((Yay, more of these. I really want to be over with Searing Gorge. Burning Steppes has an awesome bit I just can't wait for. It'll be great. :3))
Dear Journal,
Fiona wrote, telling me Gidwin and Tarenar were venturing up to Mount Hyjal like any respectable hero. She'll stay in Light's Hope for now, and Lillith misses me, but she's doing well. The Light energy is doing its job, and she earns her keep as a guard dog. I haven't heard anything from Darkrai or Ghost in a long while. I can understand Darkrai, but I think Ghost is finally through with me. It kind of hurts, really. She was my first friend. Scylla and Shadwyn are both doing great in their respective places, which was cheering enough. The guards are Westfall are even beating back the Defias.
After finally prying Dagger from the bars (Lunk helped, only useful thing he's ever really done for me.), we made the trip back to Thoriuum Point. From there, I was given a flying machine and was told to "secure entrance into the Slag Pit." Oh boy.

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Okay, this thing -was- pretty cool, I'll admit. Not surprisingly, Dagger was clinging to the skids and hissing furiously all the while. We finally landed and Dagger carefully disentangled himself, shooting me an angry glare. He was placated by a hog haunch, so we're friends now.
Anyways, our next mission was to free slave workers, kill ten taskmasters or slavers, and find and kill an elementalist and a golem. Dagger decided he hated this place more than he disliked me at the moment, so he quite willing to help me finish the tasks. A few slaves had lost their minds and freaked out when I told them I was here to save them. Dagger quickly took care of them, and, uh, changed their mind. And that was that for them. Some slaves were, in fact, gnolls!
As much as I didn't want too, I freed them as well, though I have to question that judgement. Gnolls. Useless, rotten gnolls. What good will they ever do for us?

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One slave was extra tricky. He had been ordered by the slavers to kill me if they found me, as it turns out the Dark Iron know of me well enough. He pretended to be saved, and when my back was turned, lunged for me. Dagger however was there first, hissing frenziedly and chomped down on the gnoll and shaking the body, giving another scathing hiss. He looked me at carefully, then turned back to the Altar of Suntara.
((I freed a slave and it looked as if it was running off, when Dagger dashed over and killed it.))
Well. We talked to Evonice Sootsmoker and reported our results. She congratulated us, then told us we would have to steal 16 pillows, in order to give the dwarves sleep deprivation. Now, I'm not one to question orders, but really? Steal their pillows? Kind of underhanded, and a bit odd. Pillows? Why can't we steal something...I dunno, more worth it.
...Pillows.

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And of course, sleepy workers ambushed us, screaming about their pillows. Dagger looked at me, and released a barrage of acid that would make any spitting green dragon proud. Smug, he returned to my side, the workers most satisfactorily dead. Remind me never to tick off Dagger again. Ever.

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Finished, we worked with Hansel Heavyhands to deal with a Twilight Lord and an Overseer. Hansel flung the Twilight Lord off, and Dagger and I quickly took out the Overseer. We were told to find Overseer Oilfist, so off we were.
We found him, and he orders us to destroy Minions of Calcinder, and kill Archduke Calcinder. Not surprisingly, we heard cries of fury. Turns out our pillow thieving had more an impact than I could ever guess.
Calcinder wasn't a threat, really. Dagger went in, hissing, his scales scraping along the ground. Flames flickered, reflecting off of him, but he remained unharmed, his tough, crystal-like skin unable to be penetrated. Finally, we threw the Twilight device and it banished the Archduke. Finished, we could go back to the Point.
Who should be waiting for us, but Lunk. He said he was proud of us for killing the Archduke without actually killing him, and offered me a heavy gear. I looked at it, he looked at me, and I sighed. Lunk. Meanwhile, Overseer Oilfist proudly gave me a necklace from their treasure stash and proclaimed me to be a member of the Thorium Brotherhood. He clapped me on the shoulder, saluted, and wished me good luck in whatever ventures I have next.
I was getting set to leave to Burning Steppes, when Dagger was no where to be seen. Overseer Oilfist called out and I saw Dagger, next to him. The snake hissed, swaying slightly.

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His message was pretty clear. He didn't want to leave with me, he wanted to stay. That damned lazy snake. I let him stay, because he deserved the rest. The Overseer promised he would keep Dagger out of trouble, anything for his sister and hero of the the Point. So, Molly, Buzzard and I packed our bags, and with a final good bye to Dagger, were on our way to Burning Steppes.
...That snake...
((New pet will be in the next post!))