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| Dolgrin |
Dolgrin nodded to
Barit Coinmail while signalling his
agreement to Lapis. The trio prepared
themselves for the magic of the elemental font to grab hold, transporting them
to the Elemental Plane of Earth. Travel
magic always made him uncomfortable, Dolgrin felt like for the briefest of
moments he didn’t exist, then to be suddenly thrust into a small dark
tunnel that, were it not for the magic
of his pact with Lapis, lacked air for Dolgrin to breath. Dolgrin’s dwarven senses quickly established
he was at a depth he had never before visited and yet somewhere else
entirely. Lapis started to explain to
Dolgrin but was interrupted by the movement of earth around them, propelling
them towards a large cavern, a chamber that soon revealed hundreds of earth
elementals that Lapis introduced as his family.
Barit realized that many of the elementals were injured and began to
spread his healing among them. The
cavern thrummed to the elementals vibrations filling Dolgrin with a sense of
foreboding and an image of a larger group of elementals coming towards them,
minutes away.
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| See those troops? They ain't ours |
Dolgrin and Lapis raced to the peak of the earthen valley
while Barit kept channeling energy and converting spells to healing for the
wounded. Staring out at the massive charge of dark elementals an idea occurred
to Dolgrin that his aura of good might be strong enough to draw at least some
of the charging forces away from the valley to chase him, hopefully providing
Barit enough time. Lapis drew upon the
earth of his home, growing in stature.
Dolgrin realized that other
lesser elementals answered Lapis call physically joining up with him,
sacrificing their consciousness to merge with Lapis. The effect increased Lapis’ size and
strength. Newly empowered, Lapis formed
up into an earthen chariot, gliding out towards the charging hoard before
turning to the hoards flank. Hoping to
draw their attention. Dolgrin muttered
his prayers then called upon his mythic powers of leadership to draw several
other elementals, previously unaligned to their cause. The sudden increase in numbers fooled the
leaders of the dark elementals into protecting their flank, sending half their
number after Dolgrin’s chariot. To Dolgrin’s great surprise they confounded
their error when the rest of the elemental hoard halted their charge, waiting
to see the outcome of the new battle.
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| For your safety, no pants! |
Dark Earth Screamers tore after Doglrin aboard the Lapis
Chariot, some getting close enough to feel the bite of Dolgrin’s Adamantine
Waraxe. For several long minutes they
gave chase before realizing the circle Dolgrin had lead them in, driving their
charge into the now healed forces of Lapis’ family. The remainder of dark elementals that had
halted their charge realized their folly too late retreating when they saw the
battle was lost. The celebration of
victory was short for Dolgrin, Lapis, and Barit. The trio stayed long enough for Lapis’
heroics to be recognized by his family, making permanent his new size,
strength, and aura. Activating his
mythic powers, Dolgrin’s weapon, newly enhanced with lighting lead the Trio to
a portal home.
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| And Lapis is getting LARGER |
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