Episode 5.7

Brad, Kathy, Ernie, Wendell, Greg, Bob

The party met Fargost at the appointed time and place. They decided to pretend that Fargost had captured a few of them and the rest would be invisible. The frost giant went ahead into the dragon’s lair and returned claiming that the dragon was not there. The party went in to investigate.

Taragazon’s lair was a large cavern that was open to the sky on the far side. The party could see the side of a nearby snow covered mountain and determined the dragon’s lair was high up in a mountain range. The dragon did not appear to be there at first. However, when Kathy, who had cast see invisibility before entering, walked into the lair, she immediately spotted the dragon hiding invisibly on a shelf near the center of the cave. Just as she was warning the party, the dragon breathed her icy breath at them, injuring everyone but Kathy and Bob who were two far away.

Brad and Fargost charged the now visible dragon. In response, the dragon flew up into the air and out into the open sky, safe from any melee attack. Bob, Kathy, Ernie and Torcyn began launching spells at the dragon while Greg threw his mindblade at it. Wendell tried to hit it with his crossbow but failed. The dragon made itself invisible again and then blocked Kathy and Bob off from the room with a wall of ice. Bob took Kathy and teleported back into the room, then pointed out where the dragon was now flying by hittingit with a fireball. Torcyn followed her lead. The dragon then tried to land on Bob and Kathy with her crush attack. The attack nearly killed Kathy, but Bob managed to avoid being trapped. Now in reach, Brad, Greg, Fargost and Wendell all converged on the dragon and killed her before she could escape again.

After killing the dragon, they retrieved the needed key along with other treasure that she had stashed in her lair. Fargost drug her body to the ledge and pushed it over the cliff. They parted ways with the frost giant, then went to check out the other gate.

Beyond the gate they found another junction room with two intact gates and six destroyed gates. Like before (see episode), they found lots of remains of orcs, dwarves and elves. After searching for a while, they eventually found the elf who had the key to activate the other intact gate. Stepping through, they found a room with one side collapsed in. The other side had an entrance to a natural cave tunnel with light seeping in. Their appearance must have startled a flock of bats because the room filled with a swarm of flapping wings. The bats retreated out into the cave. Brad commented that it was likely to warn people that some had arrived through the gate. He was proven o be correct. When they exited the tunnel, they found themselves in a forest where several dozen elves, all pointing at them with bows, and a single female goblin, who seemed to be in charge. Brad tried to explain who they were and where they came from and the goblin agreed to let the party bring the refugees through the gate.