-/-/- Tomb of Annihilation -\-\-

"Noooooooooooo!!!!!"

Think fast you fool of a dwarf.

Irommek barely hesitates to start forming a plan to save his island kin.

OOC: Rolled 19 in discord for initiative 

By the will of Moradin or simply an unlikely series of fortunate events, Irommek, the old dwarf, refuses to see the good-hearted companion ending like that. With words and gestures unknown even to him, Irommek believes in himself so intensely that he conjures a pair of Giant Eagles over Brunella, the kind of beast that she loves the most, just in time to save her from a horrid death.

The Eagles quickly take Brunella on the platform, unconscious, but with a bit of healing...

Inete quickly casts a Cure Wounds spell on her.
Healing 14

“Saja N'Baza, you beautiful snake, I could kiss you!”

Climbing on to one of the eagles, Irommek enjoys the flight over the lava.  Raising his hands out to the side and lifting his head as his beard flaps in the wind he yells, “I’m king of the world!”

Landing, he ungracefully dismounts and heads over to Brunella.  Looking down at her and seeing the spells slowly heal the burns, Irommek smiles and looks around at their new surroundings for any enemies.

“Well, I didn’t get to ride a dinosaur back in Port Nyanzaru, but that was a wee bit exciting.  I’m sure that I’ll be able to cajole a few drinks from the locals at a tavern or two when I tell them this story!”

In a plane far away from Hrakhamar, Saja N'Baza smiles.

 After safely landing Fleix will use the decanter and spray Burnella down. In a sarcastic voice "Oh no. Quick I'll spray you down, foutain."

Agony

Brunella's entire being is white hot searing pain. Her flesh dissolves instantly in the lava. There isn't even time to scream. She thrashes and spasms in death throes.

Somehow, in the back of her mind, she is aware of an eagle's claw grabbing her arms. "This is death. This is merciful death, come to take me."  The eagles are angels taking her to the next life.

Everything fades to black, and the pain finally ends.

...

Her eyes open. The pain is there, redoubled. Her charred and melted flesh begins knitting itself together. Brunella screams. Pieces of molten rock, still sizzling, are being pushed out of her innards. She twists and thrashes in agony. Even Inete's powerful healing magic cannot smooth over what must be done. The magic does what it must to keep her body functioning, repairing organs and tendons, but leaving flesh raw, mangled, and blistered. After an eternity, the blistering pain fades to a raw, dull background.

Brunella opens her eyes and looks at her hands and her body, in shock. She takes in the eagles and sees Irommek standing over her, smiling.

She is no longer a warrior. She is just a little girl, only nineteen. To a human, this would be a child of barely fourteen years of age. All pretenses of fierceness are shattered.

She throws her arms around Irommek, sobs racking her body. She buries her head in his shoulder and wails uncontrollably.

Oniss shakes his head, not knowing what to do.  He feels empathy for Brun but does little to move or comfort her, too focused on his own trauma from seeing her writh in pain.  Oniss slinks to the back of the group.

"Let's continue to head over to those caves on the other side." 

[The tunnels straight across from us.]

With the help of the eagles, it is now easy to cross the river. The tunnels on this side are a bit narrow for the eagles and the party must proceed in a single line. The reek of sulfur and burning flesh assaults your nostrils and a hiss-like chant is coming from the cavern on the right.

[Just remember, we should take a short rest before heading out, if the hissing is coming from the left Felix will suggest taking the right and resting for an hour.]

Hearing the hissing in the distance and looking around at the state of the group, Irommek agrees with Felix.

"I'll have the eagles stand guard for a little bit.  Why don't we take a little break.  We may need it before we finish up with those smoking lizards."

Brunella collapses against the wall, closing her eyes. She grits her teeth, trying to manage the pain. 

Hit die: 8

She focuses, meditates, and tries to center herself, and visualize the damage to her body, helping it heal.

Hit die: 11

She continues to focus, her breathing slowing, and entering a zen-like trance.

Hit die: 10

Felix will stealthily walk into the cave and see if he can see anything.

Stealth: 19

Perception: 15

Two firenewts are chanting and moving intricately around a five-foot-tall statue made of iron, copper, gold, and silver, crudely hammered together into a form suggesting something vaguely humanoid but also fiery.

They seem not to have noticed Felix.

Felix would like to see if they are chanting  spells of some kind

Arcana: 20

It looks like a Ritual, although Felix isn't sure what it is for. Felix recognises the word Imix, the name of one of the Elemental Evil Prince, being pronounced quite often.

Felix will motion to the other to get ready and will strike first with his shortbow! 

Hit: 22

Damage:7  SneakAttack: 4

OOC Initiative everyone!

Musharib 7, Inete 9

Initiative: 6

Initiative 19
(although I'm in the back and probably won't do anything)