Log 07-02-16

After hearing rumours of conflict, Hans Strausenberg (Midas), Mittens van der Puss (Roos) and Maze (Ramoeni) find themselves in the town of Trevercraig. Jax Thasard, the town's cleric, tells them about recent events in the area: a young dragon has been attacking towns in the area each evening, and goblins prowl the surrounding woods, attacking travellers. He asks the group for help, and offers to accompany them in their attempt to stop these threats.

The group agrees, and decides to head into the woods to confront the goblins. They are soon ambushed by four goblins and a warg. Hans immediately gets mauled by the warg and the goblins gain the upper hand, but a well-placed shadow cloud from Mittens causes enough confusion among the goblins to turn the battle around. Most of the attackers are defeated, while one goblin is allowed to flee. The group takes a rest to regain their strength, before tracing the fleeing goblin's tracks.

The tracks lead to a goblin stronghold. With his binoculars, Hans spots the dragon inside one of the buildings. The group waits at a safe distance until midnight, when Mittens and Maze attempt to sneak into the stronghold. They scale the walls, narrowly avoiding detection. Mittens enters the dragon's quarters, where he discovers that the dragon is wearing an iron shackle with a magical red crystal embedded. He wakes up the dragon, who, upon realizing that Mittens is an enemy of the goblins, tells him to remove the shackle. Before he can try, however, the shackle's gem shines with light, and the dragon suddenly turns on Mittens.

Meanwhile, Maze is spying on a goblin mage, who wears an amulet made of similar red crystal. He looks down at his amulet, alerted, and activates it by touch, causing it to light up. He then leaves his quarters to check on the dragon. Maze enters his hut and sees various arcane carvings on his table, including sketches of a dragon, two crystals and an octopus face.

Mittens uses his shadow cloud to blind the dragon and flees from the building. Mittens and Maze meet up behind the goblin mage's hut, but are spotted by the mage. Maze reveals her gargoyle wings and the two fly across the camp towards the entrance to escape, but take a hit from the mage's fireball in the process. The goblin camp is now waking up and springing into action. Mittens flees from the stronghold, but Maze feels oddly compelled to turn back and enter the goblins' storage room, which is soon surrounded by a group of goblins. As Mittens, Hans and Jax retreat to form a new plan, they find themselves hoping that the goblins take prisoners...