Module: Storm King's Thunder (Chapter 12 "Doom of the Desert")
Pylia (with her shield guardian), Blue, Drizmar, Ark, Bek, and Himo (their EV cleric) finished their preparations for battling Iymrith the ancient blue dragon by convincing Harshnag to rejoin them. King Hekaton reported success in convincing the giants to stand down in their hostile activities against "the little folk" of the Sword Coast. He also insisted he leave his guards with his daughter to guarantee her safety while they went into battle.
[Technically, at this point, the team achieved the main goals of the module, but they insisted on taking on their new arch-enemy in her lair. And who can blame them? This dragon needs to die...]
At the desert half-coliseum ruins, the team had to fight: 30 gargoyles, 9 yuan-ti, and Iymrith herself! One by one, the team was killed - King Hekaton, Harshnag, Bek, Ark, Himo, and Drizmar; the shield guardian was also destroyed. Blue was knocked out, bleeding to death as the gargoyles were dragging the dead bodies into the sinkholes below. Pylia managed to teleport out (to their rented manor in Waterdeep) with the bodies of Blue and Drizmar. On the enemy side, Iymrith and 15 of the gargoyles had survived.
Pylia gave Blue a healing potion and he used revivify to bring Drizmar back to life. They discussed whether or not to go immediately recruit help and go back in while Iymrith was damaged, but eventually admitted to themselves they needed at least an hour's rest. They paid the EV agents to get Blue's siblings (Mercy the tiefling fighter and Blood the satyr cleric) from the Feywild to join them, along with a retired centaur fighter (with lightning-resistant armor and magic swords).
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