It was a sunny day in the village outside the Fields of Fatality. The dragon-phoenix-human cross Ace was enjoying a meal with his good friend the Shapeshifter when they were approached by the proprietor Mincarnom offering to sell dragon treats and magic potions.
Mincarnom reported that he had overheard from Mr. Normal that Balrog the Demon was possessing people to add to his demon army, but Mincarnom had a cure that only a shapeshifter could wield. Also, the cure was a bit nasty, as you first had to kill the possessed person and then reanimate them, demon-free, using the magic potion.
Staff Sergeant Aiden, always interested in a battle opportunity, walked over with the Paladin to see if their services would be needed. Of course, they were.
The group of adventures recruited Mr. Normal for his extensive information on demonic activity in the area and set out towards the Soaring Summit. They had not gone far before they were joined by Lydia the Dark Elf and master of the art of being dragon borne and Janis the explorer archeologist. They were followed by Lam the documentarian.
Unfortunately, distracted by his filmmaking, Lam was quickly possessed by the demon. Every weapon had the reverse effect on him. He drank his own poison, and it healed him. Fortunately, the demon grew annoyed and perhaps bored by the relentless attempts to drive him forth and de-possessed Lam in order find a more reliable host. Lam then immediately collapsed from the poison. Thankfully he was healed by Mincarnom who reversed the polarity on his weapon and set it to poison gas and shot him with it.
Ace and Staff Sergeant Aiden decided to patrol the village perimeter to ensure it was secure. They set out to do so, but were soon missed by the Shapeshifter and Paladin, who set out in search of them. When the four of them returned, the discovered that Mincarnom had found a space ship and was going to lead an expedition to find valuable resources on alien worlds.
They arrived on an alien world and headed down a path to try to find some resources worth selling. They were disappointed, so they returned to their ship and headed back to Central Terra.
When they returned, they learned that the Confederacy of Dragons was attacking the village. The Confederacy meets once a year and all dragon rivalries are set aside so that the dragons may band together against their common foes, which turned out to be the merry band of adventures, for no particular reason but that they were not pure-blood dragons. A double-headed dragon with a remarkably long spiky and poisonous tongue descended upon them, nearly wiping out the entire band. Staff Sergeant Aiden was able to cut off the dangerous tongue but he died moments later. The dragons then left believing that all were defeated.
Then Ace regenerated and grabbed the healing potions and revived most everyone else. Lam and Staff Sergeant Aiden remained dead or so it seemed. Sadly, it turns out they were actually petrified zombies, and the entire band was zombified while trying to revive them.
The group of zombie shuffled off to find brains.