Dragon quickstep

[Anastasia]

Usually by active volcanoes and underground/in lower layers where magma is. Pretty predictable, that. Lots of fire creatures participate there, but also plenty of others since death is meaningless in Ysgard.

[Corwin]

Seira focuses on lava flows with particular interest to Kossuth, since Pashatuh is apparently near one. So long as she manages to get a finite amount, she can just visit them all in order!

[Anastasia]

You get one above all - it's nameless, but you can sense it's by a fortress. Crackle Fortress, so named by the defenders. The lava flow has trees that grow by it that resist fire until they don't and explode into a storm of crackling flames, hence the name.

[Corwin]

"We're headed to the vicinity of Crackle Fortress on Fire. It's near a lava flow, and I think that one of Kossuth's servants, Pashatuh, is there. He could help us with Imix," Seira elaborates for Ranbar after her reflection. "Ready?"

And if the answer is a positive one, she'll transport the three of them across.

[Anastasia]

So hot. So wonderfully hot. It's a cavern, red hot and with crackles of flame leaping up towards the ceiling. For a massive lava flow and lava lake are here. On the shores of this sit a blackened sandstone fortress, and trees dot the terrain. Green and leafy, no sign of burning despite the heat there, even the ones right at the shoreline.

The fortress itself is a large walled city around a massive spike of blackened sandstone. It goes up hundreds of feet, iron scaffolding supporting paths carved into the side of the spike. The top of the spike has been removed, a flat ground for a huge fortress and a few other buildings around it. You can see military forces go up and down the great paths up the spike, with watch towers dotted regularly along it, as well as along outer wall of the lower city.

[Corwin]

She never asked what Pashatuh looks like, exactly, but maybe dipping into Knowledge and Fire, this time, would be helpful?

Knowledge:Planes 10 for 120

[Anastasia]

He's a fire giant with dull red hair, big features and lots of muscles. Like most fire giants, if you're being honest about it.  He's notable for a flame-orange eyes, which are more unusual.

[Corwin]

Seira makes her way to the forces besieging the fortress, looking for an officer or leader amongst them!

[Anastasia]

Looking closer, you see it's not like that - it looks like all allied forces. Not fighting, just going back and forth.

Meanwhile, "Nice," Donald says, "Is it me or does that look like-"

"Yes," Ranbar admits, "Like a big one. I thought the same thing too."

"It's some impressive work, though," he says as he starts to go, "Knowing how this'll go, I bet he'll be up there somewhere. Too bad we can fly."

[Corwin]

"It's a third circle spell, you know? I was, what, twelve when I could use it?" Seira snorts in amusement. "To even reach Ysgard you need to be a whole lot more powerful, but then you plan your defenses around something that practically a cantrip makes obsolete. Magic is pretty great, isn't it?"

[Anastasia]

With his own big grin at it, "Yeah, it is. Still a hell of a sight and not everything can fly or cast fly."

[Corwin]

"But it's Ysgard! You should have it in ring or cloak form at least! Maybe boots!"

[Anastasia]

"See, Ranbar?" Donald says, "This is what happens when a wizard spends too much time in magic land. They forget how the normal people live."

Ranbar even cracks a small smile at that, but blushes and covers it. "Ahem. We should get going."

[Corwin]

Seira scoffs, taking flight. "I have so many redundant methods of flying I don't even need to resort to magic anymore!"

[Anastasia]

Give me Perception, dread dragon.