01/26/2023 Virtuous Age Session 34: SilverSnitch, The LakeTower, and Death of the Opal Dragon

 

We begin tonight’s session in the giant-sized LakeTower house in hostile pursuit of SilverSnitch.  Our characters step into the fourth floor. Here a large rug, desk with a mysterious mirror on the wall. A strange coral-like wall (ancient dragon scales) obscured the far end of the level, hiding the sources of two blue lights. A strange shadow-well sat ominously in a corner. It was this well where this rooms shadow monsters retreated to. 

We decide to run to the fifth floor. This room reveals itself as a bedroom. At this time our characters hear an organ from an upper floor. The room is magical and contains three dragon skulls, there is a pervasive aura of fear here. 

Continuing up to the next level and the sound of the organ our characters eventually come to a magical are of guards and wards. With this in our path our characters decide to investigate the rooms we passed up below.

In the room with the giant bed, there is giant cutlery and carved initials in the table. The letters KN as if a giant carved them. There is a chest and the bed radiates magic. Eabrossi examines the chest and triggers a trap that unleashes three swarms. The bed also proved to be fun when Kron tested its comfort only to be attacked by a couple of bears.

Retreating back down to the room with the coral-like wall. Here we find a scrying table, the desk with the overturned mirror and the shadow well. The well is about 5’ in diameter and is filled with shadow stuff. There are three drawers in the desk, it does not appear to be trapped. 

Tena and Aevum decide it would be an idea to move the magic mirror over the shadow well. When we move the mirror it reveals papers and works on the desk. 

We find a list of strange words. First five words are scratched and the last is likely a password. One of the drawers contains a black cloth cover for the mirror. In the second drawer are five finely worked old dragon scales and capable of being enchanted. The third drawer has a lot of masterwork expert tools of small sized.

With what we hope is the password for the guards and wards we head back up the stairs to encounter a couple of bodaks. After dispatching the two undead we head up to the guards and wards and state the password. It seems to work and we proceed to the seventh floor.

One section of this room has newish potted plants. Between them is a shadow well. A urn that emanates light. A large semicircle of stone and the lapping of water- a fountain. Large lilly pads are in the fountain but still no organ in sight. 

We continue upstairs.

On the eighth floor we find SilverSnitch, an elf woman, and a sinister individual in the room holding palaver. Five shadows also here the woman is the figure from Ziagan’s fever dream- the Opal Dragon. SilverSnitch is the cohort of the Opal Dragon. 

The battle was fierce. Kron defeats the opal dragon, a void dragon spawn of the shadow dragon.