Session 28: Beyond the Spiderstalking Caverns

General Summary

Opened tomb to find a small curious skull of brilliant blue crystal feels far too light and fragile to exist. Somehow the thin gems have been woven into a human sized piece of art resembling the skull of a Sapphire Dragon. You can’t resist a testing squeeze, and it proves sturdier than you expected. You are certain you could crush it with one hand, but it seems safe from accidental destruction.
Returned back to Kharadad for a long rest & a bit of shopping
Back into the Spiderstalking Caverns and found more tombs; but these had been plundered and somewhat destroyed
Climbed/descended a shaft filled with gross larvae that turned Atalanta and Morthos against the party through hallucinations.  
Escaped a rolling stone trap and made their way into Bleucorundum's Lair.
You shield your eyes from the brightness of the vast and glittering cavern before you. Any light cast into this massive chamber seems to shine back tenfold. From between your fingers you can make out Blucorundum’s vast draconic shape perched high atop a pile of gold on the far side of the chamber. You sense more than see that two infinitely wise eyes gaze benevolently upon you. As you look out into the chamber you see that the sapphire dragon's psionic nature is evident in horn and bone structures of their body. Her tail barbs and horn tips are all separate pieces, but they float in place, held aloft by the dragon's psychic force while the dragon lives. These levitating horns and spines shift slightly while communicating, currently bobbing in amusement. Her scales and wing membranes are varied shades of blue, ranging from the light tones of a spring sky, to the rich, crystalline azure of sapphire gems and compressed glacial ice. In the light, many of their scales glitter and shine with luminous starburst images.
A calm voice from within each individuals mind called out to them, “I have watched as you’ve made your way through my halls where many others have fallen. Both the brave souls of adventures seeking fame and fortune as well as foolhardy thieves, discovering nothing but a fruitless end. I ask you now, which one shall I consider you?”
Bulwark stated that the party was there in effort to save a friend. The Sapphire Dragon, appearing sated by the answer then presented a challenge for the party...

Report Date

16 Sep 2021