. At the same time, the bestigor fighting Rel smacked her on the right arm, before throwing her against the barricades, knocking her out cold. Brandr charged in to avenge her but only managed to lob his hammer over the barricades.

### Bring it down!

Logan carved a slice out of the Jabberslyth with his great axe just as Behram clonked it har on the head. At that, the Jabberslyth flew up into the air, but as it took off, Logan caught its right leg with his axe, forcing it to land awkwardly ontop of Snorri. Just then, the Ritual completed and brightlights converged on the obelisk, causing it to glow a brilliant white light. Momentarily all were blinded. Then, a black cloud flashed away into the distance and all the beastmen were hit with an invisible forces, knocking them to the ground. Clarity returned to the Rivet. The waystone was fixed. Brandr and the Professor felt strength as magical energy from the obelisk concentrated in them.

### Cleaning Up

Brandr sprang forth and grabbed his warhammer, charging the bestigor that hurt Rel. He brought down his hammer with mighty force, pulverising its head. Aleksi then charged the fallen Jabberslyth. He wielded his axe with great zeal against the beast, ripping its wretched heart out of its ugly chest. After that, we polished off the last of the beastmen. It was over - the day was ours! The waystone was fixed and the oppressive air around the Rivet had faded away; the blackened ground around us seemed lighter. As we stood on the field of victory, we all heard a slight voice in the sky that said "Good" and Aleksi's axe jolted in his hand.