Sunday Neth 4 Around 8PM
Continuing on, the party came to a room with a huge well of lava. Two small red dragons were in the pool. One dragon was taunting the party, while the other yelled out for a wish. A Genie came out of the pool and started to fling spells at the group. Khazen used the amulet with the silence on it from the room before to stop the dragon from using any more wishes. Xantumal summoned an air elemental to help control some of the damaging spells. A barbarian charged into the room and helped to kill the dragon.
The barbarian revealed he was actually preacher's brother. They are Shoanti, barbarian from the Storval plateau. Preacher wasn't really a cleric of Pharasma, but a shaman of the Skull clan, though he was aligned with Pharasma in his mission. The barbarian, Mogart never knew where his brother had gone, and was only here to help out the fort. The Skull Clan of the Shoanti, for reasons of their own, want access to Korvosa and are in peace talks with them. But if an agreement won't work, the Shoanti want to help Magnimar win control of Varisia and part of that aid will be access to Korvosa. Mogart brought barbarians with him and when he heard the description of the party that assisted Jakadros retake the fort, he recognized the description of his brother and rushed down to help.
The genie came over and thanked them for freeing him from the control of the dragon. He granted Preacher, Xantumal, Phain and Khazen all one wish. He gave them a token that they could call upon him whenever they felt like using it. Preacher used his on the spot to regain his old form. The genie also warned them that the sword were in the next room.
Heading south they saw the swords rotating around a woman. Phain noticed there were only 5 swords in the air, with one in her hand. The stone pillars were in the side of the room closest to the entrance, while a bridge conncted the other side of the room over a small river. Mogart was going to take the silence amulet and cross the bridge and keep Tirana silenced so she could cast any spells.
As the barbarian crossed the room, Earth elementals popped out of the ground, and Mogart discovered there was some sort of barrier blocking the bridge. Unable to cross, he turned his attention to the elementals. Despite the hard rocky surface reducing his weapon efficiency, each blow seemed to crack and break pieces off of them.
While the barbarian kept the elementals busy, the rest of the group either studied the rock pillars, or tried to find another way in. Khazen used a scroll to turn himself into an earth elemental, as did Xantumal use his shape shift to do so, and tried to find an alternate angle to get inside, with no luck. Orik, Phain and Khazen who returned used a teleport scroll to get inside, but the spell fizzled.
After the elementals were defeated, a kobold came out from a crack in the wall and asked to be freed in return for him helping them get to Tirana. The machine on the upper level had to have a certain pattern of switch flipping and dial turning to power down the three pillars protecting the area. Vale took him upstairs while everyone else waited for the force field to disappear.
When it did, their plan worked to perfection. Mogart used the amulet to keep Tirana silent, while the druid dropped in elemental form right on top of Tirana. The party killed her off without much resistance.
As they recovered the swords, they noticed the scimitar, Chellan the sword of Greed, was missing.
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