TFL 17.06.29

Most Epic of Recaps: Whoo-wee! That was a doozy. Let’s see… The Manticores desperately wanted to get out of the castle, and eventually ripped out the door frame enough to allow them to escape, but the party wanted to head further in. Y’all perceived a passage way beneath the throne and were determined to access it. Pushing failed, prodding failed, but when all else fails, blow shit up (props on that by the way, I really didn’t think you’d be able to move that throne). So you found a shaft that plummeted into darkness, and Elphoss decided to just jump straight down the mother fucker. Gravity is a harsh mistress, and so ended the saga of Elphoss the Strange and his beloved rat, Schrodinger. I'd like to think he was calmly taking notes and musing about space/time as he fell. And then there were 5. Adokul decided “what the hell, why not jump into unknown?” and floated down with his bat cape. At the bottom, besides Elphoss’ corpse, he found what he could only assume was a dragon, given the size of the beast, and reported back. At this point the WHOLE PARTY wanted to go down there…to the place that was heavily guarded…that the beasts were running from...that already took one life…and has a dragon. Now the dragon appeared to be sleeping, but the group also blew up the throne at the top of the lair, and proceeded to use magically enhanced vocal chords to shout down into the echoing cavern. Once down on the bottom, Spaghetti was drawn to the far side of the lair, where she and Laina found a withered old man with a crown on a throne, this had to be the King Brivas of lore. He appeared to be dead, but both of them felt a great power emanating from him, and were not inclined to leave. The rest of the group turned their back on the dragon (who was quite awake) and went to see what was up with Spaghetti, allowing the ancient beast to creep up on them from behind. Drake, who was standing closest to the dragon, was instantly ripped to pieces (Bill, for what it’s worth, it was quick and painless; Drake never knew what hit him). And then there were four. This finally convinced most of the group that this might not be the best place to hang out, so Adokul and Ruspbin took flight back up the shaft. They were provided time to escape by Analee, who was still sedated after having been nearly snuffed out in the Bag of Holding. She lay prone, and the great beast happily devoured her whole. And then there were three. Spaghetti still seems content at King Brivas’ side, and the dragon doesn’t seem interested in harming her or Laina. Ruspbin and Adokul escaped to the main throne room, and still the mountain shakes.