He must never sleep again
The party tracks down Aaron the dealer, discovering he deals drugon. After learning about his imprisoned brother, Maltheo, justifying his actions as chaotic justice, kills Aaron. Later, they meet with Kleggak to reach Mount Mentiri. After some distractions, the party enters the lair of the harpies.
Session 56
Before leaving to hunt down the drug dealer we've been told about, Briya finds a massive upside-down growing tree and takes note of it.
The group tests all of its skills to hunt down the drug dealer. We're able to get a description of him from a local kid; Briya turns into a blood hawk to hunt for him, and spots him after an hour, walking out of a tavern on the edge of town. She follows him to a home in a more residential part of town indicating this is probably where he lives. Briya comes back to report his whereabouts.
We depart immediately and arrive not long after. Kra'naelen smooth-talks us into Aaron's house where Maltheo then convinces him with a lie to show us his product. (It's drugon). The dealer wants to talk to his superior before we all get involved in the business. But, as he turns, he is immediately pinned down by Yahnist. Maltheo leans over the prone man and asks him if anyone who cares for him is still living (family, etc.) who would want to hear from him, but gets no reply. Maltheo raises his tail over Aaron's chest on the floor. He and Yahnist intimidate him enough to get him to admit he has a brother in the cells of Nogvurat serving life for... maybe murder? I don't even know for which time. "Life is chaos; we make justice and this is justice," replies Maltheo as his tagger takes the man's life.
Prophet is disgusted. Briya and Kra'naelen aren't impressed. Cass wants to cover our tracks, so we put a sick note on the door, and pose the body on the couch with a blanket. Yahnist and Cass take the found drugon, and we all quickly and quietly head back to town.
We meet up with Kleggak again, who is leading a group of reinforcements and also has three great eagles for us. Kra'naelen and Maltheo each take an eagle. Prophet summons a greater steed as a pegasus. Yahnist and Briya take the last eagle. We fly with Kleggak and the gang to the volcanic peak of Mount Mentiri. The air becomes hotter and more tropical. It takes a few hours to make the journey, and above the mountain is a large cloud of storms; it's perpetual but there's no rain. Closer on, he points out the lair area, and says it's time for them to split off north to detonate their boom sticks as a distraction. We can head in after we hear them.
The entrance is natural with some construction around. We wait stealthily and then hear the booms. Raising from various nests and more nests are bird-creatures that are not unlike Aarakocra. We hear them speaking common, shouting to each other to rise and investigate. We see an Aarakocra having been hung by the wings from a post. Wearing a chest plate made to look like a sun in the metallic top, with carvings on the leather bodice etched with trees.
Combat!
Cass 23
Maltheo 22
Kra'naelen 18
(npc) queen
Yahnist 15
Briya 13
(npc) Pink (caster)
Prophet 11
Echo 6
Combat paused. Notes are as follows:
- We have resisted red's "song"
- Mother has a gas cloud and is grappled by bigby's hand
- Yellow has hunter's marked Kra'naelen