Enter the Spawn of Earnaness

[Steepest Durin]

I am interested in bringin' th' guy down for a while so we can find out more on oor terms. I will throttle 'er with I's Gauntlet, which clenches automatically on an internal hydraulic system with redundant overlays. If she escapes th' first round of grapplin', she'll be bit from th' second.

[Volatilus]

My beasts gather by the edge of the chasm awaiting to pile on the dragon if it attempts to ascend. Volatilus will gather himself if he was knocked from his dive and quickly ready himself for another assault, using the smoke to mask his movements. It seems this kill isn't going to be simple, but then again.. few are. I will attempt to harry the dragon with my spear, jabbing at soft looking spots only to jump away into the smog just as quickly, readying to throw my spear if it opens its maw to cough, if I can't strike it from the outside...

[Diamond Master]

VOLATILUS VS EARNANESSSPAWN
Weakness: Vulnerable Area
Equipment: Steep Guantlet vs None
Spell: Smoke Screen, Engulfing Earth vs Blurred Form

You pin the dragon into the quickly solidifying sand-become-obsidian. As it chokes and splutters, lightning arcing outward with every halting breath, Volatilus leaps into its maw, spear flashing past its armor.

Volatilus, roll a die to clinch your victory, and let me know if you intend to kill the beast.

[Volatilus]

Dovie'andi se tovya sagain! Volatilus will certainly without hesitation intend to slay the dragon.

[Diamond Master]

Volatilus rolls 19
the Dragon rolls 15

Volatilus, inside the dragon, sends his spear flashing toward some vital organ, crying fiercely in an ancient noble language. At the last second before the tip pierces the heart, an aura of crackling multicolored lightning radiates from the dragon's internal flesh. The spear is turned aside, and a virulent cough expels Volatilus as the dragon burrows, still coughing, into the earth, exposing several sizeable diamonds and chunks of adamas.

Everyone gathers to see if he is hurt. Wonderingly, he holds up his spear for your inspection - the metal tip is wreathed in brilliant flames, auras, and energies! The very air around it tingles, and the diamonds send the light glittering up and down the chasm. Carefully, the assembled deities preserve the energies until they can be usefully grounded in something.

[Great Thrash]

So close!

I ask the earth to keep tabs on where the dragon goes. Presumably it will make for the surface where I've got less power; might even take to the air. Reassemble at the surface; I will travel from underground and send up signals.

[Great Thrash]

And if it does not reach the surface, I will entomb it within the earth. Then Durin can burrow toward it, giving the rest of you access.

[Yerkan of Elish]

Thrash, can you prevent the trembling of the soil beneath our feet so that I can trick it to think we are located elsewhere? Then we can strike again with surprise.

I will keep a watchful eye - a literal one, which I temporarily mold out of clay - on the area for trilobites. If there are multiple trilobites going in the same direction, I will have my eye follow them around.

I will also set up plenty more traps for the next battle with the dragon. These will be focused around the dragon's vulnerable area.

[Diamond Master]

The dragon seems almost exhausted. It is simply hiding at the end of its burrow, holding very still. Amber eyes jerk open as activity resumes once again.

"The Daughter of Eahrnaness grows weary! State some tehrms; leave me to rest."

[Yerkan of Elish]

"I cannot speak or act for my companions, but my primary goal is knowledge. I see no reason to kill you; you are a living being, and an interesting one at that. But I care for this universe far more than I care for you; so, I ask you to tell us what you know. Answer some or all of my questions, and you will have helped slow this world's end, so I would be willing to speak up for you.

"You say you are delivering something. I ask what it is. Preferably, you would also tell us what we can do to remove its threat. Else we might have to exhaust you still further in attempting to tear it from your person, or wherever it is hidden.

"These trilobites and prints in the sand. They, too, seem to be here for sport, much like you. I do not expect you to know everything of these creatures. If you do, though, it would do you great service to tell us."

"Any further information you tell me will gain you credit from me, and I will speak up on your behalf as best I can. Surely, Volatilus would have destroyed you without a second thought."