Even I had heard stories about the Western Wastes. Giant wurms....dragons....cliffs higher than a tower.....and, of course, just how dangerous it was to get there. Through the home of Sirens!
It was no place for an inexperienced archer.....but I wouldn't let that stop me!
My first step was to find out where this Sirens home was! I didn't think I could get through it...but, I had to at least go see.
I asked some wyverns if they had heard about it, and they told me just to swim along the cliffs....until I saw an underwater entrance.
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That seemed....pretty easy to miss....and, actually I almost did!! But luckily I found what he had been talking about.
When I went inside, I realized rumors about getting through it were true....it looked pretty dangerous.
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But, I could hear some people fighting inside!! Humm, maybe they could use an archer? But, on the other hand, I wasn't sure making sirens hate me was a good idea....well, they already didn't like me, but that is a big difference from wanting me dead on sight!
As I was trying to decide, a druid appeared! She had been fighting with deeper in the grotto and seen me nearby!! But, she had got separated from her group...which might have been my fault....
Luckily, her spells instantly teleported us through the grotto! It couldn't have worked out better!! And she was able to rejoin her group!
Even more fortunate was when I entered into the Western Wastes through the tunnel... I saw some more adventurers....they were from <Awakened> !! The same people I had fought with against Wuoshi!! And then the giant wars!!
They were surprised to see me there, having gotten through the Grotto while still having so much to learn. Upon finding out that I was hunting giant drakes, they offered to help me! And, they had two ogres with them!
Somehow, suddenly, I had a hunting party! Things were working out better than I had imagined!
It was time to hunt these giant drakes....and prepare for the battle.
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Finding them was surprising easy, since they seemed to be watching the entrance to the grotto. Tunare definitely was on my side today.
So, we sent one of the ogres out to bait them. Giant drakes love eating ogres I hear.
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But, there was a problem....the smaller drakes wouldn't leave the side of Tranala! The giant drake!
I knew what I had to do....I ran out of the cave we had set the ambush in and began to calm the smaller drakes as best I could!
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My distraction must have worked, because moments later we were able to lure Tranala into the cave....the worse place for a giant drake! Since the close walls gives it no room to fly!!
Though, maybe it was her who was trapping us? Because the close cave walls also helped her channel her icey breath .....at least on the others, I made sure to keep my distance (an archer doesn't fall for such tricks!).
Indeed, the fight was close! Naethyn almost falling a few times, but managing to stay alive!
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After a long fight, filled with arrows... we did it!! Tranala was defeated! And I had her wing!!
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It was time to travel further into the wastes...to find the stranded gnomes I had heard about, and bribe their unique "bow" from them.