2nd of Tarsakh, 1376, Year of the Bent Blade

We open the door behind where the cube was. It opens easily and it is a bedroom. There is a chest and it says "If any should discover my remains, know this well: When ancient Wyrms know PEACE, then you will have salvation," with a brass key.

We go to the next room and find a pool, with a bunch of pipes. And, we are attacked by stalactites.

We return to one of the locked doors and try the key. It works. We find a library. We are threatened by armour stands. We flee to the other door.

Vondal picks the door's nose, and unlocks it. We are greeted by a ghost proclaiming to be Oliver Olencamp. He says we can have our book if we return a book for him: "History of the Palemchian Empire, Volume 3," which was borrowed from Gerald Summerleaf in Morrowsdale.

We return to the library and Vandederp says "peace" in dragonish, as Oliver implied, so we can enter. We get a small key off one of the armour stands and get "The Treaty of the Planetars" and the history book. There were also 2 other books, that we decided to take.

We head out. We walk for a bit and make camp. We are going to meditate with the magical items we've found, and rest for the night.

We divvy up most of the pieces and rest the night. During Vondal's watch, he is attacked by a mountain lion. When Vorest woke, she managed to soothe the mountain lion and convinced him to let us sleep the rest of the night and then leave his territory.

1st of Tarsakh, 1376, Year of the Bent Blade

We search the tower. There are no books, so there must be a hidden area. Vandederp found a hidden doorway, that Vondal chipped at, and Vorest found a button that likely opened it - No matter what Vondal claims.

We headed down the stairs behind the hidden door. Down, down, down. It opened to a room with a couple doors. We open one, which has hallways that end with 2 doors, both locked. One was super fancy a grotesque, the other, wood. Vondal tried to open one, but it was stuck.

We went through the other door, and Vondal got swallowed by a slime thing that burned. Then, it moved and got Vorest and Vandederp! I was so scared at that point - nothing looked like it hurt it. Luckily, they managed to get out, and it did, eventually, die.

 

30th of Ches, 1376, Year of the Bent Blade

We head up into the mountain, and we see the tower! We go around a clearing to get close, and decide to head to the top of the tower to kill the guard. So I go, with those wondrous slippers, and Vorest changes into a giant spider to join me. Together, we kill the guard, and realize my rope isn't long enough to reach Vondal and Vandederp. So Vorest weaves a web rope for them to climb. Pretty handy!

Once the guys are up, we peek downstairs to see what waits there. Vondal and Vandederp decide to jump down and set everyone on fire. It worked spectacularly! Afterwards, we head further down, where Vondal became the target of the remaining orcs. I tried to fight down the stairs, but couldn't beat the guy fast enough. Vorest and Vandederp were left to shoot at the orcs beating on poor Vondal.

We managed to defeat them, and decided that the tower was an excellent place to rest that night.

 

 

25th of Ches, 1376, Year of the Bent Blade

We go to the Captain's office and are told the bugs are called Ankhegs. Apparently, they burrow and will multiply to numbers enough to destroy towns. And Captain Darren mentioned that if we needed work, he could probably help us out. The wizard that figured out what the heads were, is named Zhartan.

We asked if there was a library in town, and Gilbert said that we should try Stefan Lightseeker, the sage might be good to see.

So we head over to Stefan's, and he says that my research subject is intriguing, and he'll help me find information, if I can get him a book from an Olencamp Ruins in the mountains.

Of course, we say "Sounds good" and head out, with a new helper, Lilac, the donkey.

The book we seek is Treaty on Planetars by Teatron.