#70 - Blue Dragon's den

 The Kobold prisoners revealed several facts to the party.  

·         There are "worms" in the crags, and the closer you get to the center the more likely you are to encounter them

·         There are undead spirits who reside along the trail to the center

·         This group of kobold’s is from Terra Malatia.  They were brought here by the Thinker of Thoughts as Tribute to the blue dragons.  (Azazel, Lema, and Hizzah).  The Thinker has established a base of operation in the ancient city.   He wanted to make peace with his neighbor Lema and her sons.  So he arranged for a group of kobolds to be brought to Ares as their servants.  Lema and Azazel are now dead, but Hizzah survives.

·         Sihirbaz did pass through, but the kobolds betrayed him to a group of Thri bounty hunters, in the employ of the Thinker.  He was likely captured and taken prisoner.

·         Hizzah is in possession of a key to a secret gate to the city.

With that news, the party decided to attempt a raid on the blue dragon den to recover the key.

They encountered Hizzah, the surviving young dragon, and a large contingent of kobolds.  This included a high level kobold cleric, and several winged and non-winged kobold minions.

The ranger Mahlkier scouted out the site in advance, and they wisely chose to focus their fire on the kobolds first.  They were able to take out almost all of the minions, and do serious damage to the cleric.  The cleric turned invisible to escape.  But the party's wizard, Jedwin, had the ability of "true sight" from a device he possess.  He was able to finish off the cleric soon after.  

The party recovered the dragon's treasure hoard.  The party also found a key, which may be the key to the ancient city gate.       

15000GP

·         1900PP

·       4 are objects (250 GP each)

o   Large Tapestry

o   Carved Ivory Statuette

o   Bronze Crown

o   Silver necklace with a gemstone pendant

o   Potion of cloud giant strength   (claimed by Perra/Bill)

o   Potion of Speed (claimed by Lenny/John)        

o   Spell Scroll 1 (Create food and water)  (Claimed by Jedwin/Randy)

o   Potion of Climbing (Claimed by Mahlkier/Patrick)

o   Philter of Love (unclaimed)

o   Dust of Dryness (Claimed by Mahlkier/Patrick)

o   Potion of Water Breathing (claimed by Whisper/Brian)

o   Potion of Growth (unclaimed)

o   Wind Fan (claimed by Whisper/Brian)

o   Shield of Missile Attraction (claimed by Perra/Bill)  THIS IS  A CURSED ITEM.  Now that Perra as attuned to it, he will always choose to wield it, and suffer its effects until the curse is dispelled.  In fact, this item is kind of a mixed blessing that might actually do more good than harm.)

o   Figurine of Wondrous Power (Serpentine Owl) (claimed by Jedwin/Randy)