05.03.24 Guild Report - SL - Message in a Bottle

While Lady Anja & Ul'Nan were enjoying a sunrise stroll on the beach of Guildmast they noticed a bottle bobbing in the water. Upon retrieval they quickly opened it to find a map, letter and some little gems inside. Not knowing what the language is they went and woke up their adventuring party to see if any of them knew. None did, but the studious Wizard Injoz used his comprehend languages and discovered it was written in gnomish. He then read the letter to everyone. The letter read"Ihope this message reaches Guildmast ! It has been a month since mysisters and I set out to explore the outerrim of the islands. We made a few stops along the way and ran into anasty storm whichdestroyed our boat and injured our younger sister Lil’. Wewashed up on an island on the outskirts of what we believe to be theend of the island clusters. We could not move my youngest sister forsometime, our medical kit has been insufficient to help. My older sister Lotsa and I have been taking turns to explore this island to find something tohelp and to rebuild a boat to take us back. Recently Lotsa went exploring but has not returned, I can’t leave Lil’s side to go look.It has been a week now and we fear the worst. Lil used what little strength she had to cast a spell to send this bottle to Guildmast. Please come and help us ! I have written a map of where we stopped and where I believe we are in relation to that last stop. Help us guildmast adventurers, you are our only hope ! Bitsn - Artisan of the Forest Gnome Guild" It seemed the Bobs sisters had gotten themselves into a bad situation. After a quick chat with Trickshot on what boat to use, speaking with the harbormaster and seeking permission to use the Captain Drundir's "good" boat (under some strict conditions) they found a sailor in the garden of the Tavern (same place Dawn kicked him to last night). Sobered him up and they had an uneventful journey thanks to the careful navigation of Injuz and the watchful eye of Ul'nan. Once they reached the point marked on the map now known as The Forgotten Islands that indicated where the sisters were, it didn't take long for them to find Lil and Bitsn. Lil was severely hurt. Not only did she have injuries related to having partially drowned but also a lot of bludgeoning damage that seemed to be worsening her condition. Seeing this Cleric TeBe and Paladin Lady Anja jumped to work quickly and healed Lil to the point she was able to regain consciousness and even walk again. Bitsn explained their older sister Lotsa went to the creek to get more fish (there was an abundant supply) and had gone missing. She has mentioned Lots saying she was hearing things near the caves but Bitsn assumed it was the ramblings of Lotsa's patron. They went to the fishing creek and saw the caves, travelled a little and Lady Anja and Asparagus came across some sparkly crustal rocks. Lady Anja took off following the pretty trail when they all stumbled upon a cavern containing three crystal gollums. Ul'nun tried his swift rapier with no luck. The Cleric and Wizard made huge impacts on the monsters with their lightning and Radiant hits. The rest of the party followed suit and between them made quick work of the gollums. Asparagus stuffed his bag of holding with as many of these quartz shards as he could. Lady Anja & Injuz discovered a armor piece the Golems had been wearing "Crystal Golem Gauntlets" they continued they did Everyone heard some soft sweet voices in their heads asking them to continue and come and play but poor Lady Anja thought she was going crazy for a little while there. TeBe the cleric made a special connection with one of the voices and followed it until they entered another, larger cavern where they came upon a surreal sight. The Wizard Injuz mind was completely blown by the level and amount of carcane energy he detected in this cavern. It was intoxicating for before them was a teenage Emerald Dragon, a toddler aged Sapphire Dragon, a toddler aged Amethyst dragon and a hatchling Topaz dragon. Ul'nun was drawn to what he found in the very back of the room, an unhatched iridescent white dragon egg sitting in a nest surrounded by frost. Each member of the party took turns communicating telepathically with the dragons. They warned to be careful because "mother will be back soon and she doesn't like others being here". The young dragons continually asked to play and wanted food. The Topaz Dragon being so young was only able to communicate in thoughts and feelings. In'Nun made a special connection with the unhatched egg trying to willit to hatch but it refused. On information given by the amethyst dragon the sisters and Paladin found their lost sister who was under some kind of sleep spell and badly hurt. Lady Anja was again able to revive another of the Bobs sisters and they all joined back in with the rest of the party. Wizard Injuz was making great progress with some dark magical runes in the room as after he ran a test determined the dragons were being held here by a powerful spell, dark magic, Warlock magic. Carefully the sisters along with Asparagus, Lady Anja and TeBe reached out to their deities, patrons, oath powers and dispelled the dark magic. After which the dragons could move freely again. Once done Injuz moved his attention to some kind of portal and as he did a goblin halfing warlock barreled through the dimension door demanding answers and attempting to blast some of the party after heated words about them hurting her children. After assessing her situation and considering how outnumbered she was she fled back through the door saying she had what she needed and closed the dimension door behind her. The older 4 dragons moved to the site of where the magic was dispelled and started to glow their gem colours and a new baby crystal dragon hatched into the world. A sight to behold indeed. Ul'nan was very taken with this baby and tried to handle it but it wanted to stay in its cold nest area. Something incredible happened when these dragons used their power, they seemed to have been able to communicate with a primordial being deep in the subterranean level of the islands. These primordial creatures tell the party they will take charge of these magnificent dragons & they will remain safe here until they become adults. They will protect them and teach them. The party was worried about this and wanted to take care of the dragons. The primordial entities explained these Gem dragons are not from the mortal plane, their existence here must remain hidden as they are not safe. Their primordial guardians expressed they party are free to visit when they would like but this is their secret to keep. They each pocketed 500GP of a variety of Emeralds, Sapphires and Amethysts. Injuz in particular was not wanting to leave. Instead take this opportunity to do further study and research on these magnificent dragons. He asked to be left behind and asked Asparagus to come back soon.