LAST ENCOUNTER
“And now, we conclude the last of our business. It is time for me to retire. Since I woke up, I’ve strived to learn so much. I can sense that there are great forces at work here, and you and your predecessors were part of that weave in The Pattern long before I roused. But I had to test you, and I have learned much. There are places better suited for me than here, where my power will be uncontested.” As she says this, a massive 20m snake slides past you, and wraps the trunk in its coils and moves to slither out. Dozens of rodents, birds, lizards and snakes come in and begin to take most of the things in her hut. At once they move to exit.
Follow up with Bella/Dragon Dc 20 to notice her wince if the party has the treasure with them.
If all three hags are dead, she will do an augury if her disguise is intact or just tells the party the ‘curse’ is lifted.
Are you sure about that?
We’ve both benefited from each other, but it’s time for me to go, and barring my passage would seem to negate any feeling of mutuality or fair play I may have for your little band. I’ve even given you the goodwill your predecessors built up, since you are a continuation of that plan and will.
“Many thanks. I’m sure you have questions. This is the natural order – your kind seeking answers, and my kind with answers and a view into the aether beyond. Well, don’t bother getting angry, it’s not like you are an equal, nor would you have paid attention to the signs and hints if you had the memories of all your faction I have dealt with. It’s been… stimulating.”
“Aye, who says lesser creatures are devoid of wisdom?”
She sits on her haunches, and snaps several small trees down, laying them out in front of her. The snakes twine themselves, the tails of lizards, and small animals twine rope until a platform is made and all the creatures are on it, along with her possessions. She steps forward, grasps the platform in her foreclaws and jumps up with a massive burst of wing wind, her 30′ body hoisted into the air.
She throws both her arms skyward and her robes billow out, unraveling as a massive shadow spreads across the ground, casting aside everything in its path. A green, scaled beast stands before you… a dragon in all its glory.
She pays you no mind as she flies east and out of sight. The clearing is empty but for the swirls of dust – everything not tied down or weighing a hundred pounds blasted out the clearing edges from the force of her wings.
! She went and breathed on 3 farms, angering the town!
Screams can be heard in the town proper as she flies over it – bells clanging and alarms raised. As her form fades and is seen no more, a total hush hangs over the town. Soon though, you hear an angry mob coming.