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As it landed, the offspring gave a shove to the loose boulders and sent them crashing down.

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The young man flung himself backward just as the boulders landed where he had been standing. As Wilhelm landed he heard a familiar sound from the rubble at his back.

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The winged offspring had dislodged another pile of rocks, and beneath the rocks Asphodel struggled for freedom. The horse gave a whinny of effort and shook his head but the beast could not right himself.

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The fat offspring blew its fire toward Asphodel. Wilhelm leapt into the path of the fire and held his sword and shield to stay the flame. The heat singed his face.

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The third offspring slammed its tail down upon Wilhelm. He felt his arm numbed from the blow.

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The winged offspring crept closer to Asphodel as the horse struggled beneath the rocks.

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EQUIPMENT CHECK:

>One helmet
>One shield
>One sword
>Ten gold coins

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>>5446967
>>5446967

Rolled 9 (1d12)

>>5492755
Throw all the gold coins in the air to distract the beasts, maybe they will fight for it.
Then free Asphodel.

Rolled 3 (1d12)

>>5492755
>>5492786
Support.

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In desperation, Wilhelm reached for his purse of coins and tossed them blindly, for he hoped they might distract the terrible offspring.

The driver was caught by surprise as the coins pelted him.

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The three offspring were transfixed at the sight of the bright gold coins, and stayed their attacks.

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A moment later, the three terrible offspring of the dragon flew and leapt and bounded past Wilhelm and set upon the driver.

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Asphodel gave a whinny of effort and at last his hooves found purchase in the rock. The horse scrambled to his feet and shook off the last of the rubble.

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"Retrieve the black longsword!" shouted the captain of the soldiers.

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Wilhelm turned. It seemed as though his friends had found another path to the fortress of the dragon lord. He could heard their approach from up the trail. In a few moments they would be in sight.

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EQUIPMENT CHECK:

>One helmet
>One shield
>One sword
>One horse

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Rolled 8 (1d12)

>>5492886
Ride away on Asphodel towards your friends, try your best to lose the soldiers.

Rolled 1 (1d12)

>>5492886
Kick their asses

>>5492886
>>5492897
Supporting.

Rolled 6 (1d12)

>>5493102
Forgot roll.

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>>5492897
Supporting. There's at least 7 soldiers, we can't fight them.

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Wilhelm leapt to the saddle of his horse, and raised the black longsword, and cried, "Go, Asphodel!"

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The soldiers on the other side of the field parted ranks, and a pair of knights in armor galloped through on barded horses to meet Wilhelm's charge. The knights shouted battle-cries and raised their swords. The soldiers cheered.

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Rather than face both knights by himself, Wilhelm turned Asphodel and raced up the narrow pass. He glanced back and saw that the knights kept pace behind him, still shouting their battle-cries.

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Wilhelm rounded a corner and at once was upon Petrit and the others.

"Wilhelm!" called Petrit with happy surprise, and drew his own horse up short.

"Behind me!" cried Wilhelm. "Two knights give chase!"

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The knights galloped around the corner.

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>>5493787
Petrit and Emery each challenge a knight

Rolled 5 (1d12)

>>5493787
>Circle them and try to cut them down, have Petrit do the same.
>Have Jaegar shoot them down if he gets a clear shot.

Rolled 9 (1d12)

>>5493807
Supporting advanced tactics.
Are we going to kill someone now? We've only killed the swampmoose and the undead beast so far.

Rolled 2 (1d12)

>>5493807
Supporting. Can Beraht also use the Staff of Light to blind them?

Rolled 9 (1d12)

>>5493787
Supporting >>5493807 and the Staff of Light idea from >>5494152

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At the sight of the two knights, Petrit spurred his horse and called to Emery, "Come, Emery, let us have at it with this pair of snakes!"

Emery rode just as swiftly past Wilhelm and toward the knights. Wilhelm raised the black longsword in salute.

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One of the knights suddenly veered to the other side. Petrit was caught surprised. "You are too old to remain in the saddle, pigeon," called the knight, and swung his sword before Petrit could raise his shield. The shopkeeper was driven backward by the blow, and fell to the ground.

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More soldiers on horseback appeared at the mouth of the pass. Wilhelm began to fear that the battle would soon turn against them. "Beraht!" he called to the wizened old man on the wagon. "The Staff of Light!"

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"Yes, right away," said Beraht, but as the wizened old man grasped the Staff of Light, one of the knights struck him as he passed.

"Beraht!" cried Wim.

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Wilhelm shouted and charged the knight, and cut him down in one stroke.

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When he reached the wagon, Wilhelm dropped from the saddle to the dusty ground, and cradled the wizened old man. "Beraht!" he cried.

"Quickly, get me onto the wagon," said Beraht.

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Wilhelm lifted Beraht onto the wagon, and at once the Staff of Light shone with a tremendous brilliance. It seemed to Wilhelm that only the soldiers of the Dragon Lord were blinded by the light, for to him and his friends it seemed as harmless as moonlight.

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"I am blind!" called one of the soldiers. Wilhelm watched as the soldiers and knights threw themselves about.

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"Beraht!" cried Jaegar. "Your wound can be healed with the staff!"

The wizened old man shook his head from side to side. "That flash was all my strength," said Beraht.

Wim looked from Beraht to Jaegar. "None among us can use the great staves of power!"

>Muster your friends and make for the fortress
>Send Jaegar up the cliff to scout ahead
>Surprise reinforcements
>Something else

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Rolled 9 (1d12)

>>5494952
>>Surprise reinforcements

Rolled 11 (1d12)

>>5494952
>Desperately try to use the Staff of Light to heal Beraht

Rolled 8 (1d12)

>>5494958
supporting. What's the worst that could happen?

Rolled 8 (1d12)

>>5494958
We can fix him, we have the magic.

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"Listen," said Wilhelm. "I hear something approach!"

"I hear it too," Petrit said. "More soldiers!"

Wilhelm shook his head. "No," he said. "Someone else!"

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A familiar sight soon rolled into view, and Wilhelm was greeted by the sight of the three brothers he had first met on the road to Redgate. The ironshod wheels of their wagon sprayed dust as Adolph drove the horse up the pass to Wilhelm and the others.

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As they slowed, Wilhelm saw that their sister, the maiden Lovisa, was among them. "Lovisa!" cried Wilhelm. "What are you doing here?"

"She thought you may have need of her," said Rudolph, the youngest of the three brothers.

Ludolph looked from Wilhelm to Beraht. "She may have been right," he said.

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Jaegar tenderly held the wizened old man in his arms, and cried, "Grandfather Beraht, please lay still! We will soon have you back in the pathless forest!"

Beraht raised his hand and touched Jaegar on the arm. "I fear I may not see our home again," he said. "Before I die, I must tell you something about the maiden Fiamette. She is the daughter of-"

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"Give me the Staff of Life," said Lovisa, as Adolph drove their wagon alongside the other.

The wizened old man shook his head. "You cannot wield the great staves of power, girl," he said. "You should not have pilfered the Staff of Darkness from your mother."

Jaegar looked at the maiden Lovisa, and asked, "Can you save Grandfather?"

"I have been taught much about the great staves of power," said Lovisa.

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Lovisa picked up the Staff of Light and reached out her hand to Beraht. The wizened old man clutched her hand in his own. "Daughter of Ulfred," he said.

"I am here," said Lovisa softly.

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The wizened old man suddenly sprang up, and snatched the Staff of Light from the maiden, and said, "Perhaps I was wrong to doubt you, daughter of Ulfred."

"Grandfather Beraht," said Jaegar, "What were you going to say about Fiamette?"

"This is not the place for such talk," said the wizened old man.

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Ludolph raised his sword. "We came to fight a battle with little hope, Wilhelm of Helmbarte, but Lovisa has told us that you now hold the black longsword of legend," he said. "I see it with my own eyes and my blood runs hot! Let us put an end to Hendrika and her dragon!"

Beraht raised his hand. "Hendrika desires the black longsword, so that none may use it against her dragon." He looked from Wilhelm toward the fortress of the Dragon Lord. "She will not send the dragon into battle unless she has but no choice."

>Press forward and engage the army of the Dragon Lord in battle
>Sneak into the fortress while the others distract the soldiers
>Try to goad Hendrika into using the dragon in front of everyone
>Something else

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Rolled 10 (1d12)

>>5496093
>Try to goad Hendrika into using the dragon in front of everyone

Rolled 3 (1d12)

>>5496093
>Try to goad Hendrika into using the dragon in front of everyone
It will be easier to fight it with our friends to help us, especially with the staves.

>>5496093
>Try to goad Hendrika into using the dragon in front of everyone

Rolled 3 (1d12)

>>5496093
>>Try to goad Hendrika into using the dragon in front of everyone
Let's not give her time to think of a better strategy.

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"We may be able to fight a dragon, but surely not an army!" said Wilhelm.

"No," Ludolph agreed, and put his arm around the young man, and said, "though we may be able to entice Hendrika to give us her dragon."

"What do you mean?" asked Wilhelm.

Ludolph smiled, and said, "I have a plan."

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In the throne room of the Dragon Lord, Queen Hendrika paced back and forth. A soldier approached. "At last!" said the queen. "What news do you bring? Have you taken the sword?"

"None of the men returned from the pass, my queen," said the soldier.

Hendrika grew furious. "And now?" she demanded.

The soldier looked toward the window, and said, "You may wish to see for yourself, my queen."

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"I hope this will work," said Wilhelm, and walked out onto the plain.

"So do I!" said Beraht. In his hand was the Staff of Light.

Adolph brought the wagon to a halt.

"Hendrika!" called Wilhelm, as the queen appeared at the highest parapet. "Your soldiers cannot hope to fight us! We hold all four of the great staves of power!"

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Wilhelm flung open the top of the wagon.

"But perhaps you think you can win them for yourself!"

Inside the wagon were the remaining staves.

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The drawbridge of the fortress fell open. The portcullis was dragged upward. Almost before the bars had been raised their full height, the dragon burst forth from the mouth of the fortress with Hendrika riding atop it.

>These staves are fakes and Lovisa is hiding with the real staves
>These staves are real and Lovisa is hiding under the wagon
>These staves are real and they really are just bait
>Something else

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>>5497043
>These staves are fakes and Lovisa is hiding with the real staves

Rolled 10 (1d12)

>>5497043
>These staves are fakes and Lovisa is hiding with the real staves

Rolled 2 (1d12)

>>5497043
>These staves are fakes and Lovisa is hiding with the real staves

Rolled 11 (1d12)

>>5497053

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Adolph cracked his whip and drove the wagon away from the fortress. Hendrika and the dragon quickly closed the distance.

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The dragon threw itself atop the wagon, and Adolph leapt from the seat of the wagon and onto his horse. The hitch that had been loosened came free.

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Queen Hendrika reached into the smashed wagon and drew out her quarry. Her smile quickly turned to a frown as she held the three staves. "These are fakes!" shrieked the queen.

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From atop the cliffside, the maiden Lovisa watched, and raised the true Staff of Water.

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Hendrika was caught by surprise, for a sudden torrent of rain began to fall from the cloudless sky.

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The army of the Dragon Lord was nearly washed away. The few lucky men who were closest to the fortress scrambled to climb atop the drawbridge.

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Higher and higher the water rose. The queen and her dragon found themselves on a narrow island. The rain continued to fall.

"You!" hissed the queen as she saw Wilhelm. "The guard I sent to the dungeons!"

"I am Wilhelm of Helmbarte," the young man said, and raised the black longsword.

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Rolled 1 (1d12)

>>5497369
>Strike down the dragon!

Rolled 5 (1d12)

>>5497369
The Dragon "accidentally" eats the queen after one too many insults.

Rolled 1 (1d12)

>>5497369
Stabby stab!

Rolled 12 (1d12)

>>5497369
The dragon drops Hendrika into the water while fighting

Rolled 10 (1d12)

>>5497369
Off with it's head

Rolled 9 (1d12)

>>5497369
>>5452614
The staff of fire controls the dragon, and Lovisa has the staff. So she can use it to turn the dragon against Hendrika.

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With a crack, the tail of the dragon whipped around, and Wilhelm was knocked into the air by the force of the blow.

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The young man crawled toward the black longsword, but as he reached out his hand, the dragon was upon him.

Hendrika looked down at Wilhelm from atop the dragon. "I will take the black longsword," said the queen, "and then I will take the staves of power, and with the four of them I will rule not just these lands but all the world!"

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From atop the cliffs, the maiden Lovisa watched, and below her Ludolph clutched the other staves of power. Lovisa gasped, and thrust the Staff of Water at her brother, and cried, "The Staff of Fire, quickly!"

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Hendrika was caught by surprise as the dragon suddenly reared backward. The queen gave an indignant cry as she was tossed from her mount and into the water.

Wilhelm crawled forward and grasped the black longsword.

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The young man did not hesitate, and thrust the black longsword deep into the belly of the dragon.

The monster shrieked in agony. Wilhelm thrust the sword with all his might.

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The dragon lunged at Wilhelm with its jaws wide, and Wilhelm swung the black longsword once more, and chopped off its head.

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The curtain of rain parted behind Wilhelm, and Queen Hendrika stood above him. She raised her staff like a club.

"You will suffer for killing my dragon!" shrieked the queen.

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>>5498587
Fend her off, demand to know why she was killing those maidens in such a horrible way for such an awful rite. Was it for some greater reason or is she so crude as to merely want more power?
Also where is Egan in all of this?

Rolled 11 (1d12)

>>5498616
Forgot my roll.

>>5498616
Ask about her husband too, we haven't seen him leading this army, or even looking at his beloved shields.

Bet you she turned him into the dragon.

>>5498632
I thought Egan was around when the dragon first appeared according to Lovisa, unless she doesn't know or I'm misremembering.

Rolled 10 (1d12)

>>5498587
Off with her head!

>>5498643
Maybe I've been confusing Emery with Egan, but I'd think if Petrit had to grab the shield haunted by that ghost, he'd have seen the king at least once while stealing it.

>>5498685
You might be right. Either way we should ask Hendrika about it.

Rolled 12 (1d12)

>>5498587
Slice her staff.

Rolled 8 (1d12)

>>5498587
>>5499048
This, then
>>5498616
This

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Wilhelm spun and thrust out his sword, and blocked the staff. "Your dragon!" he cried. "What of the uncountable maidens taken by the Dragon Lord?"

The queen sneered at the mention of the Dragon Lord, and said, "Egan is a fool! I enspelled him when I first came to this land to take the Staff of Fire. He is content to sit and stare at the shields of the men he killed on my behalf." Hendrika swung her staff again, and shouted, "The offspring are all that matter!"

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Wilhelm saw that Hendrika was wholly evil, and swung the black longsword, and sliced the staff in two. "My staff!" cried the queen.

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Again, Wilhelm swung the black longsword, and chopped off the head of the queen.

Hendrika had a look of shock upon her face as her head tumbled through the air and into the water.

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Beraht and Adolph both clung to a piece of the wagon which had survived the flood. "The rain is beginning to clear," said Adolph.

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A shape under the water pushed upward, and the piece of wagon was knocked back and almost overturned. Beraht and Adolph watched as the shape moved toward the sandbar.

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Lovisa and Ludolph made their way down the cliffside toward Wilhelm and the dead dragon. "You have killed it!" Ludolph cried. "The dragon is dead!"

"As it should be," said Lovisa. "I pray that I never know what madness drove Hendrika to make more such horrors."

No sooner had Lovisa spoken that laughter was heard from the water. Wilhelm quickly turned and drew his sword.

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The head of Queen Hendrika broke the surface of the water and moved steadily toward Wilhelm and the others. "It is no mystery, girl," laughed the head of the queen as a dark form rose up from beneath.

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A huge shape like a barbed worm rose from the water, and from the far tip sprouted the head of Queen Hendrika. A pair of wings unfurled from its back. The tip closest to Wilhelm was a conjoined nightmare with three jaws.

The head of Queen Hendrika laughed again. "It is the nature of every woman to desire grandchildren!"

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Rolled 5 (1d12)

>>5500720
>Lovisa uses the Staff of Water to a take the monster off balance
>Chop chop with the sword

Rolled 1 (1d12)

>>5500720
Wilhelm asks to borrow a gold coin from Ludolph, then tosses it at the queen. Seconds later, the grandkids land on top of her trying to get it.

Rolled 4 (1d12)

>>5500720
>Have everyone do what they can do best to fight her with any power we have left.
>Does Jaegar have his bow? If yes then he should shoot at her.
>If Lovisa has enough magical strength left, have her use the Staff of Fire to make any part of Hendrika that's more dragon-like to not respond to Hendrika's commands.
>Wilhelm will fight using the sword in whatever way is best to defeat the monster.
So she turned herself into an SMT boss, huh?

Rolled 8 (1d12)

>>5500720
First >>5500733
Then a mix of >>5500740 and >>5500730

Rolled 11 (1d12)

>>5500848
+1

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Ludolph glanced at Wilhelm, and said, "I do not think your trick with the gold will work here."

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From high above, Jaegar took aim with his bow. "This may get her attention," the woodsman said, and drew the bowstring taut.

"Watch out!" cried Rudolph.

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The conjoined dragon-heads swung and smashed against the face of the cliff, and both Rudolph and Jaegar were thrown from their feet. Rudolph was knocked over backward with a cry of surprise. Jaegar pitched forward off the face of the cliff.

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His free hand found purchase, and Jaegar watched as the immense form of the queen raised itself up toward him. "I will deal with this gnat, and then I will take the great staves of power that are rightfully mine," said the head of Queen Hendrika.

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"Quickly, sister!" shouted Ludolph. "The staves!"

Lovisa raised the Staff of Water, and cried, "Perhaps I can drown her beneath the water!"

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The water merely roiled, and Hendrika turned from the woodsman to the others. "The great staves of power!" roared the queen. "A child like you has no business with them!"

"Enough!" shouted Ludolph, and pressed the great staves of power into the arms of his sister. Ludolph drew his swords, and charged Hendrika, and shouted, "I am no porter!"

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Ludolph thrust a sword at the monstrosity, but the three jaws snapped closed upon the blade and Ludolph watched with astonishment as the jaws began to chew the sword to bits.

"My sword!" cried Ludolph.

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Ludolph raised his remaining sword. Wilhelm raised the black longsword. Lovisa again raised the Staff of Water.

All three stepped back as Hendrika rose up before them.

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Rolled 5 (1d12)

>>5502774
>Everyone attacks her at the same time! Try to focus on her head.

Rolled 10 (1d12)

>>5502774
>Beraht uses the staff of light to blind her
>Lovisa uses the staff of fire to burn her
>Jaegar climbs up and shoots arrows at her
>Wilhelm and Ludolph stab at her

Rolled 12 (1d12)

>>5502774
Egan shows up after Hendrika's enchantment fades and sacrifices himself so Wilhelm can stab her glowing weak point for massive damage.

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"You will trouble these lands no more, Hendrika!"

Egan, the Dragon Lord, had awoken from the stupor placed upon him by Hendrika. He stood at the front of what remained of his army, and in his hand was the sword that he had not drawn in fifteen years.

"For fifteen years I have been able to do nothing but stare at the shields of dead men while their ghosts tormented me," said Egan. "I was blind to your evil, but now it is clear to all. We will fight you to the last!"

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"Then you will be the first," said Hendrika, and caught Egan within the three great jaws.

Egan cried out in pain.

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Beraht crept toward the maiden Lovisa while the gaze of Hendrika was upon Egan. "Give me the Staff of Water," said the wizened old man, "and take up both the Staves of Fire and Darkness."

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Suddenly, the jaws went slack. The body of Egan fell to the ground.

Hendrika frowned. She could not move.

Lovisa stood on one side of Hendrika, and Beraht on the other. Lovisa held in her hands the Staff of Fire and the Staff of Darkness, and Beraht held in his hands the Staff of Water and the Staff of Light.

"You cannot hold me like this for long," said Hendrika. Even as Hendrika spoke, Beraht and Lovisa began to falter from the strain.

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Behind Hendrika, Wilhelm had scaled the rocky face of the cliff.

The head of Queen Hendrika turned toward him.

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As Hendrika turned toward Wilhelm, Jaegar let loose an arrow, and cursed, for he had taken aim at Hendrika's eye.

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The arrow of the woodsman struck the hennin that Hendrika wore, and knocked it from her head. Beneath the hennin, a beaked skull with bulging eyes was suddenly exposed. It grew from atop the scalp like a tumor.

It was the true face of Hendrika.

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Wilhelm leapt from the cliffside onto the back of Hendrika, and plunged the black longsword through the head of the monster.

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Hendrika fell to the ground, dead.

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Wilhelm and Petrit, along with Ludolph and his brothers, returned the shield of Sir Randolph to the keep of the House of the Wolf, and Randolph was reunited with his maiden bride.

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His quest now complete, Wilhelm returned the black metal to the dead knights from whom it had been stolen.

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After he had done these things, Wilhelm was summoned before the four rulers of the kingdom, and stood before the true King Leonard, and Lord Petrit of the House of the Falcon, and the Lady Louve of the House of the Wolf, and the Lady Fiamette of the House of the Dragon, who had been stolen away from the cradle of Lord Egan and his first wife in order to protect the newborn babe from Queen Hendrika.

King Leonard called Wilhelm before the throne.

"Wilhelm of Helmbarte," said the King, "You have done these lands a great favor. Come, step forth and kneel before me."

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Wilhelm did as the King said, and King Leonard rose from his throne and stepped forward, and drew his sword, and said, "Wilhelm of Helmbart, I dub thee Sir Wilhelm of Bluegate. Rise, Sir Wilhelm."

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The King nodded, and Wilhelm turned to see Mirabel, Lovisa, and Shalina.

>Marry the maiden Mirabel of Helmbarte
>Marry the maiden Lovisa of the House of the Wolf
>Marry the maiden Shalina of the traveling-folk

The first choice to receive two votes will be selected!

>>5506367
>Marry the maiden Mirabel of Helmbarte
The namesake of the quest, it's only fitting.

>>5506367
>Marry all three

>>5506377
As funny as this is, I don't want to ruin the quest with a meme.
Besides, Wilhelm actually loves Mirabel.

>>5506367
>marry all three

So will Wilhelm become another fantasy anime harem mc? lmao

>>5506481
If the QM even allows it, that is.
While it's interesting to think about how a harem situation would work, I don't think it's feasible. You'd have to really stretch things story-wise to make it function properly, with all three girls having different interests, their families, and politics.

>>5506367
>Marry the maiden Mirabel of Helmbarte

>>5506496
Nah, only Lovisa has an important family, so we make her the main wife, then in order to placate the other two we...
Fuck this
>marry Mirabel

>>5506367
Mirabel

>>5506367
>marry Jaegar

>>5506367
>Marry the maiden Mirabel of Helmbarte

Then they can both go on another quest together, since this time around she missed most of the excitement.

>>5506367
>Marry the maiden Mirabel of Helmbarte

Mirabel

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"You are all very beautiful," said Wilhelm to the maidens, "but there is only one for me." Wilhelm took Mirabel's hands in his own. "Truly, I have loved only Mirabel since our first moment together. It is her hand in marriage that I ask from you, your majesty."

The King was pleased to grant the request of the young man.

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The wedding took place in Redgate. Lovisa and Shalina acted as bridesmaids to Mirabel, and Petrit escorted her from the inn to where Wilhelm stood.

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Before the eyes of the king and all the friends who had gathered, Wilhelm and Mirabel said their vows, and were married.

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And they lived happily ever after.

>>5507179
>And they lived happily ever after.
>book end
kino

Good quest QM. This was honestly very heartwarming.

Thanks for running another awesome quest LQ!

COWARD

>>5507179
Thanks for running!

>>5507325
Maybe the next quest will be a Lego harem romcom, who knows.

well done op

>>5507179
Bravo

>>5507179
Amazing as always, thanks LQ!

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Thank you to everyone for playing!

If you enjoyed this game, almost all past Lego Quest episodes are archived on suptg along with all the pictures:
https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=lego%20quest

The official Lego Quest wiki will eventually have pages for Wilhelm and everybody else:
https://legoquest.fandom.com/wiki/Lego_Quest_Wiki

And if you are on Twitter you can get a tweet whenever a new episode starts:
@EndmanOfFuturon

Let's get to the Easter eggs!

This quest is centered around Set 6023 Maiden's Cart, also known as Damsel's Coach. I recently acquired a sealed copy of this set, so Mirabel and Wilhelm are indeed as pure as they seem.

Unlike most games where I build all the backgrounds and vehicles myself, almost everything in this game has been an official Castle set.

Sets used:
>>5446967
6023 Maiden's Cart

>>5447870
Adolph's wagon is 6038 Wolfpack Renegades

>>5448081
The prison-carriage used to transport maidens is 6055 Prisoner Convoy (palette swap)

>>5448296
The keep of the House of the Wolf is 6075 Wolfpack Tower

>>5453337
The entrance to Redgate is 6059 Knight's Stronghold (palette swap, and I added a second jail cell on the back side of the wall just in case Wilhelm and a friend both got arrested or something)

>>5453340
Blacksmith shop is 6040 Blacksmith Shop

Inn is 6067 Guarded Inn although technically it's the 10000 Legends re-release but I'm pretty sure that was just unsold sets that they re-packaged

>>5454353
Petrit's armor shop is 6041 Armor Shop (I swapped out the shields with heraldry for the peasant shield)

>>5454357
Back gate and adjacent watchtower is the castle under siege in 6062 Battering Ram

>>5454359
The wagon of the traveling-folk is one of the only non-official builds in this game. I tried to only use pieces that were available prior to 1993 but in this case I used the smaller cartwheels because the regular ones didn't look quite right.

>>5459060
The cathedral in the pathless forest is an alt-build from the back of the box for 6066 Camouflaged Outpost. I was going to have Beraht, Jaegar, and Fiamette living in the main build, but then I noticed the alt-build on the back of the instructions and immediately fell in love with it. The interior has been customized since the only reference photo is the exterior shot. More on that later.

The fortress of the Dragon Lord is 6086 Black Knight's Castle. This set has a removable section of the floor that covers a pit in the large raised baseplate. I built a second floor section with the Dragon Lord's throne room so I could swap out the floors and use the same background for multiple "areas" of the fortress.

>>5498632
>we haven't seen him leading this army, or even looking at his beloved shields.
I thought about putting Egan on his throne in this shot >>5488356
but decided against it because it was supposedly late at night and I figure he would have been led to bed by that time

You can catch a glimpse of him here >>5497036

NEXT: Redgate!

>>5507574

Thanks for running LQ all these years.

>>5507574
Thank you for running the quest, had a great time with it.

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>>5459056
Forgot to mention that Jaegar and Fiamette's cart is 1680 Crusader's Cart (palette swap)

OK, time to take a tour around Redgate! Starting out of the main gate, you can see what I mean about a second prison cell. These have bars on the outer wall so the prisoners can watch people approaching the city and also act as meat shields if they start shooting arrows.

Next to the main gate is the first small wall corner I made to give the city wall a rounder shape, and next to that is the pay-2-hay stable/ corral which is one of the only locations in town that's not an official set. There are some flowers behind the barrel for a horse to munch on.

Next to the stable is a copy of the tower from 6062 without the door section, and next to that is the blacksmith shop! I added ladders to the watchtowers so the guards can climb up the ladder, flip it up, and climb up to the top without having to resort to invisible stairs.

Next to the blacksmith shop is another small angled section and the inn, and behind the inn is a small alley where torches are placed at night (this was never actually seen in-game but the torches were there). The innkeeper was the informant that the soldier mentioned here >>5465686
If Wilhelm and Mirabel had stayed at the inn or otherwise spent more time in Redgate, they may have learned more about this.

Behind the inn is the back gate that leads out to the grazing area, and next to the back gate is Petrit's armor shop. FUN FACT: If you look closely at >>5454569 you can see that the helmet with the blue plume has some damage to the face grille, and this is the same helmet Petrit wears when he first confronts Wilhelm, because Petrit was selling his own helmet and armor. The helmet with the red plume is the same one Emery wears when they ride together to the fortress of the Dragon Lord.

Next to the Armor Shop is a small table, a target, and a community bow and arrow, and next to that is the market stall, which itself is connected to the other side of the front gate.

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Long before Lego put out their Creator Expert buildings, they were making these Castle sets modular by ensuring all the walls were uniform height and all had a 1x2 Technic brick on each end so they could all be strung together to make one big fort.