The Session where Dan Beats-Up a Badger

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+title: Tales from the Crypt (dragon), S5E06
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+
+## Current Objectives
+- ~~Investigate the ethereal plane room at the Giant's keep~~
+- ~~Enter Stormheim~~
+- **[COMPLETE]** Join Kaldur and seek the Mantles of the Heroes
+- Aid the merfolk in attacking the Cthulu cults
+
+## Events
+- Harvey successfully escorted all the hobgoblins and orcs to shore. His heroic
+  actions inspired a new paladin follower.
+
+- Mummrah stayed behind to help out the wounded on the boats.
+
+- The rest of the party _teleported_ back to Rime. Gartug went home to rest (and
+  get some important alone time). Taliah returned to her lab. Sheila G and Chuck
+  get ready for an exciting slumber party at her temple.
+
+- Withatwist was hanging out in the collective hotel room, and is attacked by a
+  dark tapestry-corrupted deep badger. He manages to defeat it, and drags its
+  corpse around town showing it off.
+
+- Taliah got some mail from the Guild of Alchemists, inquiring about her selling
+  alchemical items while not in the guild.
+
+- Harvey _teleports_ back to Rime.
+
+- SG and Co. have their sleep over. We meet with the crypt dragon tomorrow. We
+  decide to return to the Boneyard now, which will make us an hour early. SG
+  _plane shifts_ us to the Runebarrow, the domain of Maugrim.
+    - A reminder of our deal: A contract, signed both by Maugrim and SG, is:
+      Maugrim will return the shade of Cayden Calien to mortal life in as hidden
+      of a way as possible (so as to avoid any unnecessary attention), in
+      exchange for a magic rune that eases childbirth, increases fertility, and
+      safety of birth for the entire dwarf species.
+        - The rune is currently at the barrow of the crypt dragon Nuripites.
+    - Stackor nee Boobons _teleports_ us to the antechamber of the crypt dragon.
+      SG buffs us with _remove fear_. We meet again with the mephit butler, and
+      are shown in to speak with Nuripites.
+        - The dragon's chambers are tidy and organized -- gold bars are stacked,
+          weapons are in racks. The dragon sits upon a rectangular dias, with
+          geometric carvings. The walls are a mausoleum, with murals and
+          depictions of creatures. Behind the dragon, stacks of coffins and
+          treasure line the wall.
+        - The dragon is gargatuan and old. Her white skin is taut, she is wiry
+          and sinewy, and her eyes are pink.
+        - We approach, and introduce ourselves. SG steps forward to speak, first
+          thanking the dragon for the space laser plans. She then transitions to
+          discussing the agreement with Magrym: trading the rune taken in
+          exchange for Cayden Calien's shade.
+        - Nuripites offers a counter deal: travel to a world overrun with
+          undead, to the lair of a draco-lich. Purge the lair of undead, destroy
+          the draco-lich, and Nuripites will agree to let Magrym have the rune
+          for 100 Boneyard-years. A brief _sending_ later, and Magrym agrees to
+          the deal. Nuripites will be prepared to send us to this world in 8
+          boneyard-hours, or at any point after that.
+        - We exit the barrow the mundane way.
+
+- SG _plane shifts_ us back to the material plane, and Stackor _teleports_ us
+  back to Rime.
+
+## Player Characters
+- Gartug Ironfist, a dwarven brawler (Bill)
+- Sheila G, a half-elf cleric of Cayden Calien (Thans)
+- Stackor, a dwarven wizard (James)
+- Harvey, a tengu-ish monk (Mike)
+- Oliver Withatwist, a fey-sworn warpriest (Dan)
+
+## Locations
+- Rime
+    - Sheila G's Temple of Cayden Calien
+
+- The Boneyard
+    - The Runebarrow, Domain of Maugrim
+    - The barrow of Nuripites the Crypt Dragon
+
+## NPCs and Notable Characters
+- Nuripites, a crypt dragon in the Boneyard
+
+## Other Notes
+- Rock Drama: there's a lover's quarrel between Guy and Francine (formerly
+  Francis). It's causing quite the ruckus in the rocksack.
+
+## Upcoming Events