Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-10197675-20151221214753/@comment-24075018-20160116175533

The pair arrived at the entrance to their lair, a metal ring big enough for a human to step through. The two concentrated intense Fire magic upon it and it expanded wide enough for Vaxsavus to come through. Once the two were into the cave, Gaerius pulled a chain and an iron door overlaid with wood painted to look like rock slid shut.

The passage soon opened up to a huge enclosed space, hollowed out by Vaxsavus shortly before the beginning of the Second Era. The dragon swooped out into this space and landed upon a perch. He turned his head towards Gaerius as the latter took off his cloak and amulet and sat down on a rock with a bowl of meat scavenged from the outside world. Vaxsavus spoke and turned his head towards the door.

"Fahdon, as we came to the lair, I saw something I did not wish to see."

Gaerius finished a bit of deer haunch and asked, "What's troubling you, Vax?"

"I believe that I saw a dragon that I had not seen in many years. Dusilthur, a powerful dragon, who I considered my enemy is the days when Dovah ruled. I had hoped that he would not come back, but it seems he has. There may still be some glimmer of hope left, though."

"Really?"

"Yes, when I knew him, he had a certain respect for the joors. I could never discern why, for I considered them beneath me. Perhaps we can convince him to turn his back on the World-Eater."

Gaerius pondered this for a second, then responded, "I guess it would be good to have two dragons on our side instead of one. But what of the people we saw earlier heading this way?"

Vaxsavus lowered his head, thinking. "I suppose it is our duty to help them. You must go alone this time. I may end up incurring his wrath upon us. Rub ash upon your cloak and body so that you will be harder to detect."

And so Gaerius clasped his cloak around his neck once again and follwed the instructions of his companion, then set out once again into the wastes, keeping low to the ground with his cloak covering his body and his scent obscured by ash and dirt.