8: the Hand

We have no clue what to do with the flesh golem hand. Hans is just holding on to it, but it's rather unpleasant...
Inphi says she hears something from deeper within the ruins, which is probably not a good thing. I don't hear anything myself. It's apparently saying things in a language vaguely familiar to Inphi, but she can't understand it.
 
We pass through the ruins and through an archway to what might've been the heart of the establishment. There's a deep crater with smouldering hot edges and something is gleaming down there. The flames around the edges are the size of a common dog and all seems to have a shape of sorts, which is odd for fire.
 
Only a few moments pass by and then we are attacked by the fire, which seems so surrealistic. Inphi and some of the others manage to take out one fire with some ice magic and a hard hit from Volde.
I draw my crossbow and head for the next one. The arrow hits and the fire just seem to snuff out of existence.
Alexius manages to take out the next one with an eldritch blast.
 
Then Hans, bless his heart, dashes forward towards the nearest fire and chooses to throw it at the fire. He manages to take out one of the fires and the hand is mostly okay, except its thumb is ablaze.
 
We manage to kill off the rest of the fire and then we turn our attention to the shiny object in the crater. Inphi realizes it's a dragon scale consistent with the look of one from a silver dragon!
 
Now we just need to figure out what to do with it, and what to do with the weird flesh golem hand.
 
Alexius tries to ask it where it comes from, but it seems to be lacking the ability to answer. After another threat, the hand is trying to escape. I suggest we put a leash on it, as it would be cruel to just burn it in the flames like Hans and Inphi were suggesting.