The Dragon War (LOG: Zandar attempts to free Carain from the gem)

A Room in the Inn
  You are in one of the rooms of The King's Sceptre. The room is very
neat and clean. You see a dresser near one wall of the room and a closet
next to another wall. A carefully made bed rests before you with silk
bed sheets and a fluffed up pillow. This is a very comfortable room.
You can leave this room to the south.

[Exits: (south)]
Anasazi the Master Historian is here.
(Translucent) (White Aura) Bartelby the Holy Patriarch of Healing is here.
(Translucent) (White Aura) Deonesion the Holy Patriarch of Healing, Knight of Valour is here.
Myria the Writer of Legends is here.
(Carain) The Ring of the Lost flickers with the image of Carain in its stone.
Zephyrus the Herald of the West Wind is here.

Zandar says 'Carain?'

Anasazi says 'Dispel magic?'

Deonesion chuckles at Anasazi's joke.

Zandar sighs.

Carain whispers, "I must have the Flame..."

Anasazi says 'Healing of Laughter?'

Zephyrus prepares to sing 'Healing of Laughter'.
Zephyrus sings 'Forget about your troubles and pains,'
Zephyrus sings 'Why let your life be bound in chains.'
Zephyrus sings 'Let your smile lift your spirit,'
Zephyrus sings 'Laugh out loud for all to hear it.'
Zephyrus sings 'With this you'll get the cure you're after,'
Zephyrus sings 'Because the most effective medicine is laughter.'
The song brings a laughter to Zephyrus's face.

Anasazi says 'Who has the flame?'

Zandar says 'How do we set you free from this gem?'

Deonesion closes his eyes momentarily.

The door south of you opens.

Zephyrus prepares to sing 'Victory Be Ours' in a duet.

Tinieblas walks in.
A large grizzly bear walks in.
A large black panther walks in.

Anasazi prepares to sing 'Ode to Stryth' in a duet.

Zephyrus prepares to sing 'Victory Be Ours' in a duet.
Zephyrus sings 'Oh great beauty, oh lovely sky,'
Anasazi sings 'On watch duty, sitting up high.'
Zephyrus sings 'Victory Goddess, grant us fate,'
Anasazi sings 'This I promise, homage of great.'
Zephyrus sings 'Give us a boon, from the stars,'
Anasazi sings 'With this tune, Victory be ours.'

Deonesion bows before Tinieblas.

Deonesion closes the door south of you.

Anasazi prepares to sing 'Ode to Stryth' in a duet.

Zephyrus prepares to sing 'Ode to Stryth' in a duet.
Zephyrus sings 'The Name unmatched throughout the land,'
Anasazi sings 'Who turns the world with a flick of the hand.'
Zephyrus sings 'From above the clouds he stares down,'
Anasazi sings 'To abolish his foes with but a frown.'
Zephyrus sings 'To him who's heart is midnight's cold,'
Anasazi sings 'T'is maybe too late to save your soul.'
Zephyrus sings 'Thus I wish to beg his blessing,'
Anasazi sings 'So each day may keep on passing.'

Anasazi prepares to sing 'Ode to Stryth' in a duet.
Anasazi sings 'The Name unmatched throughout the land,'
Zephyrus sings 'Who turns the world with a flick of the hand.'
Anasazi sings 'From above the clouds he stares down,'
Zephyrus sings 'To abolish his foes with but a frown.'
Anasazi sings 'To him who's heart is midnight's cold,'
Zephyrus sings 'T'is maybe too late to save your soul.'
Anasazi sings 'Thus I wish to beg his blessing,'
Zephyrus sings 'So each day may keep on passing.'

Anasazi prepares to sing 'Mystery of the Unicorn' in a duet.

Anasazi prepares to sing 'Mystery of the Unicorn' in a duet.
Anasazi sings 'Travel the distant lands far and wide,'
Zephyrus sings 'We search for mystery in great stride.'
Anasazi sings 'A fair steed with wild and fiery mane,'
Zephyrus sings 'Whose enigma has sparked its fame.'
Anasazi sings 'For those who find this fabled beast,'
Zephyrus sings 'Its mysteries will be released.'
Anasazi sings 'The secret is abound within its horn,'
Zephyrus sings 'Alas we have found the great unicorn.'
A unicorn runs through, filling the air with mystic energy.

Zephyrus prepares to sing 'Remembrance' in a duet.
Zephyrus sings 'A distant memory locked away,'
Anasazi sings 'Seems like a dream from yesterday.'
Zephyrus sings 'A thought in fragments you almost grasped,'
Anasazi sings 'Perhaps a clue that reveals your past.'
Zephyrus sings 'Heed my song and the nightmare will end,'
Anasazi sings 'Let your memory surface once again.'

The white aura around Deonesion fades.

Tinieblas says 'So what's the big ruckus all about?'

Deonesion sits down and rests.

Anasazi prepares to sing 'Let it be Known' in a duet.
Anasazi sings 'Let it be known throughout the land,'
Zephyrus sings 'For I am the greatest, the most grand.'
Anasazi sings 'Let it be known and all take heed,'
Zephyrus sings 'Young and old know my heroic deeds.'
Anasazi sings 'Let it be known with all my glory,'
Zephyrus sings 'Ages to come will tell my story.'
Anasazi sings 'Let it be known my ample fame,'
Zephyrus sings 'Man and beast do speak my name.'

Deonesion says 'They attempt to devise a way to free Carain from the ring.'

Anasazi prepares to sing 'Rest Thy Feet' in a duet.
Anasazi sings 'My eyes have traveled far ahead,'
Zephyrus sings 'and saw what riches bode!'
Anasazi sings 'So come my lads, arise and go,'
Zephyrus sings 'Continue on the Road.'

Anasazi prepares to sing 'Rest in Peace' in a duet.
Anasazi sings 'Life so sweet and bitter death,'
Zephyrus sings 'Both of which you've had a taste.'
Anasazi sings 'Rotting flesh of forsaken soul,'
Zephyrus sings 'Neither of which yours to control.'
Anasazi sings 'The final rest a step away.'
Zephyrus sings 'Close your eyes with this breath.'

Deonesion says 'For it is not as simple as destroying it.'

Deonesion frowns at what Anasazi did.

Deonesion gets a silver chalice from a Big Ol'Pack Sack.

Deonesion drinks water from a silver chalice.

Zandar says 'Carain, please. Darkhan will not wait for us.'

The shadows about the room form into a solid shape known as Zanzabar.

Zanzabar melts into the shadows.

Zephyrus prepares to sing 'Broken Spirit' in a duet.

Zandar says 'He will storm through that gate any moment.'

Zephyrus prepares to sing 'Broken Spirit' in a duet.
Zephyrus sings 'Here we stand day by day, searching blindly for the way.'
Anasazi sings 'All you find is another gray, wishing back the days of play.'
Zephyrus sings 'Here we stand day by day, dwelling in life's long sorrow.'
Anasazi sings 'Walking lost in the barrows, with no hope of a better tomorrow.'
Zephyrus sings 'Here we stand day by day, life's only truth I have spoken.'
Anasazi sings 'Dark the day before we're awoken, our spirits do be broken.'
A depressed look passes over Zephyrus's face.
A depressed look passes over Anasazi's face.
A depressed look passes over Bartelby's face.
A depressed look passes over Deonesion's face.

Zephyrus sighs.

The shadows about the room form into a solid shape known as Zanzabar.

Zanzabar utters the words, 'gurunsoqz'.
Myria yells 'Die! Zanzabar, you sorcerous dog!'
Myria's slice DISEMBOWELS Zanzabar!

Zanzabar melts into the shadows.

Deonesion raises an eyebrow.

Tinieblas says 'Where is Odoacer?'

The shadows about the room form into a solid shape known as Zanzabar.

Zanzabar utters the words, 'gurunsoqz'.
Myria yells 'Die! Zanzabar, you sorcerous dog!'
Myria's slice DISEMBOWELS Zanzabar!

Zanzabar melts into the shadows.

Anasazi drinks water from a leather water skin.

Anasazi says 'I dind't do it.'

Carain says 'You must kill the Dark One.'

Deonesion growls.

Deonesion says 'Who just calmed me??'

Tinieblas says 'Shouldn't Odoacer protect his town?'

Zandar says 'He is already sending his son in here.'

Deonesion growls at Zephyrus. Better leave the room before the fighting starts.

A swirl of sharp flower petals consumes the image of Myria.

Deonesion goes to sleep.

Bartelby goes to sleep.

Tinieblas gets a water jug from a Big Ol'Pack Sack.

Anasazi prepares to sing 'Lust Seduction Desire' in a duet.
Anasazi sings 'Lust, Seduction, and Desire,'
Zephyrus sings 'Your heart beats faster, your loin's on fire.'
Anasazi sings 'Unlock the urge that sleeps within,'
Zephyrus sings 'Fall to the temptations of mortal sin.'
Anasazi sings 'Enjoy a feeling so refresh,'
Zephyrus sings 'Indulge in the pleasures of the flesh.'

Tinieblas gets a water jug from a Big Ol'Pack Sack.

A summer breeze carries a flurry of razor sharp petals with Myria in their midst.

Tinieblas puts a water jug in a Big Ol'Pack Sack.
Tinieblas puts a water jug in a Big Ol'Pack Sack.

Tinieblas drinks water from a magical spring.

Zandar says 'Kill him?'

Bartelby wakes and stands up.

The white aura around Bartelby fades.

Carain says 'No, not the son. Darkhan.'

Bartelby closes his eyes momentarily.
Bartelby is surrounded by a white aura.

Deonesion wakes and stands up.

Bartelby drinks water from a magical spring.

The door south of you opens.

Abbelonaddon walks in.

Tinieblas scans south.
Zephyrus doesn't look as down spirited.
Anasazi doesn't look as down spirited.
Bartelby phases back into existence.
Bartelby doesn't look as down spirited.
Deonesion phases back into existence.
Deonesion doesn't look as down spirited.

Tinieblas closes the door south of you.

Bartelby closes his eyes momentarily.
Bartelby phases out of existence.

Abbelonaddon throws back his head and cackles with insane glee!

Deonesion sits down and rests.

Abbelonaddon looks at Myria.

Bartelby beckons Abbelonaddon to follow...hmmm what's going on?

Abbelonaddon nods.

Deonesion stands up.

Myria sighs.

Deonesion closes his eyes momentarily.
Deonesion is surrounded by a white aura.

Zandar says 'If that is the only way...'

Deonesion sits down and rests.

Zephyrus prepares to sing 'Twilight of Faeries' in a duet.
Zephyrus sings 'Twilight of faeries fly through the skies,'
Anasazi sings 'Granting men's dreams of forbidden sights.'
Zephyrus sings 'Up above our heads they play away,'
Anasazi sings 'Sounds of laughter brightens up the day.'
Zephyrus sings 'Close your eyes with a gentle kneel,'
Anasazi sings 'With fairy dust our wounds will heal.'
Hundreds of faeries attracted by the music dance merrily above you.

Carain nods.

Myria screams loudly!

A swirl of sharp flower petals consumes the image of Myria.

Tinieblas sits down and thinks deeply.

Darkhan yells 'It is time to end this, Zandar!'

Tinieblas eats magic dust.

Deonesion drinks water from a magical spring.

Deonesion stands up.

Deonesion sits down and rests.

Zandar yells 'So it is...so it is.'