Wild:52 Mother Tells Us A Story

Starring: Bo, Fuelwen, Brilla, and TskTsk
Guest Starring: General Linaeus, Zerbrer"Mother" (Cycloptic Dragon)
Challenge: Advanced Ambush Drakes, three medium and one large; Shout, Greater trap
Location: North of the Do Good River and lake; Mother's gold cave
Date Played: 08 Dec 2010 & 11 Jan 2010

The Situation among the Islands

Brilla: The islands are on a collision course that no one can stop. Killibron wants to stay to watch it, but we decide it is better for him to take the inn and put it into its demi-plane. He is going to wait until the very last minute, but it will be better than having the inn destroyed in the chaos of the impact. I just hope he blinks it away in time.

Ambush Drakes discovered prior to ambush

Brilla: Further searching led us north along one of the river banks. We noticed some reptilian footprints and realized these could belong to the draconic signs we noticed earlier. Tsk'Tsk took the lead and scouted ahead. He returned a good while afterward and warned us he was being followed. No sooner after he did that we were jumped by some drakes. Their breath slowed us greatly and one of the larger ones made their escape.

Amazingly none of the soldiers died in this attack. The elf was left for dead by the captain, but proved to be the most effective out of the lot of them.

Meeting with Mother

Monologue

🎲 DM I didn't read it exactly as this and I changed a few details in her delivery. These were my notes for her speech to you.

"I fear that it is my time to move on. The age of reigning
dragons on this world ended long ago, and few dragons are
left. You see, we do not breed well. Your world, the Wilding
is the natural state of this plane -- normally far removed
from the multiverse. We created the original "Milding" to
have a place where we could breed without our bloodlines
being lost.
"What happens when you breed a half dragon with a human? You
get a slightly empowered human. One or two more generations
and you couldn't see any hint of draconism. Now breed a dog
and a human. You'll still see extra hairiness, a long face
and all of the like for generations to come. That's why.
"We wanted a place where we could survive. Sadly, we enlisted
the help of the Celestines to create this. They grew powerful
with our help and wealth, and they moved on. They also drew
attention of outside forces.
"You see, initially we were nearly entirely isolated from
the rest of the multiverse, like few other realms. In that time,
Celestines revered the flow of time -- aging and wisdom. It was
only later that they learned of her other aspects. They learned
a way to penetrate this barrier. They created portals everywhere
and so on. Now everyone in the multiverse wants us. I spent my
life protecting against the largest threats -- which always came
in cycles according to the great ring's movements. One is now,
where the lower planes especially move about freely. But something
different happened. Devils invaded. I usually see demons. I don't
know why. But, devils. Well, they managed to out-manouver me and
here I lay, dying."

"The first thing you have to do is to slow down the motions. I
have a second cousin, within the Celestial Bureaucracy. They can
slow anything down to a crawl. He lives within the Fan empire,
always hidden away. Taikaishi Tsi.
"Then you need to get the big beacons of planar travel and remove
them from here. Not everyone. Just the big guys. Make it so they
can't come back for a while. While they're here, they anchor the
connections.
"Then you need to go to the Celestine temple and perform a
ritual there. I've preserved it in many copies throughout the
world. Check my library in Doo-Wap."

"Sealing the portals permanently? That's the best way. I have no
idea how. I've never had time to find out. Do you know where
the rest of the non-farmed Celestines went? My dung pile is that
mound over there."

Rewards

Wiki update reward:

Gold gained from Mother's hoard:

Note: level up Splat on Wiki.