Expedition 130: Contact the Torruflophans

### Summary:

Ranag, Clarity, Celestina, and Ark head to Katrakotia and meet Grandelder Megafaunaculturalist Ivy, one of the eight leaders of the Torruflophans. We learn more about the internecine politics of Katrakotia, then go to find whatever has been dragging away their livestock, eventually discovering a plated behir and several blue dragon wyrmlings, which we narrowly defeat.

### Detailed Description:

Head south on phantom steeds, avoiding an ambush of Kruthiks in a valley. We find a stash of dinosaur eggs, which we take for Eld's bounty. We reach an oasis of layered waterfalls, with some Torruflophans shepherding a group of varied dinosaurs. They spot us and the largest floats over and starts talking to us. We learn its name is Grandelder Megafaunaculturalist Ivy, and they are one of the eight leaders of the Torruflophans. Ark talks to them, saying that Sepid is accusing them of digging for a weapon with Torr's pit, and suggests that perhaps common enemies can be friends. Ark asks about their digging project, and they claim are going after Torr but not any other weapon. We tell them that we sympathize with freeing positive gods.

We ask if Sepid has any significant allies, and Ivy suggests the Raaluflophans may sympathize with Sepid, solely to weaken the Torruflophans, but he doesn't have other allies, just minions. They point out a group of four peaks where his lair is, saying three have decoy lairs built into them. We ask if there is anything else they need help with and Ivy tells us something has been taking their livestock. There was a blue dragon they thought might be the cause, but they hunted it down and the kills continued. The attacks and the trails happened somewhere to their southwest. They also have seen small humanoids that attack them, and large humanoids to the northeast.

We offer to try track down whatever is attacking their herds, and head southwest to the Crack. We eventually follow a blood trail to a cave network, which Ark's familiar explores for us. There are dinosaur carcasses, being eaten by two blue wyrmlings and some sort of slug like beast. They are clearly too small to have dragged the dinosaurs all this way, but we decide to attack them before something bigger returns. We fire spells down from a hole in the roof, severely injuring the enemies we see, and Ranag jumps down to finish the job. More wyrmlings fly in, and as Clarity jumps down and polymorphs herself, an enormous Plated Behir reveals itself from stealth and attacks. Its lightning breath is devastating, and two of the wyrmlings fly out of the cave and get off additional breath weapon attacks on Celestina and Ark, who remained up top. We finish off the wyrmlings in the cave and exchange blows with the Behir, but after another use of its lightning breath, it snakes up through the roof of the cavern. Ark goes down but is quickly restored, and Ranag flies out of the cave on Broadwings to try and take it's focus. Ranag unleashes a blast of flame as they go down, leaving the Behir on its last legs, and Ark finally kills the monster with a high level Magic Missile. We finish off the wyrmlings and loot the cave, before returning to Ivy. They invite us to visit the Torruflophan city and thank us for our help. After that, we return North, collecting the dinosaur eggs and counting our spoils.