Surraruthru's Tree (Surraruthru)

[Iron Dragoon]

"I'm very good at countering magic. When I fought Secretus, I dispelled blocks on teleportation and was able to break his control over the movement inside his realm. Against many enemies, I can strip them of their protections. I can stop magic from others as they cast it. I did it against the dragon's spirit to become a dragon."

[Anastasia]

A bunch of ooos and aaah follow.

"See? If you know magic, you can take measures against it. It can be  counter spelling as a mage, to simply knowing what trick the enemy spell caster just did." Kascha says, "Some are obvious, like a fire ball, but many are not."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Indeed. A smart enough fighter can defeat a wizard. We can arrange some teaching about it if you'd like.'

[Anastasia]

"Yeah!" Several calls join that.

"Spells are scary!"

"I don't want to be cooked alive!"

That sort of thing. "I think Moonlight would be best for that, she specializes in anti-mage tactics on an individual level." Kascha says, looking to you.

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru nods. "I'll speak to her about it. I may pick up some things from her myself. Anything else?"

[Anastasia]

No more questions are coming this time, at least.

[Iron Dragoon]

"In that case, is there anything you all would like? To make you all more comfortable or happier?"

[Anastasia]

"More hydras," Blue says, "Can you find more we could add to our pack?"

[Iron Dragoon]

"Uh, I can keep an eye out. If I find any, I'll keep it in mind. Do you know of others?"

[Anastasia]

Headshakes all around.

"Well then," Kascha says, "Surraruthru and I should be going," she says. "Keep on training and I'll get Moonlight to visit you soon."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Yes. Have fun everyone."

[Anastasia]

Next move then?

[Iron Dragoon]

Not sure. Waiting on the druid so I can get the tree thing done. Not sure past that.

[Anastasia]

Cool. Moving you on.

A bit of time passes as you wait. Aurora shifts to the Astral, working on a demiplane Jaela and Afina captured. A few unremarkable days pass, really a chance for Surraruthru to decompress. One afternoon as you go over your spells while Kascha's reading quietly, Elena pops in.

"Hi," Elena says, dressed up like a hydra, in a full body costume with a face cutout. "Morniel says he's ready with that druid you need."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Excellent. Thank you Elena. Interesting attire."