Editing Game-Summaries:11/17/2018 Recollections (section)

==Recollections by Jeroy==
End of Day 1
.<br />
..<br />
...<br />
....<br />
39<br />
40<br />
We sit around our camp on a frozen and barren plane. <br />
41<br />
42<br />
Beside us is a gaping hole, burned into the ground by an ancient red dragon that nearly killed us along with 6 giants we had trapped. <br />

43<br />
44<br />
Four more dead frost giants are strewn about frozen land<br />
45<br />
46<br />
Two giant kings lay dead, their hearts has been cut our.<br />
47<br />

48<br />

The reason we are here is simple - we were asked to do a favor in exchange for information on someone we seek but how this will end we are unsure. <br />

49<br />

50<br />

Between push-ups I look around our campsite, Ember plays with Garnet. They have earned a more relaxed night than this. Garnet fought bravely and Ember's powerful magic may have saved us all from a Giant King, but not any Giant King - the one that our dear fallen comrade, Jorg, was killed for. Tonight we hope Jorg rests in peace and bestows on us a similar peaceful night sleep. Pearl rests on a bed of leaves and nurses her wounds. During the battle she fought mightily but for a moment allowed herself to get too close to one giant. She was thrown into ember, nearly killing both. Her powerful magic was able to stop multiple giants in their tracks. Without her Cassio may have been killed. He fought bravely, I must tip my Soulmate to him on that. He fights as though someone is watching him - or like many people are watching him. Amon is already asleep. He appears taxed after his first battle with his new fighting style. Cleric works for him but he appeared at times lost on the battlefield. His natural instincts gone, his movements were slightly off-step. As if he was reciting a spell but for the first time. I cannot hold that against him for he fought bravely and he has earned his sleep. Finally there is Ci, scribbling feverishly, as if this is his last testament. Though he is a man that seeks inner peace and tranquility it is clear to even a barbarian his mind is never at rest. He fought with honor for his order and should be proud. <br />
We all fought with honor for our Order, the Eternal Order. But our fight is not yet done. As I turn to towards the hole beside us I wonder if we will finally be able to track down the wizard Imphraezl. This time we may have the drop on him, I just hope it is enough.<br />
1<br />

2<br />

3<br />

4<br />

....<br />

...<br />

..<br />

.<br />


Day 2<br />

We awaken from our night resting.  Our wounds healed, spells restored, and Cassio's Ego emboldened after another adventure.  "Up, Up my comrades!  Today is another day to battle in the presence of the great Cassio!"  He yells as he shakes our tents and bedrolls.  [http://i.imgur.com/AsuWR4c.gif Even Garget is annoyed,] and I'm fairly certain it doesn't speak common.   We slowly rise from our beds and prepare ourselves for the coming day; Pearl and Ember begin preparing their spells by burning incense, reciting druidic tomes, and pulling small items from their satchels.  Cassio polishes his weapon and breastplate till he can see himself in it, [https://media1.tenor.com/images/bff3fb331f418b5d3f7747dc45ac44b6/tenor.gif?itemid=5433311 which I believe was his goal all along].  Amon reads through his cleric scriptures with a puzzled look as if he is learning a new language; alas, his [https://i.pinimg.com/originals/40/5f/7b/405f7b6f4794f377ecbfbcbf77095c89.gif struggles continue] in his new role.  In a moment of peace Ci is see off away from us all [https://media.giphy.com/media/5TXydtiTIZvaw/giphy.gif meditating quietly].  I roll over onto my stomach and do [https://i.redd.it/1y377cgl6hf11.gif ten push ups.]  <br />

After we are done preparing we make our way over to the edge of the hole that Velah blew her fire into the night before.  As we approach we soon realize she did not burn a hole into the ground, but rather the hole was always there.  As we approach the edge the heat is intense and never ending.  It dawns on me, [https://media1.tenor.com/images/fdeb9eb476432e7091b2c6e264543eab/tenor.gif?itemid=10170550 this isn't a fire], it is a forge.  A forge that is fed by the intense heat of an elder dragon's fire breath.  I tell our compatriots that "there is no way we can go down that way, we will need to find another way below."  We look around the barren landscape for anything that could be seen as entrance to the forge below us when Ember's (perception check:18) eyes begin to focus on a crevasse not to far from us.  She points in it's direction and says "That my be our way in."  We all nod and make our way over to find a small crevasse that appears to be 100 feet deep, Ci volunteers to scout it out "I have trained in the..." I stop him right there, "Yeah, we know Ci.  You're trained in everything.  Tell us what you find."  <br />

Ci returns after a few minutes and tells us there are two doors and a path between them that has been walked by several creatures in single file into a crack in the rocks.  "I think it is our way in" he tells us.  We agree and as quietly as possible make our way into the crevasse.  We arrive at the bottom and are faced with the two doors and the path between them. Cassio says what was on all of our minds "I don't feel too good about those doors."  We nod and go to inspect the path, [https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/022/702/hold_my_beer.jpg however Amon didn't seem to get the message].  Before we can say no he opens the door on the right, three arrows fly past him and a forth digs into his shoulder.  I run over and yank him from the doorway.  Ci quickly runs over and tries to play peacemaker.  "We mean you no harm!" he shouts from beyond the doorframe, "lay down you arms and we can talk."  His words are met by another arrow narrowly missing his head.  I yell in dwarvish "We mean you no harm!" a pause in the barrage of arrows and murmurs are heard.  Then a loud "State you business!" Is heard from the room.  <br />
"I have killed two giant kings and I have their hearts." I hold one out in the doorway.  <br />
"So?" I hear back.<br />
"I have two giant king hearts.  Let us forge one into a giant belt of strength and I'll give you the other."  <br />
Two gray dwarves appear next to Cassio from thin air.  They tell us to put down our weapons.  We are possibly surrounded.  I respond to them in dwarvish "We have not drawn our weapons, we have no quarrel with you.  We worked with Velah to relight the forge."  A long pause fills the room.  Slowly the dwarves lower their weapons and walk into the room, sit down and begin to drink an ale as they motion for me to join them.  I nod to the group that we should follow.    <br /> 
"What is the price for the heart?" One of the gray dwarves asks me.<br />
"We came here to meet Imphrazel, we seek an audience with him."  I respond.  The dwarf I spoke to leaves as the others proceed to get drunk.  We slowly sip on our ales.  The dwarf returns commanding us to follow him.  We are led down a series of hallways that are lined with statues and guards.  This fortress is vast, complex, and well guarded.  Though I typically prefer brute force, even I realize that discretion is the better part of valor now.<br />
  
We continue down the hallway when one of the dwarves stops us, holds up a hand and says "wait here" as he opens a door and disappears behind it, but not before a seering heat blows from behind the door.  The forge is likely behind there.  We pause as I tell the group "we are to wait here."  As I say so Amon flashes me a look, [https://youtu.be/TNsEK_IIs9U?t=40 he sees something that I cannot].  Before I know what has happened Garnet burns three dwarves alive, Ci kills one, and Cassio kills the other.  I have no idea what just happened.

The door opens where I see a [https://youtu.be/HE506fN590c?t=7 black elf open the door and throws a golden rod towards us.]  Ci's heart drops as he sees it, time begins to move slowly around me.  The rod, still in the air comes into focus in my eyes.  It's pure gold with exquisitely detailed engraving.  As it flies towards we I am overcome with it's beauty and I freeze as it as it hovers in the air momentarily.  The embroidery glistens in the light of a bolt of energy developing from the figure behind it.  The elf who threw it comes into focus. He is a black elf with piercing eyes, a smile that seeks pain and misfortune of others, and the aura of a wizard.  It is Imphrazel himself, though "I thought he was taller?" I think to myself as the bolt of energy fires into the direction of the rod.  I see Ci close his eyes as he makes peace with his world, Ember stands between the staff and Garnet as if she is protecting it.  My fate suddenly dawns on me: Imphrazel is targeting the staff flying towards me to use it as a weapon where it would likely kill us all (Plot Coin: Crit Fail). *Thunk* The staff hits me in the face causing the bolt to miss.  It falls to my feet, undamaged.  I turn back up but Imphrazel is gone.<br />  

"Protect the staff!" Ci yells "He'll use it to kill us all, get rid of it!" As he take off down the hallway.<br />
"Where?!?" I fire back in the anarchy?  But he was too far to respond.  I grab the staff, charge into the room of the forge, open the door and throw the staff into the forge.  The eyes of the durgerge standing near the forge immediately let me know what hell is about to be unleashed.  They dive into the forge after it to try and save those around them.  I [https://youtu.be/pV1M82TrjQ8?t=71 close the door and frantically shove Pearl away with me to safety] as behind us is an explosion of epic proportions.  The forge is vaporized into nothingness.  for a 30-foot sphere where nothing is left but a void.  "You broke it." Pearl says to me, I try to defend myself but she has already turned around and left. <br /> 

I walk around what is left of the forge when I am attack by several gray dwarves.  They are dispatched quickly and we are soon left alone in the fortress.  The rest of the team joins me in what is left of the forge.  "Where is Imphrazel?" I ask.<br />
"He fled as soon as I was near, he knew the mighty Cassio would be too much for him." Cassio boasts as eight collective eyes roll.<br />
"He said that the chaos curse has been released.  We have to alert the others." Ci says to the group.  He is right however I am searching whatever is left of the forge for something of value.  What it could be I have no idea but a forge that is powered by the breath of an elder dragon is surely making something powerful.<br />

At the edge of the room I find metal disks that have crystal shards imbedded in them "I don't know what these are, be they were making them so they must have some purpose." I grab as many as my dwarven hands can hold and stuff them into my bag.  I continue down a hallway that has a series of metal golems lying on beds.  I touch one but nothing.  I cannot find a way to open or activate it but I know just the person who might.  I grab it by the feet and [https://youtu.be/-apKXA4ut-k?t=58 drag it around with me through the fortress].<br />

We find two additional levels in the fortress, in the first level down we find a golden vault that is protected by a magical seal.  It is engraved with a language similar to dwarvish but I cannot read it. I scribble what I can to take back to be translated.  In the level below we find a submarine shaped like a crab.  [https://youtu.be/t2Dp7SAkL_I?t=34 Pearl takes the control, tells us "Get in."]  We jump in and begin a long treck back to Solace by boat.  When we arrive our rings begin to flash a golden hue.  We have been summoned to the Magistery.