Welcome to post Fork #piratesunday me mateys!! If you arrrrrr like me you are annoyed and very frustrated at the state of affairs around our vessels, but like the pirates we are we shall make our way! When we last left Captain K and his band of pirates the Mage Key-Wee had informed them that the relic lies in wait in a cave occupied by the Fomorians, which represented some of the darkest forces of nature.
After a long night of planning, the six adventurers boarded Tarakona and set off for the Cave of Souls to find the third relic. They had gone over the plan many times trying to think of all variables and the best way to obtain the relic. After about an hour of flight they arrived at a large cave entrance surrounded by a forest of dead trees. Key-Wee pointed to a small rocky area about twenty feet beyond the large mouth of the cave for Slak-tor to land Tarakona. Captain K took the moment to tell the group “Remember three things, the plan, we meet out front, and we leave nobody!” The group all agreed with hearty “ayes” and with that Key-Wee lead Sir Bentley and Cornelius of Doggshire to a small opening. Chanting a few ancient words Key-Wee waved her hands and with that a large portion of rocks moved to the side revealing another opening. Key-Wee said “this should take you straight to the passage containing the relic, but make sure to wait for the signal.” Sir Bentley and Cornelius of Doggshire both nodded in agreement. Running back to Tarakona Key-Wee said “Be safe my Narnian brother and new friend! May Aslan be with you!” As Tarakona flew back toward the front of the cave Sir Bentley looked at Cornelius and ask “Corndog, are you worried about our odds?” Laughing he reached out and grabbed Sir Bentleys two paws then chuckled out “heck no we have four lucky rabbits feet and my good looks. They have no idea how bad they are about to lose!” The two shook hands and braced waiting for the signal.
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(Sir Bentley)
In front of the Cave Slak-tor set Tarakona down in front of the cave as Captain K and First Mate D leaped to the ground. Slak-tor looked down at the pair and noted that “I should be doing this K, you are too important.” Captain K grinned and said “We are all part of this and I am no greater than anyone in my crew. We will succeed together.” First Mate D quickly turned and spouted ‘we should be careful what we ask for as I feel we will all be in battle very shortly.”
Captain K and First Mate D proceeded toward the large darkness of the cave and Slak-tor and Key-wee took their position at the top of the cave with Tarakona. As they reached the opening First Mate D told Captain K “It has been an honor sir and may we make it to the other side unscathed.” Captain K placed his hand on D’s shoulder and said “Likewise my good friend.” Suddenly, D saw the shadow move out of the corner of his eye. “Cap we are not alone.” The two men placed their backs together and drew their swords. Captain K holding two cutlass’ and D with a heavy modified claymore with celtic runes down it. Swinging their blades into the shadow they were amazed at the cry the dark let out and the black ooze that fell to the ground from it. With that a horde of small imp like creatures of all different colors and twisted features ran toward the men. Captain K yelled “now” as he and D took a position in the wood outside the cave cutting down as many creatures as they could with each blow. Tarakona let out a fireball into the sky that signaled Corndog and Sir Bentley to leap into the dark hole. Sir Bentley jumped from wall to wall as he reached the floor, while Corndog drug his metallic hand down the cave wall. Sir Bentley said “Try to keep up” and with that the two started running at down the passage. Sir Bentley screamed “leap” as the ground fell away and the two strained to reach the other side. Barely hitting the other side they could now see something up ahead pulsating with a white glow. Moving closer to the light Corndog heard a loud pop and two thick walls began to close in front of them. The man roared out “Down Ben!” and the hare dropped to the floor. Holding out his hand and running at full speed Corndog drove his way through the barriers. Turning back to Bentley he hollered “try to keep up!” and the two took off toward the lighted area running even harder.
Back outside Captain K and First Mate D found themselves completely surrounded by Fomorians.
Cutting down the forces that kept flooding from the cave they found out very quickly that some of these creatures commanded the very weather, trees, and darkness. They have been forced to turn several large dead maples into fire wood and learned that cutting off the hands of those that controlled rain and lightning would end their assaults.
Slak-tor watching from above with Key-wee shook his head and grumbled “we should be down there!” Key-Wee retorted “that’s not our part, but it will be in the fray soon enough!”
Finally, Sir Bentley and Corndog reached the cavern with a blinding white light shining down on a beautiful glowing bar with four unique warriors riding toward them.
As they crept went to reach for the bar flames blew up from the floor of the cave closing in the bar. Reaching down into a brown pouch on his hip Corndog pulled out three small black orbs. Sir Bentley looked down “What are those?” “Well they will either put out the fire or make it fill the whole cave. One way I think we will be thrilled and the other we probably won’t be around to care too much” Corndog explained. “Oh…. Ohhhh” Bentley yelled as he grabbed Corndog and pulled him back behind some boulders as the orbs slammed into the fire. Instantly, the flames erupted out further over their heads and then pulled back into a thick grey foam. Acting quickly Sir Bentley ran and grabbed the bar as fast as he could; stopping for a moment to tell Corndog “lets go!” The two sprinted toward the front of the cave. Luckily, the cave was pretty much empty thanks to Captain K and First Mate D’s distraction.
As the men reached the front of the cave they drew their weapons and began fighting their way toward Captain K and D. Reaching each other the men took position covering each side, but the smaller imps seemed to be slowing. First Mate D looking back toward the cave saw a very large imp constructed of a dark billowing smoke coming toward them. As the smoke touched the smaller imps and trees around it they were turned to ash immediately. D yelled “Guys we got a problem a big one coming at us.” With that Slak-tor and Key-Wee hovered above the cave opening and hit it with a combination of Key-Wee’s magic pushing the opening closed and bombarding it with Corndogs weapons that Tarakona made erupt into a blast. Holding up her hands and chanting Key-Wee centered the explosion directly over the cave collapsing it inward more. Captain K and the men started running toward Tarakona as shoots of black smoke stretched out toward them and passed them. As they started jumping onto the dragon, Key-Wee sent a blast toward a band of Fomorians throwing daggers at them. Distracted by her spell Key-Wee did not see a large bolt of darkness about the hit her on the side. Hurdling toward the Mage, Corndog used his mechanical hand to push her forward toward Slak-tor as the dark cloud engulfed his left leg and he fell to the back of the dragon. Screaming a spell and pushing her hand forward Key-wee forced the large beast backward and they watched she forced the demon in on himself turning him to ash. Slak-tor steered Tarakona upward turning him back to face the remaining forces.
Tarakona reared his head back and let out a massive flame laying waste to the last of the Fomorians. Slak-tor said “Tarakon to the dome”, as he glanced back to see the condition of his fallen brother. Sir Bentley leaning over Corndog began telling him “you will be alright brother” as he assessed his injuries. D was wrapping his shirt around Corndogg’s knee that no longer continued to a foot. Corndog smiled “Ben it looks like I am going need one of those lucky feet!” Sir Bentley told him “ you got it, we just got to get back to the ship first.”
Reaching the dome Key-Wee took out several small objects from the a pocket in the side of her armor, and the amulet of Merlin.
(Merlins Amulet photo by 
Placing her other hand on top of the amulet she recounted a few words and a her eyes began to glow a bright yellow that seemed to flow down to her hands. She then threw the items at the dome making a large triangular pattern. Attaching to the dome they shorted out the force field between them allowing Tarakona to exit.
Making it back to the ship Corndog was put in the able care of DOC, and the Dragon Fire set course to return to the Silver Queen Savore’s court. Greeted by Queen Savore as they returned, Captain K introduced Key-Wee to the Queen.
(Silver Queen Savore)
Key-Wee bowing to the Queen noted “your kind deeds are known throughout the lands Queen Savore; it is an honor.” Queen Savore replied “the honor is mine to be in the presence of such a great mage!” After receiving the account of what occurred on the island of Hi-Brisil Queen Savore had a great ceremony arranged. Meeting in the Great Hall of her palace the crew partook in amazing dishes and was given some much needed rest. After the meal had completed, Queen Savore stood at the head of the table and asked Cornelius of Doggshire to please approach her. Corndog rose from his chair standing on a new shiny mechanical leg embossed with silver and gold symbols matching some of the Celtic runes on Key-Wees armor. Standing before the Queen he said “your majesty.” Queen Savore drew a sword of pure light from her side and commanded “Cornelius of Doggshire take a knee.” Kneeling quickly, Queen Savore took her blade from one shoulder to another announcing “for great heroic deeds and actions conducted thinking only of others arise Sir Cornelus of Doggshire the new knight of the Silver Fairy Order.’ Sir Cornelius stood and bowed to the Queen as he humbly thanked her. When he sat back down at the table, First Mate D lean over to Corndog remarking “Congratulations my friend just don’t lose your head over it, considering we don’t have many replacement parts left.” The whole crew enjoyed a laugh and the celebration carried long into the night.
As most of the crew continued to celebrate the recent victory Captain K, Sir Bentley, First Mate D, Key-Wee, and Queen Savore slipped away to her personal chambers to align the new relic with the others two. After the chart and the two previous relics were on the table, Key-Wee took out the third relic and placed it down on the chart. The bar projected a dark beam of light towards the two other relics and then scrolled a line across the chart to an outline of an island. Queen Savore looking closely at the chart exclaimed “Foundry Island is where the next relic lies.”
There you have it my pirate family. An epic ending to the search for the third relic and what of this Foundry Island you say?” Well check back next #piratesunday and make sure to thank 
