In any case, that won't be for a while yet.
Day 6 2nd Galena, 200
Deebus set out in the dawn, when most of the others still slept. He had only one target for now, and this troglodyte was back around the other side of the mountains. Such a trip for only one kill. Now he was resolved to go once more through the mountains themselves, hoping to discover more foes on his own. He crossed the river as the sky began to go from red to blue, going south through the swamps and deeper into the great basin surrounded by the dread mountains. About a mile from the southernmost edge of the basin, or the northern feet of the mountains, he already came across another lair.
Deebus ate his morning meal before sneaking inside. The sandy burrow became a rocky tunnel further inside, and was very large. A very big creature could fit where the ceiling was as high as this. It was then that he saw the eggs. Huge, round and white.
Something very bad was in here. He readied his bow, knowing that it was his only hope against large creatures, and looked around. The antechamber seemed empty, though, aside from the eggs and some kobold clothes, but there was a long, dark passage leading out the south of the chamber.
In the middle of the passage slept the great cave dragoness, Ilavile. Deebus knew her from her size, said to be large even for a dragon. Ilavile was an ancient terror, having caused much destruction long ago, but who was long dormant and nearly forgotten. Now Deebus knew why, for she was raising a brood of dragonlings to unleash upon the world. He could not let this happen. Deebus looked into the eyes of the beast through her translucent lids, and prepared himself.
Deebus loosed an arrow, but the shot went far astray and sailed over the neck of the sleeping dragon.
The great, glowing green eye flew open, a huge eye to pierce the darkness. It could not pierce Deebus, however. Deebus fired two more arrows, one striking Ilavile in her left flank, but in a feat of awe inspiring terror Ilavile swung her entire body out of the way of the next arrow. Deebus could not seem to hit her, she moved so fast! She could not tell where her assailant was, as he kept moving around in the deepest shadow, but none of his arrows would land in her. Eventually he pegged her in the other flank, but this did not seem to slow her down. The next two shots were dodged with ease. Deebus got an idea, then. He crept back further from the dragon, where she could not hear the quiet sound of his bowstring, and loosed another arrow. This one burried itself in her right rear leg, though again it only seemed to aggravate her. He fired two more, biting into her belly and wing.
Ilavile roared, shaking the whole cave. She was sure that whatever maggot dared to challenge her would be paralyzed with terror by this. Instead, though, she found an arrow suddenly in her tounge. Deebus cursed. A little lower and it would have been in her throat. Two more shots, one in the spine and another in the rear foot, though it only seemed to enrage her even more. Ilavile whipped around, looking for her tormentor. Whatever it was, she would crush it! Though it would suffer first.
Deebus continued to peg her with arrows. He would keep firing until something gave! At long last, 3 shots later, Ilavile roared sharply and fell over. The arrow had lodged itself firmly in the nerves of the ankle. The second she hit the ground, Deebus lept into the air to avoid being knocked over by the trembling it caused, landing on the dragon's head. He stabbed the spear deep into each of the giant, horrible eyes, blood spurting everywhere as he did. Next he lept onto the upturned chest, plunging his spear in again and again until it lodged in the lungs. Ilavile shuddered mightily then, knocking Deebus off of her. He landed skillfully, rolling back onto his feet. Ilavile gasped. With a wheeze and a sigh, she spat a torrent of blood from her mouth and was still.
Deebus crawled back up onto her torso. He retrieved his spear and began to carve into her chest. After hacking off several chunks of bone and organ, he found the heart, still twitching slightly, pumping pointlessly and weakly, not knowing it was already dead. Deebus tore it out, and devoured it. Now he would have some of the wisdom of a creature that had lived since time began.