Introduction

This story is a sequel to my first story, Quests of the Runescape World. I realize now that that name is more likely to become the generic name of the series of stories I’m planning to write. Thus, Quests of the Runescape World may be now known as Quest of the Kalaphite Queen’s Lair. (Note: If you haven’t read Quest of the Kalaphite Queen’s Lair, formerly Quests of the Runescape World, please read it now.)

Chapter 1

It was a fine day in Runescape. No knights needed new swords, no damsels were in distress, and no monsters were rampaging over the countryside. There was a small problem with some HAM members (Humans Against Monsters), and goblins were getting cocky and going to close to Draynor Village, but that was best left to the noobs. As the mighty warrior, Tahu 1000, was walking down the road, he contemplated what mighty quests he had recently undertaken and finished. He got himself a white cape form the Legends Guild, an Amulet of Glory charged at the fountain at the Hero’s Guild, and earned access to every part of Runescape. He could travel to Trollhiem, Camelot, or the Watchtower by teleportation. He could ride mine carts into the great dwarven city, Keldagrim. He slew Elvarg, Delrith, and Count Draynor. He now wore a set of armor and weaponry very rarely seen in Runescape- he had a Dragon medium helm, Dragon chainmail, a mighty Dragon longsword, and to top it all off a Dragon shield- the rarest shield in all of Runescape. He also wore runite plate legs, a Cape of Legends, and an Amulet of Glory. Of much less mention was his golden gloves and Boots of Lightness.

But as he walked down the road, a sight he had never seen before met his eyes. He saw a warrior with the uber-rare Dragon plate legs! Stopping him to ask where he got then, he learned of the Iron and Steel dragons in the Brimhaven dungeon, on the island of Karamja. These dragons could drop the ever sought Dragon plate armor, either plate legs or plate skirts. These plate armor pieces were a lone type, as currently there is no plate body or full helm made out of Dragon. And they could be found right by Karamja volcano!

Needless to say, he instantly told the other members of the clan about his find, and a quest was quickly organized. It was to be one of the greatest excursions into the caves of Brimhaven, one that would be remembered for centuries to come. The clan met near the Draynor bank, closest to the shipyard of Port Sarim. There they would discuss how they should go about slaying dragons…

Chapter 2

“No, you can’t come. There are WILD DOGS there! You going there is suicide, you’ll just be a burden,” Said an exasperated Tahu 1000 to his sister, Gumbie 100. “But I wanna come! I promise I’ll stay away from the doggies!” was her reply. “How many times do I have to tell you, the wild dogs are all over the dungeon! And if you don’t get killed by them, you’ll just be killed by something else. And what do you need with Dragon plate legs, anyway?” “I could sell them!” “Not worth the trouble. Brimhaven dungeon is almost strictly for fighters only, not mages!” “Almost!” “Yes, an exception is if you’re wearing splitbark armor and have a high defense-which you don’t.” “But I wanna go!” “No buts. We already decided rangers and mages where simply not to go on this one, as they’d be more of a hindrance then a help.” “What about Colin? Doesn’t he get to come?” “Yes, but he’s going no farther than the moss giants.” “What about the time we slew the Kalaphite Queen?” “Then it could fly, and there were no other monsters that would attack rangers or mages.” “Awww, I wanna come!” “No, and that’s final,” finished a very annoyed Tahu. “You’re not coming.”

With that, Tahu walked back to the rest of the group, Chocolarico, Skilful Kil, Skilful Kil’s brother Nerdlinger 1, and Colin 1st, who had been stocking up on lobsters, pizzas, and other food, including some swordfish (Tahu), apple pies (Colin 1st), and rare manta rays (Tahu and Skilful Kil).

Nerdlinger 1, however, was having trouble with the banker. “What do you mean my account has no tuna?!? I put in 3k tuna over the past month, where did it go?” “No, sir, you misunderstand. I mean that this branch of the bank is now out of tuna, your tuna was deposited in another bank, and we don’t have any here for you to withdraw. But the bank has a good supply of trout…” “I don’t want trout, I want my tuna!” “Then I advise you to go to another bank. Unless you want a note for tuna, you’re out of luck.” “Oh, fine then,” Nerdlinger sighed. To the rest of the Golden Chinchillas, he said “I’m going to Falador bank to get some tuna. Be back in a bit, and don’t leave without me!”

With that, he set off on the road past the farm and out of sight. Then suddenly, they heard “Stand and fight!” seemingly out of nowhere. Then they heard sounds of a pitched battle, and last Nerdlinger yelling “Got that little chompy!” Tahu was first to figure it out. “He ran into a highwayman, they like to hang around by the farm. Sounds like Nerdlinger won, though. The weak robber never stood a chance…” A while later, Nerdlinger came back. “Sorry I’m late, I got hung up by a highwayman” “So we heard.” “And then Falador east was out of tuna as well, but I found a clan of about 100 people going and withdrawing all the tuna they could. It seems they were going pking…”

Chapter 3

They must have made quite a sight, five powerful warriors decked out in full armor marching into Port Sarim. Captain Tobias seemed a bit intimidated by them, but they still bought tickets to sail to Karamja without hitch. After arriving at the dock, they walked on past the small town that had formed there, nodding to Luthas, the plantation manager. Next, the walked past the fishing dock, the banana tree farm where they saw someone picking bananas (most likely for Luthas, he paid 30 coins if you loaded a crate with 10 bananas.), the dock where many people were fishing for lobster and tuna, and then into the rainforest.

Partway through, they passed the volcano. Even Tahu 1000, who had been here many times, still stared in wonder, as he always seemed to forget how large it was. There was a whole dungeon, inhabited by various spiders, skeletons, and lesser demons in there! However, no dragons, so they passed it by. Then they came to the gate. This separated the part of Karamja open to everyone from the part open to only the residents of Runescape. As they pasted through that border, they saw to their left some houses and to the right an agility test and a food store.

But then, they arrived. The dungeon was bigger than any of them remembered, a huge cave below the surface. As they entered the triangle-shaped chamber, they took a breather to discuss what would be the best way to get to the dragons. “I say we charge in there, and smash anything that gets in our way!” Obviously, that was Chocolarico. “I’m not so sure; we need to conserve our energy. We should just walk through, only killing what attacks us,” said Skilful Kil. “Why don’t we just run straight through?” asked Nerdlinger 1. “Because then we might get killed,” replied Tahu. “I like Skilful Kil’s plan myself. It makes more sense than anything else. Oh, by the way, did anyone bring an axe?” “Huh?” “What?” “We needed an axe?” where the replies he got. “Well, at least I brought my rune one. It’ll have to do.”

With that, they marched off into the corridors of the dungeon. But before they had gone more than 10 steps, they ran into some vines blocking the way. However, Tahu’s mighty rune axe had the pesky fauna chopped away in a flash. They continued on, passing more vines on the right. “Alright, I see some weak-looking monsters over there. Bye!” said Colin 1st as he went off to kill some moss giants in a room to the left. “There goes one person, lured by moss giants. Ah, well, he wasn’t going to do very well against those metal dragons anyway.” Tahu said in response to Colin 1st going to train on the large green monsters. Next, they passed a pipe on the right. “Where does that lead?” Nerdlinger inquired. “To a long way around the lava chasm up ahead. Why?” asked Skilful Kil (He had been here before, too). “Just wondering,” said Nerdlinger. “My agility isn’t all that good anyway.”

This came at a time when Tahu was peering around a corner at the chasm just mentioned, otherwise it may have came to his attention. “Looks clear, at least within a stone’s throw of the end. I’ll go first, don’t want anything hiding and popping out at us,” he reported. As he was crossing the stepping stones, Nerdlinger looked at them with apprehension. “Is that safe?” he asked cautiously. “He could fall.” “But he won’t, he’s actually very good at this, and it’s easier than it looks,” Skilful Kil reassured his younger brother. “See? He’s across already.” This was true, and Tahu cautiously looked around, sword at the ready, before shouting across “It’s ok for now, come on over.” Chocolarico and Skilful Kil crossed without incident, but come Nerdlinger’s turn, he was too scared to come across. No amount of encouragement could get him to come over, so finally Skilful Kil told him “Go back to that pipe I told you about, go down the ladder to the second floor, and then meet us by the ladder going up.” Nerdlinger then disappeared around a corridor, preferably to follow his brother’s directions.

The three remaining party members went off to meet him at the rendezvous, and were able to sneak past the moss giants and wild dogs (or maybe the monsters had finally learned that they were lower on the food chain then the adventures, but that’s not too likely). However, when they reached the ladder, they saw an injured Nerdlinger sitting there, recovering his breath.

“There were greater demons down there!” he exclaimed, which went a long way toward explaining what had happened. “Sorry, I forgot they guarded the ladder,” apologized Skilful Kil. “I remember they were past the ladder, too,” added Tahu. “Of course, but what if you go past the ladder by mistake?” asked Nerdlinger, which seemed to explain why he was attacked. A chorus of “Ohs” followed his question. After all, the ladder was around a corner…

All seemed better, though, when they set out again, Nerdlinger set to rights with a manta ray from Tahu’s pack. Remembering the lava incident, Tahu lead then around another chasm, instead going through two vines. Before going through the second, he looked through the vines, and turned to the rest of the party, saying “Ok, now there’s a group of black demons through there. Run through them, straight if you’re going for bronze dragons; turn right for iron or steel. Now go!” His last words were punctuated by him slicing through the hanging plants. As the party ran for the dragons, the demons turned around and noticed them, and started to pursue…

Chapter 4

Tahu 1000 ducked as a rather foul-smelling black demon tried to decapitate him. Muttering something aimed at Zamorak’s heritage, creations, and personal habits (which no one really knew anything about, but Tahu muttered about them anyway) which turned out as a bunch of asterisks (not swear words, mind you, just some words the censor didn’t like), he ran towards the entrance to the lair of metal dragons. As he passed Chocolarico, he heard him muttering something along the lines of what Tahu had been saying before, but way more flavorful. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Nerdlinger stumble from a hit by a demon, but then get away. Tahu just barely ducked in time to avoid being beheaded by the same demon again, and headed right for an iron dragon. Ducking and rolling under the beast, Tahu escaped the demon. However, the demon didn’t escape the dragon. As soon as the demon was dead, Tahu went over and retrieved the spoils before the dragon could add them to its horde. Turning around, Tahu then attacked the angry dragon itself…

Chapter 5

Colin was not having a good time. Apple pies did not heal much heath, and moss giants were pretty powerful, plus they used mighty black metal maces. However, he still had so far gotten over 5k in gold coins, a couple of black shields, and assorted runes. As he was picking up some bones from one kill, another giant would attack him almost instantly. With this rhythm, he was rapidly running out of pies to eat. He remembered Tahu’s instructions; “When you run out of food, go back to the dock. Get back on the ship, get some more food, and come back here. When we will be going, I’ll PM you. PM me if you need help.” “Ok, will do--****!” was Colin’s reply, just as he dodged the strike of the newly spawned moss giant. It had appeared right next to him, and thus almost caught him off-guard. He still received a scratch for his troubles, and swore some more. After disposing of the offending monster with some well-placed arrows, he buried the bones and gathered the spoils, but was still having trouble hit-point wise. Just as he used up the last of his prayer, a moss giant was good enough to drop a ranarr weed, just the thing needed for a prayer restore potion! Quickly mixing the precious herb and a bundle of snape grass in a vial of water, he drunk a portion of the newly-made concoction and regained some useful prayer. And he did this just in time, as a giant appeared out of thin air as he had finished gulping down the liquid! Turning around in response to the beast’s mace bouncing off his armor, he turned around and started to shoot arrows into it…

Chapter 6

Slashing with his mighty dragon longsword, Tahu finally brought the mighty steel dragon down. However, all he got for his efforts were a couple of dragon bones, five steel bars, and some 2000-odd coins. “No luck here, you?” he asked Skilful Kil. “Nope, nothing here but some runite ranger’s weapons. I’ll save them for Colin, he would like them,” was his reply. “Oh, well, maybe this dragon,” Tahu finished as he heavily smote a dragon over the head. Holding up his shield to deflect a well-aimed stream of fire from the enraged beast, he then slashed ferociously at the steel monstrosity’s legs. This time when killed, however, the dragon yielded bones and five steel bars as normal, but also a set of dragon platelegs! “Look at these!” shouted Tahu, as for all of Runescape to hear. “They look great,” Chocolarico said, honestly but a bit jealous. “Why can’t I get some?” Skilful Kil asked. “Try the steel dragons, they drop more. I’ll train on iron ones for now,” was Tahu’s answer. Later on, all of the clan had found a set of dragon legs for themselves. Tahu had also gotten a pair for Wity Fool’s grave (Confused? Read my first story, Quests of the Runescape world.) They also returned to the surface, Tahu rescuing a wounded Colin from a moss giant, and traveled back to Ardougne to rest, recuperate, and visit Wity Fool’s grave in the north. Also, Tahu and Chocolarico sold extra dragon plateskirts. All in all, it was a successful adventure, consuming more food than the fight in the Kalaphite lair. What will our adventures go after next, we wonder? Will mostly full dragon among all of them, what else is there to do? Only time will tell.