Dragon's Dirge - The First Expedition

After the re-discovery of Dragon Coast, I, Brother Rufus, outfitted two expeditions to search for the sacred stones known as the Dragon's Eyes. One expedition was to make its way to the keep at Serpent Springs, in the northern region of Dragon Coast while the other sought out the old capital.

According to the reports I have received, the first expedition quickly ran into trouble. As they pressed inland, they encountered Dragonians - creatures that are half man and half dragon. The Dragonians refused to negotiate with the party; they simply attacked on sight. Nevertheless, the expedition managed to carve its way to Serpent Springs. There they found the first Eye.

But could the party make its way back to the ship? At first, things seemed to go smoothly. The Dragonians retreated, seemingly afraid of the Eye. But then a new horror awaited the party.

 
A swarm of small wyverns descended on the expedition. Their fireballs scorched the soldiers, destroying shields and incinerating the unfortunates. The party scrambled to hold off the aerial attacks, but the wyverns overwhelmed the defenders. The last few survivors dropped the Dragon's Eye and fled back to the ship. Fortunately, the wyverns gave up the pursuit, and the remnant of the expedition was able to sail away from Dragon Coast without further incident.

Thus, the first expedition failed in its quest. But what of the second expedition? I still await word.

OOC Notes

• On Sunday I hosted a day battle to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Dragon Coast's founding. Naturally, I had to have a dragon theme.
• The first scenario was sort of Ring the Bell. The expedition had to reach the objective (an Amtgard throwing weapon shaped like a stone) within a designated time. I split the participants into 2 groups. Each group had a chance to play the expedition. Both parties managed to reach the stone. Hollywood's team managed to do it in the least time.
• The second scenario was sort of Heavy Object. This time the expedition had to bring the stone across the field within a certain time. One of the parties failed; I am using their experience as the basis of the story.
• In both scenarios, the enemy was an army of dragonians. Dragonians had thick skin so they received a point of bubble armor (ignore first hit). The expedition had a healer. I originally was going to have wyverns attack the expedition in the second scenario. For simplicity I changed it to dragonians, although I gave them fireballs. For narrative purposes, I changed the enemy back to wyverns.