2025/02/21: A Materials Hunt in Kaelund Part 6 Report
General Summary
Malakai, Knight, Kal'vus, Zess, Ba'alzamon, Kelsey, Kitsa
The Serpent of Kaelund is currently trying to tear the leg off the abomalisk.
Zess boarded a roc, Kelsey boarded giant insect power armor, and Hargaz boarded his mech. The team would be focusing on direct combat.
Knight, Kal'vus, and Kitsa were aiming to penetrate the dreams around the beast and hopefully target something vulnerable inside. Hua Tok joined in as well.
Malakai hit the abomalisk with meteors. Ba'alzamon and his allies were busy setting up the death-strike equivalent of the Death Star. Malakai put out a horrifying amount of damage to the beast, but it mostly scuffed its huge and resilient surface. It was a lot of surface area, to be fair. A follow-up devastation did some substantial damage, but the subsequent supernova's wide radius of low damage had little impact. (Note: This natural disaster firepower was all before the leg-grab. Then the teams assembled and headed out.)
Ba'alzamon, Ripley, and Rapsity became one fire support team, along with about 30 other dragonriders and adventurers. Malakai joined another team.
Ion Rathe contacted Malakai as the teams were heading in. He told Malakai to go get Malakai's "creation" and that there were a lot of spirits in the area that could use "release". Probably bring her in somewhere further in on the lake.
Ba'alzamon summoned the Dragon of Renedge, a third of a mile long black dragon. He summoned a horrifying necromantic portal under the abomalisk, and which began writhing in pain.
Malakai retrieved Seydlitz and brought her to the lake. He almost drowned himself, but he managed.
The Dream Team landed on the monster's back and started searching for a good entry point to the dreams. Knight detected a roiling mass of nightmare somewhere in the beast's head. The group climbed to near the head, about 30-50 feet back from where magma was being poured over its head, and then Knight cut them a path in. They found themselves inside a realm of dry bones and shells. They headed for the nightmare mass, fighting their way through Dry Bones from Mario. Kal'vus and Knight made an impeccable skeleton-smashing team, with Kitsa riding along with Kal'vus and Hua Tok comfortably marching along behind them. Kal'vus got to take full advantage of Kitsa making him immune to exhaustion.
Kelsey and the Mech Team made a valiant effort to wrestle with and cut apart the beast. Not much was getting through, despite their weapon experimentation.
The beast or one of its contingencies opened six portals to some horrid alternate demonic realm. Beings that resembled undead tanar'ri started to arrive. Ba'alzamon didn't have the spells to counter that, so he started firing Death Stroke.
As Malakai continued his efforts to stay afloat, he heard the distinctive sound of warship turrets turning. The Seydlitz opened fire. The beast recoiled in shock as its armor cracked and crumbled. The way was open.
Meanwhile, in the dream, the Dream Team found themselves in a clearing with a smaller version of the monster in an iron cage. It was dormant. The cage had no entrances and was the size of a football field. The monster failed to rouse when Knight and Kal'vus hit it with a piece of broken weapon that they hit like a baseball, and the cage proved immune to cutting.
Outside, the Mech Team started pulling the cracks wider and burrowing into the monster's side. They were finally starting to do some real damage. Malakai was still struggling to get out of the water, which seemed to have been tainted by the nightmare Malakai had either created or brought with him.
In the dream, Knight grabbed Kal'vus and cut a teleport to directly above the beast in the cage, opening the assault immediately. Hua Tok shrunk himself, walked through the bars with Kitsa, and then climbed aboard her because he was the size of an action figure. It was a glorious image.
Kal'vus unveiled his new ultimate attack. One climactic slash, empowered by divine energy and all his strength. He cut a furrow through its armor and deep into its body, smashing it into the ground. Knight followed up with a barrage of two-handed blows directly to the opening. Another ultimate and a Time Stands Still later, and the creature collapsed. The cage fell apart like matchsticks. The dream cavern also began to collapse. Knight grabbed the team and evacuated toward the ceiling, then cut their way out. They found themselves in a realm of grasping Void, or something that resembled it. Knight grabbed their teammates and struggled toward the surface, supported by Kal'vus's wings. The group popped up in the water next to Malakai. Above them, the Seydlitz fired off another 14-gun volley.
With the destruction of the dream-self, the creature seemed to go catatonic. The Mech Team burrowed their way deep into its organs as the Serpent continued dragging it into the water. The supporting forces blasted the demons to pieces in the background. With that, the fight was pretty much over.
Malakai got the Seydlitz back to his base before the Serpent decided to consider her another contender. He discovered that her person-shaped body was still in the hangar where he'd teleported out. She was happy to have helped, but she was feeling ill. After some discussion, Korbane cast some cure spells on her and that seemed to help. The extra spirits Seydlitz had picked up during the visit were being handled.
Rewards Granted
3 xp
Clockwork Hermit (Head) Crab of Spell Absorption
Magic Battery Organelles x25
Magic resistant Plates x255
Eyes of Dust x2
Blue Psychic crystal Crown of Minds Blank (AOE prot mental, +2 int/+2 Wis/+2 Con)
Grand Martial Macuahuitl of Sharpness, (Cosmetic/wallhanger only) +1 slashing dmg all followers, +1 cha to fighters
Saurian Ley contemplation statue and Gong (meditate with for temp wisdom bonus)
saddle-Tack and Harness/hooks of beast taming
Egg of Possibilities (respec/new race/class)
Pyramid of Power generation (like a daern's instant fortress but bigger and step pyramid)
Platinum Cup set with a single flawless Pink Diamond
Cognizance Crystal
Platinum Ring inlaid with a Filigree of Orichalcum
Javelin of Piercing and Reforming set with a Rosette of Brown Diamond
Platinum Flower Brooch engraved with Mythical Creatures
Gilded Wooden Rod set with Blue Diamond and Blue-white Diamond
Ring of chameleon power and DR 20 vs sonic
Missions/Quests Completed
Defeat the giant abomalisk, acquire resources to heal Ditz, acquire resources to repair Knight's armor
Notes
The Serpent of Kaelund was a random encounter long ago that turned out to be surprisingly friendly. It's never communicated in a verbal fashion, but it does seem to at least somewhat understand speech. It has actually burrowed a tunnel from the sea to Lake Kaelund. If you can hold your breath long enough, you can follow that path down and then up and out into the ocean beyond Meridan.
Kal'vus
Zess
Knight of Darkhome
Kelsey of Kaelund
Ba'alzamon Dreamender
Kitsa
Malakai
Report Date
21 Feb 2025
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