Dragon Hunting

• Me
• Assy
• Mimsy
• Mila
• Sylk

I received a last minute notice to join on a job to be a guard for a caravan. From what I know we have a lot of spellcasters to be as guards for this caravan but we can probably do what we need to do anyways.

As we went down the road, a...dog showed up on the road. It was a golden retriever that was radiating magic to it. It had a collar on it that said we needed to return the dog to a Wizard Tower in the North Dragonspire Mountains for a reward. The dog's name was Dell and she belonged to Leonardo.

Before we could figure out what to do, Dell began alerting to something off the path and Arlie would kill me if I didn't follow Assy's whims so off we went to chase. Dell led us to a cave opening and well, we went inside.

This cave was incredibly hot and kept getting worse the further we entered. There was a crevasse with lava at the bottom which definitely explains the heat in portion. There was a few rotted crates and boxes all over.

We continued moving through the cave, getting through a steamy space that was being affected by a device from the Elemental Plane of Fire. And then there was a door with a puzzle on it that Sylk figured out the code for, causing it to open and we were greeted by a lot of hobgoblins.

Instead of fighting, we did convince them to come with us back to the Syndicate. Then we found animals that were captured and caused Dell to freak out. Luckily the hobgoblins still decided to return with us but when we exited the cave the dragon that owned this lair and hired the hobgoblins showed up. His name was Torch.

After a moment, we luckily managed to take out the dragon. Thank gods for that.

(The following is written in an obnoxiously gorgeous handwriting...)

They're Good Adventurers, Brent

28 Tarsakh, 1502 DR

Thrax prepared a mission for a group of five (Astraelis, Mila, Mimsy, Salviron, and myself, Sylk) to venture into the currently storming Dragonspire Peaks. Our goal was to assist with escorting a caravan to the Citadel of the Raven, though we would never find this Citadel. Shortly into our adventure, we were met with a canine, a "golden retriever," as the others described. Everything about her radiated magic, and her collar described her name to be Dell. Her owner, Leonardo, requested her return if she was lost. After discussion with the caravan, we set out to see what had upset Dell and followed into the woods.

A cave mouth greeted us, filled with steam intense enough to ward away the rain. We wandered in, with Mila's flying feline familiar scouting ahead for us. The cavern left little impression, other than it being painfully filled with geysers that threatened our every step. One fork in the road led to a sleeping quarters with a molten rock moat and a hidden door, containing more treasures. The other side of the fork, past a fire elemental gemstone, led to a puzzle door. Salviron's alchemical knowledge deduced the solution, and I entered the code.

Inside were a handful of hobgoblins and their smaller goblin counterparts, as well as cages containing surface-dwelling animals. Dell rushed ahead, barking for their freedom. Mila and I requested the goblinkin free the animals, and in return, we would escort them to the Glassfang Syndicate. They explained their skepticism due to their current employer, a dragon named Torch, would not take too kindly to this betrayal. We wore them down, freed the creatures, and escorted the large group outside the cave.

On the way to the caravan, we were accosted by Torch and four hobgoblins. Torch was angry, spewing fire on us all and shouting he wanted the dog. Dell healed our burns, and a tense fight began. The red wyrmling fought with much might but clever spells and tactics made him little of a match for our intrepid team. When he fell, the hobgoblins surrendered. We convinced them to go with us to the Glassfang Syndicate as well.

The caravan had a guest when we returned, none other than Leonardo the wizard. He thanked us for Dell's return, and explained the dog had been an Archdruid in these lands. She had felled Torch's mother in the past. Eventually the stresses of life wounded her resolve, and she decided to live the rest of her days as a happy canine. Leonardo gifted us magical items as well as his gratitude. With an army of goblinkin, we easily completed our escort of the caravan, and returned home.

Loot

• 400gp
  • 80gp per person
• x1 Potion of Resistance (Fire)
• x1 Syndicate Token
• Leonardo's gratitude (intangible)

All notes are listed with accuracy to the best of my memory. -Sylkran "Sylk" Teke'zynge, 28 Tarsakh, 1502 DR

I accompannied other members of Syndicate - Mimsy, Astraelis, Salviron and Sylk - into guarding the Caravan through Dragon Spine Mountains to the Citadel of Raven. My companions were mostly grumpy about the rain and my attempt at cheering them up by summonning Scratch - my sphinx of wonder familiar - didn't help because he also got upset about the rain. Caravan stopped upon seeing a dog - a golden retriver - on the road. We investigated, finding out it is friendly to Scratch, and everyone else, and seems to be owned by local wizard named Leonardo. The dog seemed agitated and wanted us to follow. her somewhere. Thinking either the wizard is in trouble that we should deal with or, if we leave his dog without help, we will have wizard trouble, I sent Scartch after her.

The dog was clever enough to lead us to a cave, filled with steam. The heat and small geysers of steam gave us the run for our money, especially in one large room. After solving a puzzle, we found a room where group of Goblins and Hobgoblins were keeping animals in cages. The dog was very agitated about letting them be free. Thankfully, I offered Goblisn and hobgoblins to ditch their curent empolyeer - a Dragon named Torch - and seek employment at Syndicate. With everyone's help we managed to convince them and lead the large group out of this horrible cave.

On our way back we were attacked by the Torch, who exploded Scratch and almost killed us, if it wasn't for dog to heal us. We gave our all agaisnt the creature and beat it. I managed to convince few Hobgoblisn that were Torch's bodyguards, to also seek employment at the Syndicate. I am very happy that I managed to save few of my brethren from the awful life of servitude. Now I need to help them find new job at the Syndicate. I hope they manage to adjust.

Also, we found out the dog was a retired archdruid in diguise and the Dragon had personal vendetta against her, for killing his mother. World sure is strange.

Second also, I adopted a moose. Hope they have stable big enough for them at Syndicate headquaters.