Session Fifty Five

The fifty fifth session of the Adventures of the Dragon Crag was on 26th September 2023.

## Party Members Present

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

## Synopsis

### The Day is Saved

#### The Field of Victory

We found ourselves at the Wellspring of Power, yet again on the field of victory. About us lay the bodies of our many slain foes: beasty bodies, twisted and still. Unfortunately, among the dead were two Longbeards we did not even learn the names of. We introduced ourselves to the slayer who had joined the fight and he told us he was called Logan Grimbody. Naturally, he did not want to go into his past. Above us, the waystone was fixed and a magical barrier all the colours of magic surrounded it, protecting it from harm. Neither Brandr's hammer, nor Behram's magic tankard could breech it. We sat down, exhausted, and enjoyed a brief moment of rest, although it was not long before we saw dust on the horizon.

#### The Second Battle of the Rivet

Thankfully, it was not more beastmen, but a troop of dwarf warriors led by Durak. He approached us worn, but smiling, and raised his fist shouting "Victory! Gorog!" He told us that the Second Battle of the Rivet had ended in a victory for the dwarf throng. However, they had been hard pressed and it looked like they would lose, until the beastmen were thrown to the ground by a magical force and were routed. We knew, of course, that it was our fixing of the waystone that had acheived this. The rest of the beastmen were currently being cleared up by the dwarf army and that it was time to think of heading home. At this, we cheered and Brandr called for ale. Durak said there was some back in camp and that we would set off home in the morro.

#### Bring out the Barrels

We returned to the dwarf camp on the site of the battle and celebrations were already in full swing. The battlefield about was covered in beastman corpses. Master engineer Alri Morgansfind greeted us, he looked banged up. Apparently the beastmen had begun jumping off the cliffs to get at them. He was forced to set off the blackpowder to stop them. Lina and the rangers were also there, as was Ranulf and Ulrica, as well as Nikolai and Filiberta Rohr, the leader of the Libeck refugees. Filiberta told us that they would have a look at their ruins of their village, but that they would make a new one near Reimar if necessary.

#### Homeward Bound

The next day, we awoke and began the long journey home to Karak Azgal where Our House waited for us. On the way, we said goodbye to Nikolai. He said that Aleksi would do a better job than him at finding trade routes and much needed resources for their home. The rest of us deeply doubted this.

### A Victorious Return

#### Banners and Hammers

The dwarfen throng marched through the gates of Karak Azgal. We proudly marched at the fore with Durak. We marched through Deadgate where the dirty denizens jumped out of our way. As we passed Our House, Durak gave us a banner to hang at the door. Snorri stung it up and shot a salute from his Azthrund. Then, we marched up the stairs and into Skalf's Hold. The gates were thrown wide and dwarfen horns rang out through the streets in a glorious fanfare. The dwarfs of the hold looked on in awe, even Rel had her ears uncovered. We headed straight for the Keep and into the forecourt. Thane Kragdin Rorganson came out of the great doors, followed by the King himself. The King addressed his army. He said: "Hah, my brethren, you have come in victory." Then he told us to return to our homes and rest before he would throw a proper celebration in a week's time.

#### The King's Feast

A week passed and we did odd jobs around Our House and rested up. Then, when the day came, we polished our weapons and armour, washed our beards, removed belly button lint, and waxed the tips of our ears. We came into the kings hall and all was ringing with food, drink, and good cheer. After a few pints, Snorri presented the beard ornament we found in the manticore's lair to the King. He was pleased beyond measure and a great cheer erupted throughout the throng. He then said that he would like to meet us in private. Then, he formally welcomed home the Forgekeepers, Runelords of Karak Izril. He alsonamed Aleksi, Rel, and the Professor dwarf-friends. After we retook our seats, the party continued and we talked to Vikram who was also present. He hadn't fully recovered from his injuries, but was in good spirits. He was there with Starik, his son. He told us that they had begun to rebuild their stronghold in the Ruins and hadn't seen Flame-Head again. He said that we should come to his clan hold to discuss further forays into the ruins - he wanted to get down to level 8. After some more talk of the baddies we were yet to face, and plenty more beers, we headed home.

#### Behram takes his tablets

The next day, Behram visited us at Our House. We showed him the beer recipe tablets that we had recovered from his Stoutbeard clan hold in the Ruins. He teared up as he looked on his long-lost clan heirlooms. He told us that we may call upon his clan for aid any time we like and then he gave us his magi tankard of healing - the Alewarden's Tankard. He said tha they would relocate some of their clan here, to Karak Azgal, ready to rebuild the mighty Karak Izril when the time came. Of course, we took the tankard straight to the pub where Aleksi hit Brandr with his axe. Brandr drank from the tankard and was healed.