Ronin Session 41.5

(It's a tiny one, but we got something done.)

The group passed into the Fire Plane, finding themselves on a massive iron meteor hurtling through an endless fiery sky. The only information they had to go on was what the Lady mentioned, that they searched for the Brand, capable of killing her, and that it rested near a forge. Spotting what seemed like architecture in the distance, they crossed a steaming plain of rubble, laced with sulfur, and encountered a sudden meteor shower. Pellets turned to bullets as the bits of space metal flashed and fell. They cut up the group pretty bad, but none worse than Sera, who was completely torn apart until nothing was left but a scraps of elf.

The horrified surviving trio made for the shelter of the huge structure on the horizon, shaped like an anvil and made entirely of iron. Passing under its open archways and into a smoky expanse, they rested a moment and were met with a dull roar. From out of one of the several stairwells leading into a brightly-lit second level came a Salamander, brilliant red and serpentine. He slithered at Matthias, even as the bard tried to hail him, though caught by surprise he forgot he was still holding his glaive. The Salamander slashed wildly, missing, and continued out of the complex, as if running away from something.

Collecting themselves and knowing that the Brand they sought was probably down near the roaring, they entered the smoky depths...