>>5414810The Novice scoffs quietly, and though she does not interrupt, you can hear her rejoinder as clearly as if she said it aloud: ‘If that is so, why are you wearing that amulet, filled with the blood of dead dragons, to make yourself more like them?’
“A truly draconic spirit matters more than a draconic body,” you assert. “The Mother of Dragons is mother to MANY beings… Not all of them beautiful, or titanic. To be a True Dragon is to struggle, and to strive. Struggle against the limitations of one’s birth, and strive towards greater and greater heights until no one else is above you, and then to strive even higher because that is the nature of a Dragon!”
By the time your sermon is concluded, the Throat-singer and Ivno stare at you with wide eyes, as do the Drow youth. Their parents regard you with a quiet respect and admiration, like… Well, like a Dark Prophet. When you lead a prayer to the Dark Gods Beyond and Below, they all join you—even the Novice, even Jazkarmel’s hand-selected elf-men!
You do not invoke the Lawgiver by name. The King of the Pyramid, Persecutor of the Weak, Lord of Chains and Slaves… If you hadn’t lost him before, you are lost to him now, most certainly.
As you settle in to rest your weary mind, spirit, and body, your fellowship follows your example: you sleep simply upon the floor, back against a rough-cut stone slab of a wall, and even the home’s owners do likewise (though the children settle into their parents’ laps).
Do you dream?
>Yes, of the Serpent Ascendant [Official paladinhood? It’s possible…]>Yes, of the Baleful Beholder [Learn more of shoggoths and/or elven secrets?]>Yes, of the Mother of Dragons [A blessing for your converts? A gift for you?]>Yes, of Davora [Learn the fate of your lost lover? Gain an opportunity unknown from Death Himself?]>Yes, of the Persecutor of the Weak [A parting gift, a dire warning]>No [skip the dream sequence, gain a single stat-boost for a good night’s rest] 