Session #26 - Dragon/Darun patrol

In the last session, Perra had left the group with a Malathil patrol to scout out the city of Wingsong.  From a cliff lookout, he observed the goings on in the city, including the activity of a dragon with a rider occasionally circling the city on patrol.

The patrol met up with Surina (the Dragonborn woman who had been brought to Fort Aralan to care for the kidnapped Merdosh a while back).  Surina is now employed as a nanny for one of the Bahumati leaders, and she's acting as a spy for a resistance movement in the city.

Surina tells Perra that there's a great deal of excitement about the freeing of the crown from the Tomb.  The Bahumati feel that the crown can unleash great power for them.  They are very upset that it has gone missing again.

Surina has also heard talk of secret meetings with "Nathnitra" and "Belarcice".  She does not know what these meetings are, or why they are occurring.

On the return trip, Perra and his patrol were being tailed by the dragon and rider.  The decided to split up, with Perra going to the rendevous point with the party, and the patrol going directly back to the Malathil camp.

Along the way, Perra was stopped by the dragon and rider.  The rider was a Darun (a knight in the Bahumati order).  The Darun became suspicious, and asked Perra to return with him to the city.  The dragon flew back to its home, while Perra and the knight walked west on the trail, back toward the city.

The rest of the party had observed this.  Eventually, they caught up with the pair, and ambushed the knight.  Before the end of combat the dragon returned to check on his master.

The party defeated the knight and the dragon.  Yosh fell in combat, but was revived afterward.  Perra delivered the final blow. 

XP:
Dragon (level 6 solo - 1250)
Darun (level 5 elite - 400)
1650/5 characters = 330 
I have everyone at 7135 XP right now

Treasure
From the prior fight with the drow, the party got 170 GP and 2 potions of healing
From the dragon and darun:
+2 skyrender bow (to Gevin)
a glyph that transformed Jhunter's +1 robe of eyes to a +2 robe of eyes
6 potions of healing
550 GP worth of coins and art objects
(Art object 1: a silver lantern with panes of rock crystal and carved hardwood handle, etched with a rising sun motif and studded with reflective quartz crystals   Art Object 2: a silver dagger, with six white moonstones set into the grip and an opaque white chalcedony stone set into the pommel)