I start the slow process of preparing the dragon for raising, starting with the scrubbing of scales and cleaning out of wounds. This takes the better part of an hour during which Tittlin and Spesof wander off for more exciting things. The next step is the most difficult. Using a large selection of knives and hatchets, I work my way into the dragon just back from the rib cage. The work is… relatively clean thanks to the blood being previously drained, but I’m still glad to have switched into clothes that keep it out of my beard. I work my way forwards over the next half hour, carefully removing unnecessary organs until I reach the cold, dead heart. Removing it as gently as one can, I set it down in the waiting tray beside the other viscera.
The heart removed, I begin fashioning its replacement. I take the salamander heart and fasten it to a waiting stand, inserting funnels to the upper vena cava and corking the lower one. On a separate vial I use my tattoo and finger to mark out the runes for an enchantment. I pour in the giant crocodile blood and set it above a flame, the enchantment protecting it from the heat as it begins to bubble. As faint lines of smoke indicate the enchantment is nearing its limit, I pour in the lava-like elemental essence. Quickly corking it, I remove it from the flame with a gloved hand and swish it around, blending the glowing mixture together. With the mixture prepared I return to the salamander heart, pouring it in through the funnel until the mixture begins to dribble out the other end. As the heart begins to glow and beat, I draw a short set of runes on its front, slowing both until the time is right.
After reaching into the dragon once more, I secure the new heart in place with the first of many sets of stitches. The heart in place, I seal and stitch up the hole in the dragons side and begin going over the entire dragon from nose to tail, stitching up every single gash and stab wound I find. Satisfied that all the gaps are shut, I go back up the dragon, tracing out another set of runes with ink from my finger. This final set will control the necrotic energy during the raising, directing what flesh to knit together and where to take control of each muscle group.
- Take monster parts to Atlanta
- Prepping the dragon
- Tit & spes wait outside
- Take it downstairs to the altar
- Tit comes downstairs disguised as griboiog
- I’ll just tell them I’m Gregory
- Res the dragon
- Very impressive looking
- Spesof Calls dibs on naming due to fight
- Control crystal
- Head back to Cedar Combe to sleep
- Tit sleeps on the ground in Atlanta
- Morning chatter
- Tit slept on roof
- Spesof recommends sending letter
- Momen drafts two letter
- Nerwora
- Home
- Deciding on what to do
- Fletcher?
- Merrick: tieflings are persnickety
- Goo?
- Head to Atlanta
- Spes asks Tit about dungeon
- Yes
- Ask mercs if any of them have experience with dungeon
- Lutepluck makes sounds of disaster in the dungeon
- Gherd has heard of it
- Durlan’s heard it’s a terrible place
- Free trip to the teleportation dungeon
- Displeased
- Decide to go to fletcher as it doesn’t sound like anyone’s ready yet
- Tit offers double pay to lutepluck when we go, if he keeps everyone alive (coin noises)
- Head off to tunris capital (Goldset) to find info on Ecstasy
- Not many shops
- Dock, visit harbormaster
- Burly tattooed dwarf with short beard
- Give names, recognizes us as CCMB against list
- Archduke wants to see us
- Go to see him, arrive at breakfast
- Invited to breakfast (lots of grain based foods, less meat than expected, but Tunris has alot of grain)
- Grandsons and inheritance came up
- Adrian (we played a role)
- Discussing politics and where we fit in
- Mention that we’re referred to as the Dogs of Dorthanas (wince)
- Alignment with Dorthana’s makes sense
- Less so with Oberstien (grandson)
- What’s going on there?
- Dorthana’s essentially new money, was Oberstein using us to get influence
- Set up daughter with Dorthana’s son
- Knows about the sauna
- Knows about cathedral
- Believes Alfred is aiming for CCMB, mercenaries for something unofficial
- Weaker link to empress
- Did bring back arm for her
- Group of not-particularly patriotic mercenaries, meeting with the king consort without telling the empress
- Tittlin clams up
- Momen explains that relationship is mostly personal, no conspiracy, closest thing is Atlanta
- Believes me, suspicious of Tittlin
- Torveldus facing civil war, you aren’t going to do anything like that
- Course not, we’re not going to kill any person important
- Very well, trust you and my grandson
- Continue meal
- Ask about fletcher
- Familiar, not sure, thinks he’s still there
- Idle chatter before leaving
- Momen grills the others about the coup
- Noble’s spent too long cooped up with too much food, too much time to think and imagine things
- What about sauna
- Did that when bringing back the journal and asking for help reviving you
- Don’t remember the sauna, so it seems likely
- You guys would tell me, right?
- When it was pertinent
- That’s hope inspiring
- Go to fletcher
- Wake him up in pajamas
- Closed, gold piece for troubles
- Looking for information
- this is a fletchers
- Looking for Ecstasy
- Quite a craftsman, but perfectionist which makes it difficult when making arrowheads by the dozen
- If you’re looking for magical arrows, he’s you’re guy
- He’s in locustgate
- nother gold for troubles
- Off to LocustGate
- Nice, slightly warm temperature, many peaceful fields of grain, no monsters
- Small town with a bit of industry by the docks to the west
- Eventually find sign for Vincent’s Bulk Arrow Production (crossed out text)
- Find tired Teifling giving a tired sales pitch
- Made 500 arrows in the past day
- Like, arrow that brings a lightning bolt down from the sky
- If you can think of it, I will buy it
- Thinks, pulls out arrow with a green, bulbous tip
- Slime arrow, sticks things
- Try convincing him to move to Atlanta (with boyfriend), hard to get him interested
- Sees dragon outside
- I’ll buy anything you come up with
- Starts getting excited, let’s go! To heck with this place!
- Isn’t this your shop?
- Nope, I just work here, let’s go!
- Send him to convince boyfriend, we have someone else to talk with
- Visit nobles
- Fabian greets us, warm welcome, thanks for giving love of life
- Would like to talk to Phillip
- Supposed to be chaperoning
- Unsupervised time with bride to be
- You two behave yourselves
- Discuss trade routes
- Initial places are (x & x, spuria & wheat)
- Meet Ecstacy and Elromeo, boyfriend is arguing and not sold on it
- Not convinced that we’re the bigshots we say we are
- Titlin talks out 50 platinum as pocket change
- Well, you’re rich, but I don’t believe this CCMB thing
- Take to Phillip to get endorsement
- The genuine article, I’d trust these men with my life
- Elromeo is stunned, agrees