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Chapter 11
by Garbodor23
Head for land or check out the derelict ship?
Land sounds more sane
While either of these options are a shot in the dark, there was something that was distinctly off about the floating ship. Though you were curious how something that looked suited to the high seas wound up in a place like this, it simply felt foreboding. Decision made, your course was set, and the placid lake was cut by your rafts intrusion as you drifted forward.
The ambient light grew brighter as you approached the rocky island, and you were **** to slow greatly to avoid the jagged rocks just beneath the surface. The shape of the land mass became more and more distinct as you closed the distance, numerous layers of rocky walls, each overlapping with one further towards its center. It gave the impression of a granite chrysanthemum and there was a distinct glow within the folds, similar in nature to that given above.
The raft runs aground, or nearly so as the water becomes little more than a half foot pool over a shelf of rock. Carefully stepping out, the ground is slick with algae and you nearly fall several times. You follow the inward curl of the halls made up by the clearly unnatural rock formation, fingers tracing over its eerily smooth surface.
[Rolled a 1-2 = -1 for willpower]
You notice an unimportant humming in your ears as you approach its source
The earth rises from the reach of the lake as you enter the central chamber. The light here is full and loud. The rocks around you no longer fit that name. They are clear, opalescent, singing with an unimportant song. Smooth white sticks and oblong hollow rocks are kicked aside as you near the origin of it all.
The raised dais where it sits is enthralling. You take in a breath, feeling light headed, as if it was the first you took in nearly a minute. You reach out, blinking slowly, even with eyes closed you can see its unassuming but all commanding beauty. A fact finds its way into your head, neither reverent nor fearful, that this was a God trapped by the Heathens of these profane caverns.
Give yourself to the God? Or turn from the light and do something drastic?
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The Furrow
The worlds most infamous and insurmountable dungeon- perhaps you can be the one to claim domination over it, or will the inverse prove more true
A narrow fissure in the earth marks the entrance to the Furrow, a dungeon that defies mundane explanations- its ever changing tunnels and halls are better described as a puzzle box of interconnected planes and locations, and there is no natural way to predict or prepare for what one may find within. This means that, in the endless turnings of the wheel, a few lucky souls have (through talent or dumb luck) been graced with untold riches, or powerful arcane secrets and powers. This has attracted the throngs of treasure hunters and adventurous academics who hope to make it big, to play lottery with their own lives. For for every success story there are ninety nine failures, many of which are never heard from again... You are one of those hopeful fools, prepared with simple gear and a dream, ready to challenge to Furrow, for fame, glory, or whatever fate deigns to give you...
Updated on Jul 5, 2023
by Garbodor23
Created on Jun 22, 2023
by Garbodor23
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