The Bet

During a campaign that spanned much of my teenage years, my group played the part of pawns in a war between two ancient Dragons. They couldn't be bothered to actually fight each other. I suspect it was more like a game of chess to them. At varying points we would work for one or the other while traveling all over the known world.

At one point fairly late in the campaign we met one Dragon face to snout to receive instructions. He was the one we thought was good (or better anyway) and was, at the time, our preferred boss.

He wanted us to meet the other Dragon and crush a gem he had given us so they could speak to each other through…