[Ralis] Tiamat Herself!

[Doug Brook]

  An extremely interesting account, it was a pity I couldn't be there.

I felt that  Derek's behaviour was in keeping with his character.

Doug

On 8/09/2010 12:15 AM, Lev Lafayette wrote:
> In nomine Solis,
>
> I Brother Ney, must pen these words in the Temple of the Sun, La
> Finisterra, as the final encounter is reached. We travelled with
> Yarragan the Lich and the Rood Draak Koning, the mighty frilled-necked
> one, into Hell itself, to traverse across those plains of dust and fire
> to the Panoptican. There were fought our way through the honey-combed
> chamber of the beast set against a mighty cliff-face. Confronted by
> humanoid dragons, of various states of transformation, we initially made
> good progress, but were stalled as they brought forth greater dragon kin
> and finally, the Blue Serpent itself who released a mighty blast of
> lightning that destroyed even the Great Wraiths that the Lich had
> brought with him.
>
> It confronted the Red, and soon the two were entwined in a mighty battle
> and none dared approach; even Yarragan when he attempted to wither the
> Blue was slapped by its tail deep into the Panoptican. We fought well,
> especially Grampian and Gwilmas, and thought that the advantage was
> ours; then we saw a terror greater than we'd ever imagined - more
> dragons coming towards the Panoptican. At this point to make matters
> worse a smaller Blue Dragon appeared and felled Gwilmas; and we knew
> that it was our original nemesis, Jose Manuel Isabello Dos Porto.
>
> Hope soon arose as we realised that the approaching dragons were indeed
> of the greed crocodilian breed, led by no less than Queen Joni herself.
> This proved to turn the tide, as the Manuel was forced to yield. At the
> same time, Derek Of The Sounds had made his way to the Blue's treasure
> chamber and was searching those places of wealth. Just then, the Red
> King was felled by a mighty bolt from the Blue Serpent. Before the
> battered remains of that leader could enjoy its victory, four of Green
> released their own acidic breath upon the mighty Blue, felling it. The
> Green dragons then fell upon the corpses of the Red and Blue seeking for
> the heartstones.
>
> This could have meant that thet chamber was available for easy
> searching; Derek had found the phylactery of the Lich who took great
> pleasure in finally receiving control of its soul. The chamber included
> an alter with heartstone-sized indentations; but the foolish Hobbit
> sought to feel and prise about the altar, despite the fact that Garthag
> the Red Wizard had noted magic upon it. Merely touching it summoned
> Tiamat herself, the evil embodiment of the Rainbow Serpent. Her seven
> wicked heads quickly calculated the situation around here; she breather
> cold, electricity, fire and acid simultaneously and felled all within
> that room. We looked upon in horror, so fast was her destruction.
>
> I felt I had no choice; even tho' I was in Hell itself I appealed to the
> Sun for a miracle. We were instantly transported to this safe place,
> along with the corpus of Gwilmas and the charred remains of Derek and
> Garthag - but not of Yarragan, he soul is finally at rest. I conducted
> the ritual of ressurection on the bodies, and then communed with the Sun
> for when Tiamet would come. I was enlightened than within two days.
>
> Tiamat will cause untold destruction if she comes here. Joni considered
> the possibility of sneaking into the Elder City in Hell, whilst Tiamat
> is on the mundane plane. We are fortunate that Larqus and Ishmael are
> with us for advice and magics.
>
> The Devil herself has come. I was wrong; it was not the Blue Serpent
> that was the Sand Devil. It's Tiamat.
>
>
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