The Tower Economy?

As the group waits to continue down the tunnel, Nylax seems more than happy to answer these questions, "Despite our monstrous appearance we are not monsters, simply people of a different form. Our race, the driders, though the name Arachne is not unknown to me as a descriptor for my race, are simply those of the Drow or Dark Elf race who have been altered by our connection with... Well... I do not wish to alarm you, but some of our race once had rather intimate dealings with The Tower Below, only in the past I assure you, our connection has long ago been severed, the marked chosen has nothing to worry from our kind," she explains, "of course we do not shy away from our history and the statues in question depict... well three figures, Liloth, the Mother of Webs, our once benefactor from the Tower Below; Cora, the Deep Mother, the first queen of The Drow and lastly, Malifax, the first Drider, Mother of the Eight," she explains.

"Wait... All three had the title Mother?" Cherchiel asks and Nylax hesitates.

"I guess so... Never really thought about it..." she raises a hand to her head and giggles, "I guess we might have something of a maternal thing going on..." she admits and then nods, "As for the rest of your questions!" she says and hurries onwards, "You will primarily find Drow down here, my own kind are a fairly rare offshoot, you will not likely run into many of us, aside from the Drow, there are a few other races that make their homes here, the Dwarves can be found down here, there's the... Um... you know best not to say their true names, they might hear us... we'll just call them the mind eaters, you'll want to avoid them as best you can and lastly there's The Knocker, it is the Floor Boss here, unlike Lumberer above and the tales we hear about many of the other Floor Bosses, The Knocker is not a powerful creature, but it is a dangerous one. It makes up for it's relative physical weakness with a horrible sadism and wicked cleverness that it uses to pull off all kinds of mischief..." she hesitates, "Mischief that can range from, stealing and hiding random items to... **** and slaughtering a family in their home during the night..." she says weakly.

There's obviously a story there, but no one feels like saying any more about it and eventually Nylax takes a deep breath and then continues, "as for a city! Indeed, just down the tunnel I pointed you down, you'll reach the home of the Drow and trading port of the Deep! It's called Aresque, I don't think anyone knows why it's called that, but it's called that for as long as even the oldest living being down here has been alive so, we still call it that!" she says cheerfully.

Goma speaks, "Goma been here before. Goblins trade with Dark Ears, Dark Ears friends, Nylax friend, Goma not much further than here," she admits, it doesn't seem like she really knows much more about the place down here.

"If you're really curious about The Deep, there's a history museum of sorts in Aresque you can check out!" Nylax suggests and gestures for the three women to head down the tunnel, "unless there's anything else you specifically want me to explain, you should probably head forward, the people in town will be better suited to answer most of your questions better than I can, I'm just the elevator operator and Greeter!" she says cheerfully.

"Well one last question actually!" Yulia suddenly pipes up, "how did you know I was marked?" she asks.

Nylax gasps, "Oh uh sorry... I... I should have said..." she seems nervous, "like I said... we once had an intimate connection to the Tower Below and well... We still retain parts of that connection, anything from the Tower Below or connected to it can see your mark like a beacon... I'm sorry, I just assumed you knew that," she admits nervously, "you glow like a twisted light in the darkness..."

(Health: 200%

Mana: 50%

Equipment: Ceramic Beaked Mask, Monastic Scapular , standard bra, Standard Panties, 3 poison gas grenades, 3 healing kits, 1 syringe of poison, 1 syringe of adrenaline, 1 syringe of poison antidote, 1 sewing kit, 1 vial of strong aerosolizing aphrodisiac, 8 days worth of rations, 3 two liter water jug, 1 half filled two liter water jug, 1 health potion, 1 mana potion, A boar mask, 3 vials of sticky white liquid, Ornate Rapier, 4 arrows, Quiver, God's Favour (Halo), 1 sack of cooking ingredients (Apples), Bone Spear, Demonic Spellbook, Ash's Quiver, 6 charm arrows, Old Oak Club.

Spells known: Great Heal (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 25%)

Great Cure (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 15%)

Energize (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 25%)

Icicle (Lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 15%)

Unlock (Lvl 1, Unmastered, Cost: 15%)

Repair (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 5%-20% depending on factors)

Undermine (Lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 25%).

Fetish: Bondage Rank: 1, Masochism Rank: 1, Lesbian rank: 1

Status Effect: Permanent increase to physical attribute. Combat level raised to medium

Psychosexual Break: In order to deal with her trauma, Yulia has begun to subconsciously fetishize her experiences.

Deflowered: Virginity Lost, sexual experience changed to: Inexperienced, non-virgin.

Marked by The Abyss: The Tower Below wants you.

Companion: Cherchiel, Blacksmith, Goma.

Cherchiel Equipment: Ultra Durable Spear, Ultra Durable Shield, Reinforced Bodysuit.

Goma Equipment: Runed Dagger, Hunting Horn, Thick Hide Outfit.

Goma Mana: 100%

Goma spells known: Heal (Mastered, 15%)

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