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I dropped in to visit at Felix's house last night. He was playing chess with Pau Atei and Ehran. Not being a chess player, I rearranged Felix's house a little, putting some finishing touches on his decor. Before too long, they finished playing, and Pau and Ehran retired for the evening.

Felix asked me if I wanted to go hunt Praetorians with him and Magus. I said, "sure", so we went to the bank to wait for Magus, who must have gotten lost on his way, because Felix and I were nodding off by the time he got there.

Once we were ready, we gated to Trinsic and headed out the South gate to see if the Praetorians were on the move again after a group of us had beaten them back the night before.

We hadn't gone far when we ran into the first of the Praetorians. Not only were they back, but they had reinforcements too! Our first hint that things were not going to be easy were glimpses of Praetorian Dragon Handlers, followed by the first of many Praetorian Dragons!

These were no ordinary Dragons...these were some of the biggest, meanest Dragons I've ever seen! It took us hours to reach the fort. We had to have killed 10 - 15 of those beasts! By the time we finally reached the fort, we were exhausted. The fort itself was packed with Praetorians and they had one of those Dragons inside the fort itself to protect them.

Finally the fort was empty and we headed back to Nujelm to share the spoils. Felix found a note in his pack:

"I hope the Dragon Handlers and there charges, find you all in good health. The time to move grows close. Keep the fort save and we are about ready to claim new territory."

Sounds like they have plans to expand their control.

Thanks for the account, CC. Now I wish I hadn't wandered off to watch the tele.

Praets with dragons? Yikes.

I understand that some of the Praets encountered also have a higher-yield explosion potion, and there are hidden mines in the area near the Trinsic moongate and then further southeast toward the Fort. These traps appear to be darkness and explosions. While out "visiting" the area yesterday I was looking for the tell-tale signs of mines (the dirt dots) but didn't spot any. Someone (Daalia?) said that they are invisible. Yikes again.

Yes we ran into many traps and we couldn't see them either.

Also one thing to note...We didn't take on those Dragons all at once. Magus can take a hit, mind you, and thank goodness for that or I'd have been toast. But those Praetorian Dragons were most closely related to Ancient Dragons and when I first saw them I'm sure I turned about the same shade of Green as their hides. We moved in on the Praet fort slowly and cautiously and took on the Dragons one by one. Once there were 2 at the same time and luckily one was almost dead when the 2nd showed up. And interspersed with the dragons were all the usual Praetorians, Sargeants, Generals, etc. So it got pretty crazy at times.