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Ella appeared between two shattered statues of what Drew guessed were probably dead dwarven kings.
[Raid][Ialdir]: Oh come on
[Raid][Ialdir]: This place isn’t so bad
[Raid][Ialdir]: If every raid hadn’t had a dragon at the end it might even have been cool
[Raid][Heurodis]: perhaps
[Raid][Heurodis]: but they did
[Raid][Heurodis]: and theres only so much stay away from the breath and the tail you can take
[Raid][Heurodis]: and all the other bosses are just guys with swords
[Raid][Ialdir]: Yes the encounters are a bit dull
[Raid][Ialdir]: but the lore is actually really good
[Raid][Heurodis]: you just like it because its about a soppy love story
[Raid][Heurodis]: that ends in a bloody massacre
[Raid][Heurodis]: actually
[Raid][Heurodis]: having put it like that
[Raid][Heurodis]: I agree it is pretty awesome
They carried on bickering as the three of them descended through the ruined halls of what Jacob explained used to be the kingdom of Karad-az-Karaz. There were about twelve bosses in the whole instance, most of which were, in fact, guys with swords or—this being a dwarf-themed dungeon—axes. The closest theygot to a highlight was the confrontation with the ghosts of Imhear and Iriel, the doomed lovers who had apparently somehow got this place destroyed by dragons and gone mad with grief and guilt in the intervening centuries. Magmarion himself was basically a pushover. He was a huge red dragon who they found sprawled upon an enormous pile of gemstones and duly pwned.
Heurodis jumped onto the top of the treasure pile and activated the [Bejeweled Music Box] which caused a secret door to slide open at the back of the chamber. Inside was a grumpy dwarf called Cormag the Gemcrafter who summoned large sparkly golems, each of which spread what in the day would have been a devastating raid-wide debuff. As it was, they just obliterated him, and Drew picked through his corpse for [Recipe: Diminutive Ruby Golem].
[Raid][Orcarella]: thanks guys
[Raid][Ialdir]: no problem
[Raid][Heurodis]: id say any time but
[Raid][Heurodis]: NEVER BRING ME BACK HERE AGAIN
[Guild][Morag]: Raid starting in fifteen
[Guild][Morag]: Get your arses where they should be
[Raid][Ialdir]: Good luck??
The raid has been disbanded.
Drew had been in no state to sign up for that week’s jaunt to CoT, and a quick check of the guild calendar showed Kit hadn’t either. And, in fact, Solace wasn’t even online. Hadn’t been for a couple of days. Which made Drew feel sad and slightly achey.
He thought about texting him and suggesting they meet inHoL, but that just seemed pushy. And sort of like cheating.
So instead, he wandered the corridors of Magmarion’s Caverns, picking up the crafting mats he needed. And then, when he’d gathered two [Shard of Living Flame]s, six [Flawless Ruby]s, and a [Vial of Magmarion’s Blood], he stood by a bit of crumbled pillar and made a [Diminutive Ruby Golem].
He activated his bindstone, but halfway through the cast, he realised he was actually closer to Alarion here than he would be in the City of Stars. So he walked out of the instance the old-fashioned way, hopped on the closest thing he had to a white steed, which unfortunately turned out to be a [Malodorous Mountain Goat], and rode north.
Kit still hadn’t logged in by the time he got to Alarion, so he changed into his tux, swapped [The Inexorable Axe] for a [Delightful Red Bouquet], got back on his goat, and waited.
