Sarenith 7th 04 - How do you like your eggs?

After an uneventful rest the group get ready to continue the climb.

The climb is slow work as muscles ache and as the weather gets worse the climb becomes even more difficult.

Eventually emerge from above the clouds and out of the snow as the view opens to expand to the horizon.

After a towering climb the group finally pull themselves up to a flat plateau on top of Talons peak, the weather now below them opened the horizon to views spectacular and a added surprise of the ruins of a observatory shared the plateau with them. The ruins shows signs of something had set up a nest within the old observation dome and next to it was the red tree they had been looking to destroy.

Natalia notices 2 faint energies in the nest where she believed to be the Roc eggs that they were tasked with to find.

The group head into the base of the observatory, a set of stone stairs run up the building and a sole door can be seen on the ground floor.

Natalia believes the building to be of elven design and over a thousand years old.

Otto finds a magical scroll case and like a typical magician pulls at two magical staves from within the case.

The group head up the stairs into the trashed dome, where a large nest took up the room and within the nest where 5 eggs, 2 unfertilised and 3 fertilised though one of the fertilised eggs is quite dark and possibly tainted according to the druid.

The group discuss what to do with the eggs and agree that the unfertilised eggs would be sent to the celebrity chef whom was after some Roc eggs and the 2 normal fertilised eggs would go to the centaurs whilst the tainted egg is to be destroyed.

Just as the group set to destroy the tainted egg Vaneer spots a large black flying creature heading towards them and the nest screeching with talons outstretched.

The mama Roc swoops in on Vaneer and hits the cleric grappling him as the massive….sorry moosive! bird flies away with the high priest.

Otto casts fireball at the Roc successfully.

Miro shoots at the Roc and misses both shots.

Boss shoots and misses.

Vaneer attempts to thump the gargantuan bird but struggles to free his arms.

Natalia casts a spell hitting the Roc.

The Roc circles round and releases Vaneer only to find that the cleric had a ring of feather fall as he slowly floats to the ground flipping the birdie at the birdie.

The Roc screeches in frustration.

Otto casts scorching ray at the approaching big bird and hits.

Boss shoots and misses 3 times and hits on his 4^th attack.

Miro takes a quick shot and misses before running for cover.

Hugo also shoots and misses.

Vaneer casts searing light at the roc and hits as he continues floats down towards the plateau.

Natalia casts produce flame and hits the roc.

Roc circles in and crashes into the old observatory building after Natalia dealt it with the fatal blow.

Vaneer eventually touches ground and makes his way back to the building to meet up with the rest of the group.

Group rests ahead of taking out the tree.