Talador is Saved!

The group searches the cavern as Vornyn begins healing Drake. Some secret doors are found and various magical items and scrolls are acquired. Eventually Drake regains consciousness and thanks the group for saving him. Fyorn takes the dragon egg and starts work on his find familiar spell. The egg hatches and a baby Pseudodragon is born. Drake says that he will still need several days of healing before he can fly again. He shows the group a quick way out. He tells them that he has sent a message to his Ogre friends who will meet the group in the forest and assist in felling one of the great trees. The group takes a "goonies slide" down and out of the mountain. They come upon 4 dead ogres who appear to have been killed by Ice orcs. A bad storm starts to roll in and Panarus suffers badly from the cold. They search for shelter and find a chamber in the ground. Eventually they notice some symbols on the floor and find a secret tunnel below. It opens up to a massive chamber filled with unmarked sarcophagi except for one which has a snow flake symbol on it. They rub snow on it and the coffin opens revealing a large white skinned humanoid creature. He sits up and opens it eyes. Gary makes eye contact with it and his eye balls immediately freeze and is blinded. The group scurries out of this chamber risking the bad storm above. Suddenly the symbols in the floor marking the four elements come to life. Earth creates a shelter, fire creates the warmth and water and Air create the perfect shelter to ride out the storm. Once it passes Drake arrives and the group begins the work they set out so long ago to do. They gather the roots, a large piece of wood & Drake fells a large tree. Delvin tames some massive horses (Frost born horses). The group heads back to South City and retrieves their new massive war cart. They ride back to Hillside. They create the salve necessary to save Taladoor and within days he recovers from that strange disease. The group is praised for their good work and all of the friends they have made along the way.

The Ice orcs and the Egg

The group prepares to engage the Ice orcs. Wetzel uses his floating disc while Murphy changes to a bird and Fyorn spider climbs down. On the opposite end, Gary & Delvin sneak up to within close bow range. Panarus and Vornyn hang back to fire from a distance.

The group takes down all but two of the orcs. One of the orcs escapes out of a secret passage and the other is captured. Gary's patience is short and he quickly kills the orc after not getting much information. They free the dragon "Drake" from his bindings and notice that he excretes a large egg the size of thanksgiving turkey! They search the room and gather the valuable orc equipment and begin to use all of their available spells and skills to try and revive Drake.

The dragon in the cave

The group rests and attempts to interrogate the orc they capturered again. The unconscious/ drunk orc they found snoozing underneath the cot finally wakes up. The one they captured chokes out the other orc for sleeping on the job. The group finds out that there is a Lieutenant amongst the remaining orcs that has a magical rod. They eventually let the orc (Edgar) go and tell them that they will meet again someday if he ever makes it out of the mountains and heads to Hilltown. The group heads into the next chamber and attacks the remaining orcs and goblins.

They defeat the orcs and goblins and find a whole bunch of random items. Most of it is too bulky to carry with them so they are forced to leave it. Fyorn gets a hold of the magical Rod of Valamaxian. This Rod grants him the ability to memorize one additional spell per level per day.
Gary finds a secret passage which leads to a viewing balcony high above the floor of a rather large chamber. It is there they see their dragon friend Drake chained and bleeding with Ice orcs torturing him. It is way too high for them to climb down. They check out the other path and Gary sets off several traps attempting to disarm them. "It's all clear" is said many times.....
They find another path that leads down to the cavern floor. The group decides to split up so they can flank the ice orcs. Those with spells or abilities to fly/spider climb will head down from the balcony and the others will head down the longer path. They rest and regain their strength and prepare to fight the orcs and free their friend Drake.

Who uses a Whittling knife to fight orcs?

The orcs and a few goblins come streaming out of both sides of the cavern. An entangle spell by Vornyn saves the day with the larger group all being trapped while the adventurers concentrate their efforts on the other group. Wetzel takes the brunt of the initial damage. Fyorn climbs onto the ceiling with spider climb and attacks from above. Just about the time when the first group has been disposed of, the other orcs finally break free from the entangle spell. Fyorn leaps from the ceiling in an attempt to stab from above with a whittling knife. He makes it to the ground and lands a direct hit, killing the orc instantly. Who does that? Fyorn and only Fyorn would attempt such things...
The group vanquishes all but one orc who eventually lays down his weapons and surrenders. They take the prisoner and attempt to interrogate. They do not find out much information at all. They investigate the one corridor where a majority of the orcs came from and find a makeshift barracks with cots and also encounter an unconscious drunk orc laying in his own vomit beneath a cot. They decide to close off the entrance and camp in the barracks to regain their strength.

What goes up, Must come down

The Adventurers take in the cool air and the gorgeous view riding on the back of their new friend "Drake" the Dragon. They finally come over a high peak and see the famed Wyrmwood forest. Suddenly a large lance is shot from the ground below and pierces Drake in the chest. In his last breath before losing consciousness, he casts a feather fall spell on the companions and their livestock as he plummets to the ground.
Eventually the group finds each other in this vast forest. The Wyrmwood trees are quadruple the size of the largest redwood trees they have ever seen. They soon come upon a large blood spot in the snow and follow the large drag marks. They encounter what can only be described as "Ice orcs". White colored in skin and packing the ability to shoot out what could be described as an "ice knife" type of spell. They make quick work of the orcs and move further into the forest in search of their injured dragon friend Drake.
They come upon a cave opening which has a fire burning at its entrance. They sneak inside. There is a large pile of wood to the right hand side which the group hides behind as Ice orcs and Ice goblins come running out of the two side tunnels. Let the combat begin! ….