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Sat 22nd Jun 2019 03:52

Thundertree II

by Nepheri

With the undead taken care of, we still had one mystery and one big danger in Thundertree. I should have known they were connected.
 
We headed towards the building Reidoff had indicated as the headquarters of the cultists in the village. Only Rupert and I approached the house and knocked on the door. They seemed quite surprised to have quests but still welcomed us in and explained their great mission. Which was to die. They intended to befriend the local Green Dragon. I felt that it was probably their time to go and their leader must have sensed as much. Quite offended, she told us to leave. I guess I can understand her feelings.
 
Telling the other ones about what we had learned about the cultists didn't go as planned. Ellywick immediately saw this as a chance to study the dragon and there was no talking her out of seeing the cultists herself. Which she did.
 
She did come out unharmed and contemplating joining the Cult of the Dragon as they set out to... talk to the dragon the next morning. I found the prospect of the gnome reaching the end of her life sadder than I thought I would. Maybe more than I should.
 
Maybe I could find penance and see if I was meant to keep her from death at the same time. So I gave my word that I would die by her side if it came to that. And it almost did. The cultists discovered Ellywick and Rupert in their hiding spots near the tower with the dragon. And the two of them ended up following the cult inside. I followed as close as I could and when the dragon, predictably, killed off nearly the entire cult, I was able to rush in to help.
 
The dragon managed to claw Ellywick to the point where I could feel her soul be ready to move on. I'm grateful the Queen let me use her powers to revive my friend. And with that, we just barely managed to run away from the dragon and hide far away from it. I think even Ellywick has the sense not to take on dragons again anytime soon.
 
Spurred on by a desire to get away, we left Thundertree and headed for Cragmore Castle. We followed the treeline just as we did on our way north. And we must have kept very close to our old route for, in the middle of the night, we were visited on by the same dryad as had made such an impression on Rupert last time. But this time she honestly seemed upset.
 
The hag that got a kiss from Rupert had sent spiders to threaten the dryad's tree. We managed to take care of her problem for her. So between the cultists meeting their intended end and the dryad being protected, at least some things were set right. My concerns remain at the back of my head, however. Am I doing the right thing in protecting my fellow travellers when they walk into almost certain death? Is helping them subconsciously a way of using them to get help rather than a genuine effort to find actual friendship?

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  1. Business...
    11th of Uktar, 1489
  2. I'm ready for you, Raven Queen
    2nd Uktar, 1489
  3. You killed my father, now prepare to die
    2nd Uktar, 1489
  4. Dust to Dust
    1st of Uktar, 1489 DR
  5. Redbrands I
  6. Arrival at Phandalin
  7. Daddy Dearest
    1st of Uktar
  8. Day after
    30 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  9. Lawful Stupid
    29 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  10. Saving private Rupert
    29 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  11. Dead to me
    29 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  12. Close to Harvest
    28 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  13. Recovery
  14. Insane Plans
  15. By the Book
  16. Dead feelings
  17. Disposed
  18. Dead Necromancers are the Best Necromancers
  19. Catching up
  20. Shipping
  21. Friendly or Not
  22. Unexpected Meetings
  23. Worlds Collide
  24. A very different city
  25. Festive Thornhold
  26. Thank you, my Queen
  27. Friends. Right.
  28. This is awkward....
  29. Landslide
  30. Dangerous Gnoll-age (sorry... the puns are spreading...)
  31. Cenceptions
  32. Seduction
  33. Wave Echo Cave II
  34. Wave Echo Cave
  35. Return to Phandalin
  36. Rest in peace, Declan...
  37. Crisis of Faith
  38. Thundertree II
  39. Thundertree I
  40. Path to Thundertree
  41. Orc hunting
  42. Redbrands III
  43. Redbrands II
  44. Far From Home
    ?? ?? ???
  45. Cold
    Tal'dorei, day 2
  46. Life, interrupted
  47. Hot and Cold
  48. The Dragon's Lair
  49. In the afternoon, we plan!
  50. A Song of Ice and Fire
  51. Celebration
  52. Relief is one hell of a drug
  53. Flight and Flutter
  54. Freedom of Movement
  55. At dusk we... do something?
  56. Pray for a quick end to our deception
  57. Catching up
  58. Fall
  59. Lizards in a hole
  60. Not Today
  61. Released
  62. A broken soul
  63. Skyfall
  64. Acid Falls
  65. Roped in
  66. Faith in Friends
  67. Insight into Emon
  68. A Calling
  69. Hypothetical 1: Healer (Ginny Di video)
  70. Hypothetical 3: Matchmaker (Ginny Di video)
  71. Hypothetical 2: Villain (Ginny Di video)
  72. For my Beating Heart
  73. Hypothetical 4: Prison guard (Ginny Di video)
  74. Hypothetical 5: Bard (Ginny Di video)
  75. Plagued Possibilities
  76. Visits in the Cloudtops

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