The possessed dragon was defeated at great cost. The vast majority of a hired army died to a single breath weapon, but it gave Juchin enough time to plunge his polearm into the dragon's chest, and Fizzl an equal measure of time to enter the dragon's horde, and find the Orb of Dragonkind that had been used to control it.
Smashing the Orc nearly killed the dragon, but freed it, and it halted its assault and assured them it was "defeated." Convinced to remain under a banner of truce and heal their remaining sick, the dragon shared a portion of its vast horde, collected from around the castle over nearly three hundred years.
Now the party turns its attentions toward the Council of Phlan, and the likely need to correct several ancient texts, that identify the Cadorna family as the rightful successors of Valjevo—when in fact the keep belongs to another.
Comments
2780 pp, 64500 gp, 181000 sp
Wand of Mirror Image (22 of 50 charges) (design provides clue to function) (1980 gp)
Ring of Protection (+3) (18000 gp)
Mithral Shirt (1100 gp) (Small) (inscription provides clue to function)
Arcane Scroll (Shadow Conjuration (700 gp)) (total 700 gp)
Arcane Scroll (Stoneskin (950 gp)) (total 950 gp)
Arcane Scroll (Cure Critical Wounds (1000 gp)) (total 1000 gp)
Arcane Scroll (Magic Missile (25 gp)) (total 25 gp)
Arcane Scroll (Comprehend Languages (25 gp)) (total 25 gp)
Arcane Scroll (Cure Light Wounds (50 gp)) (total 50 gp)
White Pearl Amphora wreathed in Blue Continual Flame (10000 gp)
2 x Alexandrite (300 gp)
6 x Alexandrite (400 gp)
7 x Alexandrite (500 gp)
7 x Alexandrite (600 gp)
6 x Alexandrite (700 gp)
Alexandrite (800 gp)
Amber (70 gp)
Amber (80 gp)
Amber (90 gp)
3 x Amber (110 gp)
3 x Amber (120 gp)
Amber (140 gp)
Amethyst (70 gp)
3 x Amethyst (90 gp)
Amethyst (100 gp)
Amethyst (110 gp)
Amethyst (120 gp)
Amethyst (140 gp)
5 x Aquamarine (300 gp)
Aquamarine (400 gp)
6 x Aquamarine (500 gp)
4 x Aquamarine (600 gp)
7 x Aquamarine (700 gp)
Azurite (5 gp)
2 x Azurite (6 gp)
3 x Azurite (7 gp)
4 x Azurite (9 gp)
4 x Azurite (10 gp)
4 x Azurite (11 gp)
3 x Azurite (12 gp)
2 x Azurite (13 gp)
Azurite (14 gp)
Amber Stele (3000 gp)
Amethyst Holy Symbol (of a Goddess of Good) inlaid with Gold (1700 gp)
Ebony Urn inlaid with Silver (2000 gp)
Ermine Talisman (900 gp)
Fine Cloth Robe trimmed with Leopard Fur (200 gp)