While the Dhaevrak's warriors battled against the overwhelming horde of humanoid monsters, everything within the Redwood Basin was on the verge of collapse.
Inside the chieftain's hut, Valak's three wives lay unconscious upon the wooden floor.
The skull hanging upon the wall was etched with strange, glowing marks that pulsed faintly, and those very markings appeared to be the source of their unnatural slumber.
Without warning, the marks intensified in brilliance. Purple flames ignited within the eye sockets and the maw of the drake.
The skull shuddered violently, its jaw creaking open as it released a thunderous roar. The hut trembled under the sound, and streams of purple flame erupted from the drake's maw. Those flames slammed into the bone pillars supporting the chieftain's hut, and identical glowing symbols rapidly spread across them.
