Shela
Shela waited for the rest of the group to catch up, looking down the road both north and south as she pondered what was going on with all the *poofing*. Hoping that it was done with she swung up into the back of the wagon as they came up and dropped her gear in the back. Toddling to the front of the wagon behind the driver seat and gripped the top edge of the cracked wooden railing with her thick fingers. Listening to Tobias ramble on she chewed the end of her pipe and shrugged slightly.
"No, never have me killed a Hell Hound, killed a dragon though," she said as she held out the tooth that hung around her neck. Was a right ripping time with that one twas it!" she exclaimed excitedly. Green bugger, not too old, no too young. Just right like a good ale at the end of the day. Was with a group, lot like this. Me and me group was out on contract, don't right recall for who but they be wanting dragon skin. Payment was part of the skin, so I done had to tag along. Makes great armor and shields it does!"
"We tracked for months you see, dragons be hard to come by but we finally found the bugger. Twas a right tough fight. They move quick and be strong but they be smart too," she said tapping her helmet by her temple. "Fight lasted hours, we be tired but the group pushed on. Like storming a castle it was. Fire ripped here and there, charred our thief right down to a crisp! Nothing but ash he be by the time the fire died! Just standing there on him knees, even the pained expression molded into the ash! Until the dragon tail spun around and there he be done to the winds in a puff! Never forget that little trickster. Now what was his name?" she said tapping her chin a few times.
"Any ways, fight ragged on and we had to end it. Some fighter that joined us at the end picked me up and tossed me! I was livid! Never ye toss a dwarf! But he did and I landed with me legs spread right on the beasts snout looking into its eyes!" she said pointing her fingers towards her eyes. "Me arms not be long like yours so holding on, well it was like a toddler on a bull! But me managed long enough to toss one of these babies," she said tapping the large ceramic pot dangling from her side, "right into its mouth!"
"Then I be let go and man I flew to the ground like a hammer to an anvil. Just in time to, that little diddy went off and BOOM!" she screamed throwing her arms out. "Beast skull went everywhere! Picked out meat from me spikes for weeks. Only thing being left of its head was this," she said patting the tooth. "Nice little souvenir for a right ripping good time!"
Eyewing Cave
The cave kept going and slowly the sound of wings could be heard more clearly than before; laced with screams. On the ground lay hardened crystal like pools that looked to have once been a dark sap. The smelt of acid even in their dried state and would burn to the touch if anyone dared place skin to them.
Then it happened, there was a swoop and cutting through the cave was a large creature that had a single eye that size of its body with bat like wings move through the cave. From its eye dark fluid oozed and on the tips of each wing, from the fingers were long claws. It hovered there, its eye looking over Lob as it blinked. The ooze falling to the ground, instantly crystallizing.