January 29, 2005
Chapter 13: Flight and Fight
Astride the dragon Brightwing, Thomasin, Leif, and Ash speed across the top of the world, bypassing the Desertmouth Peaks and heading towards Cormyr. As they flew, Brightwing talked incessantly about his fascination with humans and their political games. Suddenly, though, the conversation came to a halt as below them, concealed in the mountains above Cormyr, a huge army of humanoids was massing. Too late to go unnoticed, Brightwing tried to outdistance them, but several winged draughks rose in pursuit. Unable to reach the safety of the Thunder Peaks, Brightwing landed heavily atop an ancient dwarven outpost calle Hightower. As his passengers slid off his back and ontop the battlements, Brightwing turned the attack against the draughks, biding the small party time to escape.
As the dragon fought outside, Thomasin, Leif, and Ash retreated down the long spiral staircase to the ground level of Hightower. There, deep within the mountain canyon called the "Shadow's Gap", the party found themselves surrounded by the advance scouts of the darkling army. Suddenly, a trumpet sounded, and the canyon shook with the echoes of iron-shod hooves. A host of knights in gleaming armor rode up, an emblem of a Purple Dragon emblazoned upon their flapping battle-standard. The knights routed the darklings, driving them underground in retreat, then turned to the three adventurers. The lead knight introduced himself as Traven, and ordered the party to accompany him back to Tilverton, for their own protection. Just then, a young woman in blue robes rode up, introducing herself as Gwenyth, of the Sah'Mystra - a sect of preistess devoted to the goddess of magic. She declared the party to be wards of the Chapterhouse in Arabel, and declared her intentions of delivering them there. Confused, but exhausted, Trevin ordered the whole lat back to Tilverton for the Regent to pass judgement on.
Posted by Terrepin at January 29, 2005 05:16 PM
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