THE GREEN DRAGON ATTACKS!
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"Looks like the rumors about dragon attacks here are true." I said, referencing one of the Hlaalu guards of Balmora. |
Suddenly, we heard a loud roar, and all eyes turned to the sky. |
Children screamed, and people scattered in all directions, trying to avoid being either burned alive, or becoming dinner for this huge animal. As it hovered overhead, I struck it with two spells; one that caused dire weakness to frost, and a second one of God's Frost. The creature roared in pain, but persisted in blasting more fire down on the village. I used two more spells; dire weakness to shock, followed by a lightning storm spell. Sparks flew all over the dragon, and it flew off, howling in either anger or pain, I wasn't sure which. More to the point, I didn't care which, I was just glad it left. |
We agreed to help find his sister. |
We made our way too far over the mountains, ending back at the Odai River, checked the mountains there, and still had no luck. We found a bridge and crossed back to the west side of the river. The House Hlaalu stronghold on the Odai Platau was nearby, so I suggested we go there. It was up on a high ridge, and should give us a better view of the area. By this time, night had fallen, and still no sister to be found. |
As we located a safe place for the night, we came across the place where this strange group of wizards was supposed to be based. |
She pouted, but agreed. |
I finally arrived at the bottom of what must have been hundreds of stairs and found myself looking down a very, very long hall. There was a light at the end of it, but I could tell if there was actually anyone there or not. I proceeded cautiously. |
Opening the chest, I found a note inside. The letter indicated that the information given in the Red Book of Worms was fraudulent, and that this organization didn't really know how anyone could actually become a Lich. It also stated that the things that were to be gathered and brought here (the troll-bone helmet, wooden staff, and diamond) was just a test to see just how dedicated one was to actually joining this group. The letter went on to say that they called themselves "The Illuminated Order of the Invisibles", that they studied things that the temple had outlawed, hence the need for extreme secrecy about their doings. There was a key and instructions to visit a home in Balmora, go down to the lowest levels, and speak with Thuvien Demnevanni about officially joining their order. |
I decided to take the key and went back up the 2 million steps to the top of the tomb. |
I didn't tell her about the key. The next morning, we continued searching for Salus' sister. |
Among the normal stuff (weapons, soul gems of various sizes and shapes, armor, gold, etc), I found a few things I had found once before: ash statues. I wasn't sure of their significance, but I had found similar things in Sixth House bases that I had raided over the last year, so they had to be related to that sort of thing. There was too much for us to carry, so we decided to come back later and get it when we had the time. As we left the cave, we saw the dragon circling the sky in the distance, then saw it swoop down, blazing fire from it's mouth, and eating someone or something, then flew off to the east. It was the girl, Salus' sister. The dragon had eaten her alive, and we had failed in our mission to bring her back to Hla Oad safely. We would have to find it's cave on our own. |
After several hours of searching, we finally found a small entrance. It didn't look like a smuggler's cave or tomb, so we decided to give it a try. As soon as we got down the ladder, we were attacked by a large cave rat. "Ugh, I hate rats." Laurenna shouted. "Don't worry," I said, "that's what us wizards are for." and blasted the rat with a poison air spell. |
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There was an exhaust port at the top of it, and I wondered what would happen it was plugged up. Either a Dwemer tube or cylinder would stop the steam from escaping, but I wasn't sure which would work better. "Can we do any more here?" Laurenna asked. I thought for a moment, then came to a decision. "Laurenna, guard this spot for me. I will use my recall spell to go to a merchant I use in Caldera. I believe I may have sold him the very things we may need to complete this task. Also, I don't want you to take any chances. If the dragon comes here, I want you to use the recall amulet I gave you to go back to Lokken castle. If that happens, I'll meet you there, ok?" Laurenna agreed, and with a blast of my own magic, I used my own recall spell to arrive back in Caldera, to deal with the most important merchant in Vvardenfell: Creeper. |
"I don't want to work. I just want to bang on my drum all day." he shouted as I arrived via my recall spell. After he shouted that he's got booze (and I said I didn't need any, thanks), we got down to trading business. It seems he had the very things I was looking for, since I had sold them to him a long time back. I took a dwemer tube and a dwemer cylinder, paid him for it, then headed back to the Caldera Mage's Guild office for transport back to Balmora. We were finally going to get into this dragon's hideout. I just wasn't sure how I was going to do it yet. |