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Game Seventy-Three: Against the Drow

In the Seventy-Third foray into Dragonreach, a band of experienced heroes were hired to rescue Thyra, the elvish princess of Immyr, who had been kidnapped by a group of drow and duergar under the banner of the Xorlarrin Consortium.  

Our heroes tracked the princess to the Underdark beneath dragonreach, assaulting a duergar citadel guarding an underground river trade route...




After a deadly battle, negotiations with a band of devil-worshipping knights of the Order of Nessus, romantic advice for the elf-hero Filorian, and many strange encounters, our heroes battled a legion of drow, driders, and cultists from the Six-Fingered Hand, who were attempting to sacrifice the princess and summon the demon prince Juiblex, the Slime Lord... 



Fortunately, the princess was rescued, but not before Juiblex was summoned and loosed beneath Dragonreach, perhaps to return in a new adventure soon...


Game Sixty-Six: The Doom of Pyre!!!

In the Sixty-Sixth foray into Dragonreach ("The Doom of Pyre"), the Invincible Overlord of Pyre gathered a band of the most seasoned and experienced heroes for a celebration of the fifth anniversary of his conquest, only to see the city under attack by a flight of dragons, including Pyra'sala'thraxis, the legendary Doom of Pyre!

They battled their way across the burning city, attacked by enraged dragons at every turn...

Finally, they slew Maledictus the Metal Mage in the ruined Tower of the Arcane Conclave, and destroyed the Orb of Dragons he had stolen and used to summon the flight of dragons.  But, the city would not be safe until after they had slain the Doom of Pyre itself!



The Overlord's eternal thanks was bestowed upon the mighty saviors of the city:  Ereban Sife, Veego, Warchild, Grigor of the Guardian, Ella Juvens, Kalletorn, Roach, and Flint!

Game Forty-Four: Veego's Quest

 In the Forty-Fourth foray into Dragonreach, Veego, the aspiring leader of the Nightfingers thieves' guild (Joe) offered a bounty of ten thousand gold and several magic items for a band to accompany him and slay the current Nightlord (guildmaster), known as Grey Worm, so Veego could ascend into that role...


Fearing that an assault on Grey Worm's subterranean guild hall would be too dangerous, the party negotiated with Khorvax, an agent of the Six-Fingered Hand (demon-worshipping cabal) to retrieve a lich's phylactery in exchange for some additional help.  This resulted in the entire dungeon being overrun by rampaging, minor demons - distracting many of the defenders...



Veego's party was able to bribe one of the gangs (the clown-themed Midnight Jesters) into switching sides and turning on Grey Worm...


But after battling their way through the dungeon, the party found that Grey Worm was quite well defended.  Indeed, he had hired the Third Sword as one of his bodyguards... 


Desperate, one of the heroes resorted to demonic magic, although it proved insufficient to allow him to defeat the Third Sword in the final, climactic battle...


But, ultimately, Grey Worm was slain and Veego ascended to the role of leadership of the Night Fingers!