Session 1: Ascent through First Find

It leaps out of the pool, a great mess of froth and leathery hide easily twenty foot long, apparently most of it sharp teeth



Xadra's arrow lands into the roof of it's gigantic maw, knocking it from latching onto Tezoc's leg, drawing blood. It stays in it's pool, rearing up for another attack in his direction.

Florian recalls that despite this creature's gigantic mouth, it's an entirely aquatic beast. It's likely not to spend much time above the waterline before it retreats below the surface. If you tire it out, it'll likely flee before it asphyxiates. It's eyes are also deep, mirrored and wide open; one of the few weak spots that you can spot on it's deep armoured hide. His song echoes out into the cavern, loud and uncanny.

Tozec drops the rock at the beast forcing it to manoeuvre away from the boulder. It's trying to rally against Lucas but it's failing to find an opening against the smart fighter, who's able to keep the creature at bay and smash it over the head with his sword. It's lashing out madly at all three of the front line fighters, hoping to latch on to an errant limb and drag one of you down beneath the waves.

The terrible aquatic lizard is raging, thrashing and screaming, bloody minded and snapping at Tezoc. It's missing some teeth, but it's hide seems hale and healthy.

Tezoc is somehow louder though. The angry barbarian's hurled the rock dead at the creature's head, bawling a challenge at it. He's seeing red as well.

So. How are you all going to react?

Florian's cries of advice are practically drowned out by the sound of the two empire swordsmen hacking away at the creature, who are finding indeed that a majority of the damage they're doing to it are being absorbed by it's thick hide. The beast's jaws are being held open by Tezoc's mighty biceps, who's wrestled it to the ground, twisting it to it's side. It is evidently confused by this, and is trashing out with it's barbed, vestigial limbs in the direction of the fighters attacking it, straining against Tezoc's arms and failing.

It's doing it's best to withdraw, but for now Tezoc's keeping it firmly in place. As it's thrashing intensifies, a single stallectite falls from the ceiling and lands near Beast and Xadra. The cougar growls and whimpers, concerned.

Lucas's blade sinks deep and draws blood and the terrible lizard roars in agony, thrashing it's tail around the cavern, working the pool up into a frothing tide. It rolls to it's side, trying to lash back out at Lucas in response, but Tezoc and Maximillien are keeping any counterattacks it's making at bay.

Tezoc can tell the beast is weakening; indeed at this point he's locking it's jaws open and feeling little to no pressure against his wrists now. It's putting all it's energy into backing away.

Another few stalactites fall from the ceiling, landing dangerously close to Florian. Some of them are about a foot long, made of solid rock.