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Mon 25th Sep 2023 04:00

Grimtooth (session 23 or 36)

by Caja

Dear Nori,
You won’t believe this! We fought a dragon! No, we killed a dragon! In Avurnus. Okay, let me backup for a bit.
In my last letter I told you we were going to fort Knucklebone, or a rock formation that looks like Knucklebones. Thing is, that rock formation is an 80 mile walk away. So we walked for a long time, until it started to rain. We didn’t want to keep walking, or camp for that matter, in the acid rain, but luckily Leo found a cavern. The cavern was quite hot but you know, no acid rain. We explored it a little bit, discovered it was so hot because of the lava flowing through it and found a nice little “room” which seemed perfect to sleep in, since it had just one entrance and not a lot of space for monsters, devils and the like to hide. The one entrance would be easy to defend since only so many things can enter at the same time, giving us the advantage.
So we went to sleep in this room and even though we had someone on guard, some HUGE mosquitoes came in without being seen. When I say huge, I mean as big as my arm huge. They sucked Leos, Fenrirs and my blood. But once we were awake, we beat them quite easily. Just imagine waking up and seeing this huge mosquito in your face. It is not a good way to wake up.
Anyway, the “fight” against the mosquitoes made enough noise for the Grimtooth, a red dragon, to check out what was going on. He talked with us for a bit, but it was pretty obvious he didn’t like us and would probably eat us. Leo and me sneaked behind him, so his fiery breath wouldn’t kill us all at once. Fenrir used all his charm and Bertha her music, trying to win the dragon over. But it didn’t matter, since he decided he was hungry and we looked like snacks. His first attack roasted Fenrir, Bertha and Ron. That’s when me and Leo sprung into action. I kept attacking the dragon while Leo made sure our friends didn’t stay down. Problem was, the damn dragon really wanted to roast Ron while staying away from me (it was so frustrating! I really need to become faster). With all our powers combined we managed to slay the beast, with Fenrir giving the final blow.
After that, we rested some more, hoping Ron would regrow his burnt away beard overnight (considering he’s a dwarf, it might very well be possible) but unfortunately that didn’t happen. Then we searched the cave for the dragon's hoard, but unfortunately this dragon had only 6 soul coins, a few gems Leos familiar fished out of the magma and a cool sword that’s now in my possession.
I hope you are still safe, not bothered by dragons or devils or vampires.
Your loving sister,
Caja