Dharuuc Bal Expedition -- University of Umbra file # 113A

**Maddux** · 9th September 2006, 05:09 PM

It is a finely crafted raft made from heartwood trees and imbued shadow dancer black to make it harder to detect at night. Near the rudder was a bench with a compartment inside it which Eowyna carefully carved the runic symbols into the compartment sides. Professor Ingrim Jarrel held the Old Elven Tome and ensured the accuracy of the carvings.

Professor Ingrim Jarrel is a bespectacled woman with severe facial features and a temperament to match. She is a brilliant scholar and a member of Dharuuc-Bal. Her particular field of study is the History of Magic, and her knowledge in this area is matched only by her passion for acquiring historical artifacts for the library's private collection. Professor Jarell is very well-connected within educational community and is a great resource for information of all sorts. Anything she doesn't know offhand, she can find quickly in the Dharuuc-Bal’s Library's vast, extra dimensional bookshelves.

Maddux watched in disbelief as Eowyna bound the Water Elemental to the compartment with some incantations and some runic carvings. Professor Jarrel placed the lid on the compartment and Eowyna magically sealed it. Maddux grins “So this is an Elemental Assualt Raft??” Professor Jarrel glares “Yes Maddux. How many times must we go over this?” Maddux remarks “Just making sure nothing has changed or has been over looked.” Professor Jarrel with a fiery look glares back “It still the same design used in The First Great War, by Elven Military Assault Teams. It still travels up stream at 15 mph, across a lake at 20 mph, and down stream with current plus 20 mph.” Maddux interjects “Yes, Yes, Yes, I remember all that before I fell asleep at your first lecture. When you going to finish the second raft?” Eowyna smiles “Maddux, please don’t get Professor Jarrel all fired up.” Maddux smiles back at Eowyna “Aye, Melamin. I shall check with the rest of the expedition, and ensure supplies are ready.” Maddux walks off towards the warehouse.

Maddux looks the crates and gear over with careful attention to detail. Maddux commands the group of elves “Split the Supplies and Camping Supplies into two loads, one for each of the rafts. If something goes wrong and we lose one raft, I don’t want to lose everything.” Rilfgar asks “Is this a military expedition?” Maddux looks at all of them “No rank, no heavy armor, leather armor or no armor at all. All first names from this point out. The expedition is under command of Eowyna and Professor Jarrel, with tactical command going to myself.” Maddux pauses for emphasis “Is that clear?” The group loudly and energetically replies “Aye, Maddux!!” Maddux carefully inspected Professor Jarrel’s crate. It was magically sealed, and Maddux was unable to get a look at what inside. Maddux shakes the crate “I wonder what she has in here?” Maddux drops the crate and picks it up and shakes it vigorously. Nothing broken and no idea what’s inside it?

Professor Jarrel hears “Aye, Maddux!!” and glares at the warehouse, “I don’t know what they see in him? He’s wanted dead across Sosaria on multiple shards. ” Eowyna smiles “There is just something about him. You either love him or hate him.” Professor Jarrel replies “That’s true. I hate him.” Eowyna and Professor Jarrel began to laugh.

Albert watches the Zenkorp Blight move around Lady Eowyna’s Zento Palace and does his best to keep the mess to a minimum. Albert shakes his head “Why does Lady Eowyna allow Maddux to bring these foul creatures to our home? They emit foul order and mutate into Quagmires. No one in their right mind would adopt or want one of these things.” Albert drags the ashen crates out of the middle of the living room to an adjacent storage room. “Black rocks with no idea what to do with them or their apparent worth. I don’t know how much more I can take.” The cat lazily laying in a ball on the love seat “Purrssss” as Albert continues complain.

With both rafts complete, Maddux and the rest of the elves began to load the supplies and camping gear on the rafts. Maddux yells “Let’s hurry up, before someone takes an interest in us.” Everyone worked faster and securely tied everything down. Everything was complete; the Elemental Assault Rafts were cast off. Maddux, Eowyna, Professor Jarrel sitting on her crate, and Rilfgar in the lead craft, with the rest of the expedition following fifteen meters behind. As the sun sets, they continued to move on in darkness, destination only known to Eowyna, Professor Jarrel and Maddux.

Eowyna Rohanna · 14th September 2006, 02:02 PM

The rafts slid silently over the dark seas. Eowyna felt salt winds whip her hair across her face, a nice clean wind. It felt good to be embarking on an adventure once more, and her heart pounded a little faster at the thought of what might lie ahead. Maddux gave quiet commands to the men, careful not to allow sound traveling over water to reveal them to any who might be following. The Professor sat primly on her sealed crate, hands clenched tightly together, lips pursed, clearly NOT enjoying her outing. Eowyna smiled to herself. Professor Jarrel and Maddux were definitely not compatible, and she hoped the current truce between them would last the journey.

She knew the professor had in her possession a map "liberated" from an Ophidian courier during the recent invasion and the Dharuuc Bal members believed something of significant value could be found by following it. The problem was that it had to be deciphered first. And Professor Ingrim Jarrel was just the person to do so, but a key had to be located to enable her to carry out this task. That was the purpose of this expedition, for the professor wished to consult rare books concealed in the library of a dungeon near Kos Heb in the Lost Lands.

Maddux quietly announced, "Serpent Pilars on the horizon." Eowyna glanced in the direction he indicated and saw the huge blackrock column encoiled by a great carved snake. There seemed to be another ship in the vicinity though, and Maddux muttered "Pirates!" under his breath. The elemental rafts had not been constructed to carry cannon, so they were ill-prepared for a sea battle. But they were dark, swift, and silent, so a quick utterance by the professor sent them sailing into the seas of the Lost Lands without detection.

The waters around Kos Heb were cold and treacherous, with rocks and ice columns breaking the surface of the sea. But Maddux skillfully navigated the rafts through the obstacles until they approached ruined walls rising from the sea itself. Eowyna was sure it was a lost city of the sea elves, but Maddux wisely pointed out that were it of Elven origin, it would still be standing and therefore must be edan. "Be quiet you two, and pay attention!" ordered the Professor. "Maddux, steer this boat contraption closer to the wall! I want to look at something!" Maddux and Eowyna exchanged a look. But Maddux held his temper and complied with the professor's request. She carefully studied a few insciptions left on the wall, and then to their surprise, ordered the men to remove a section of stone from the wall. "I hope she doesn't sink the raft" muttered Maddux under his breath.

The piece of stone stowed safely at her feet, the professor indicated with an abrupt nod of her head that they should proceed, but the raft seemed somehow immobile. Cold water lapped the sides of the small craft, but there was no movement."What's wrong with this thing?" asked Maddux.

"I don't know." said Eowyna moving toward the hold where the water elemental was bound to the vessel. Everything looked in order, but the energy seemed drained from the elemental. She attempted to restore the field several times but failed. Hmmm...well perhaps...she summoned a second water elemental and with a small charm bound the second as well. It seemed to help, and with power restored, they sailed on toward the frozen shoreline.

They came ashore at Kos Heb, not far from the dark entrance into the deep cold of the granite rock. "In there." said Maddux pointing into the cleft in the granite. "I have spent some time here in the past..well...evading the law" He grinned. "I know this place, and we will find the library in there." He ordered the men to establish a camp near the shore and stand guard over the rafts and the professor, who was engrossed in the ancient carvings on her rock panel. "Let's go see what we can find, and leave her to her studies. She'd be of little use where we are going anyway." Eowyna followed.

The inhabitants of the dungeon weren't particularly friendly, but they encountered little difficulty in reaching the lower level where the library was located, but the books were numerous. Which one? They'd passed an adventurer on the way in intrepidly picking the locks of chests guarded by an ice fiend. Eowyna had just picked up a promising looking book when the bedraggled adventurer burst into the library dragging the beast with him. Maddux quickly knocked an arrow and Eowyna called a vortex into being. The fiend died, but the piercing cold of his breath reduced the already cold air to a temperature bordering on intolerable. Eowyna's teeth chattered as she handed the book to Maddux. "Take a look at this...it seems to be a history, but there are several languages represented here and one of them is Ophidian. You are better with languages than I. Will this help the professor, do you think?"

"Perhaps," said Maddux riffling through the pages of the book. "Nice gold leafing..this is probably worth 10k or so on the black market."

"Maddux!"

He looked at Eowyna and grinned. "Let's get this to the professor before I decide to sell it." He started to make his way out but turned and handed the book back to Eowyna. "You'd better keep that. If one page is bent, the old bat will blame me!"

Eowyna took the book, and they began to retrace their steps toward the dungeon entrance. But then the mistake was made. She turned left instead of right. The area didn't look familiar, but there was a most interesting and spectacularly large nest here. She couldn't help pausing a moment to examine the large but fragile icy-white eggs. She never really saw the White Wyrm before it struck. The fact of the matter was that Eowyna was no battle mage. She played with charms, cast a few protection spells, did a little ineffective scrying on the side, and looked after a few "pets" like the Zenkorp blight that followed Maddux home. But she never seemed to be prepared to handle anything really challenging. The next thing of which she was aware was the zing of an arrow as it struck the great white dragon. The wounded beast roared an offended breath of fire, melting the icy walls a bit, and backed away from the skillful archery of Maddux and his black bow.
As the wyrm retreated toward her nest, Maddux extended a hand to help Eowyna to her feet. "You have blood on your face, are you all right?" he asked.

"Yes, thank you a'maelamin,.. I..it was just behind me...and..well, the eggs, and I didn't see...." she wiped away the blood with the hem of her skirt. And then she noticed. "Maddux! It took the book! We have to get it back!"

Maddux grinned. "A little fun at last..." And set off up the passageway. Eowyna gathered herself together, and followed him toward the nest, as the song of the black bow brought the beast down.

They settled into camp on the snowy field next to the beached rafts. The men passed around bowls of warm polar bear stew. And the professor poured over the text of the book from the icy library. Maddux joked with the men and saw the camp settled for the night. Eowyna tamed a pack of white wolves and set them to guard the camp. "White wolves," she thought, "a good omen. Fenmarel smiles upon this expedition." She, however, was cold.

**Maddux** · 29th September 2006, 01:33 PM

Rilfgar blended into the snow bank and drew his dagger as Father Vegger rode by. Father Vegger continued to tame the wolves, totally unaware how close to death he had come. Once Father Vegger had disappeared from sight, Maddux, Rilfgar, and the rest of Tel’Quessar came out of hiding. Maddux with a look of disgust, spit on the ground and calmly spoke “Edan, another time we would have killed you. Do not mistake our kindness as weakness.”

Maddux returned to the camp, and checked that things were in order. Rindell was preparing breakfast for the camp. A simple breakfast of bread, chicken, and apples will be ready when everyone awakens. Rilfgar looks at the meal “Chicken, bread, and apples for every meal!” Professor Jarell walks up “Good Mourning, Be thankful for every meal, but perhaps for dinner we can provide an alternative meal.” Maddux paused and warmed himself near the campfire and looked towards the tent that Eowyna slept in. Maddux shifts his attention from Eowyna’s direction toward Professor Jarrel “Good Mourning.”

Professor Jarell in a calm and direct tone “Maddux, I will need you to go back into that dungeon and in between killing things and looting for gold, I need you to bring back some ancient tomes of knowledge on the subject of Sosaria’s History.” Maddux grins “So you want me to go to the Library and checkout a book.” Professor Jarell’s face turns red with anger “You’re impossible!” and storms away. Rindell and Rilfgar lightly laugh so as not to draw any attention to them.

Once everyone was awaken and had eaten breakfast, Maddux and Eowyna left camp to explore the valley. A short distance from the camp, Maddux and Eowyna began to hear the cries of a scared and hurt animal echoing from the distance. Maddux and Eowyna rode towards the source of the cries. Riding through snow covered pine trees; they emerged into a clearing and saw a large Ice Troll attacking a polar bear cub. Valiantly the polar bear cub was trying to fight off the Ice Troll. Faster than Maddux could nock an arrow, Eowyna say the incantation, and a large ball of fire engulfed the Ice Troll. Eowyna ran past the charred Ice Troll corpse to the wounded polar bear cub.

Eowyna cradled the polar bear cub in her arms and began to heal its wounds. The cub wasn’t afraid of Eowyna, but relaxed and comfortable as it fell asleep in her arms. Maddux smiled as he watched as Eowyna worked her miracles. With the Polar Bear Cub stabilized, Eowyna and Maddux returned back to camp.

A temporary pen was erected inside Eowyna’s Tent for the polar bear cub. The pen was lined luxurious comforters and quilts. Eowyna carefully placed the cub inside the pen. Maddux looked at Rilfgar and a few of the elves “Let’s get some fish, before this bear gets too hungry.” Rilfgar replied “Aye!” and was leading the elves to catch some fish. Eowyna and Maddux stepped outside the tent and glanced at the great ice pillar. Maddux asks “Eowyna, will it collapse?” pointing towards the ice pillar. Eowyna casts the enchantment and points her finger at the Ice Pillar. Maddux stood in amazement as previous cracks seem to be sealed with the new ice forming around the pillar.

Eowyna and Maddux climbed upon their mounts, and left the safety of the camp. Outside the camp, they caught sight of several Ice Trolls on the mountain tops watching them ride by. Maddux adjusted his grip on his infamous black bow. “We are safe; they will not attack us, unless the situation favors them.” Eowyna looks at Maddux and smiles.

The entrance was at the base of a snow covered steep cliff. Jutting through the snow were several boulders. Maddux looks at Eowyna “It looks like once we are in range the Ice Trolls will drop boulders on us, so we have to be fast and get inside the entrance.” Ewoyna whispers to her Unicorn and the two were off racing at break neck speed towards the entrance. Maddux following behind Eowyna takes aim at the Ice Trolls with his Infamous Black Bow and sends volleys of arrows at the Ice Trolls. Rocks began to rain down on Eowyna and Maddux, the duo made it to the safety of the entrance. Maddux with a mischievous grin “Lets do that again.” Eowyna shakes her head “Maybe Later, lets find that library. Follow me, if you can keep up.”

Racing through narrow tunnels filled with ooze and slime, Eowyna and Maddux find themselves in a large cavern filled with Ice Trolls, Ice Elementals and a Large Ice Fiend guarding the entrance to the old Library. Eowyna summons tow energy vortexs who began to decimate the defenders and then begins to cast flame strikes on the Ice Trolls. In the confusion and pandemonium, Maddux begins throw conflagration potions in to the chaos. Seizing their opportunity to get into the Library, Maddux and Eowyna make a desperate run through the chaos into the Library

Once inside the Library, Maddux spots a rogue picking chests along the wall. Maddux moves his hand and fingers gesturing that he is from the Thief’s Guild. Only fellow thieves and rogues would know that gesture. Maddux looks at T Hunter “We are here only for the library. T hunter gestures with his hand that Maddux and Eowyna may pass. Quickly return to the Library and began looking through the tomes on the shelves. Eowyna begins to notice something strange about some of the tomes. Maddux points to the tome “It’s written in blood and on skin.” Eowyna quickly drops the tome on the ground “I don’t think we need that one.” Maddux “Here’s one on Sosaria’s History, and lets grab a bunch more so we can keep Professor Jarell busy.” Maddux begins to fill his pack with tomes.

Maddux see’s a glint from something on a pile of bones lying on the floor. Maddux quickly picks up the ancient ring, necklace and hands them to Eowyna. “Eowyna examines the jewelry “They are very old and the bones look to be Meer.” Maddux smiles “So are they worth about one hundred thousand gold pieces?” Eowyna smiles and shakes her head “You are impossible, but you’re my impossible.”

Maddux and Eowyna return back to camp and quickly notice that something is not right. Eowyna looks at the Timkins who is on sentry duty “Where is Professor Jarell?” Timkins replies “I do not know. She was over there by her work area.” Maddux commands “Everyone find her and mean like yesterday!” Maddux and Eowyna walked over to Professor Jarell’s work area and notice a large walrus bouncing around in the snow. Eowyna slowly looks at Maddux “You don’t think that’s her do you?” Before Maddux could reply, the walrus polymorph into Professor Jarell “Welcome Back, did you find what I asked for?” Maddux hand Professor Jarell the back pack with the ancient tomes. Professor Jarell lays them out on the table “Excellent, perhaps we just might find it?” Maddux smiles “How much is it worth?” Professor Jarell ignores Maddux’s comment, and Eowyna smiles. Professor Jarell reaches over and picks up her beloved and secretive crate and begins to open it. Slowly Professor Jarell reaches in and pulls a metallic parrot out of the crate. Maddux looks in disbelief “You brought plate mail for a parrot on this expedition?” The metallic parrot begins to unfold its wings and move about the table. Professor Jarell shakes her head “It’s a clockwork courier, made by Artificers from lost knowledge that had been recovered. It has a built in scroll case that can hold up to ten parchments. A courier has built in energy crystal similar to a golem’s power crystal, giving it unlimited range. It can record and store up to fifty words and its destination is hardwired and can not be changed. This Courier will return to the library and then find me.” Maddux asks “Can it kill it something? And how much is it worth?”

Eowyna Rohanna · 4th October 2006, 12:01 AM

The morning dawned crisp and bright, and the day seemed somewhat
warmer on the snow fields of Kos Heb. Maddux was already awake at
dawn, having assigned himself the last watch of the night, and noted
the beauty of the sunrise, the new light sparkling crystalline pink
and golden on icy snow. He entered the tent and shook Eowyna awake.
She poked her nose out from under the furs and said, "It's cold! Wake
me when summer comes." And she burrowed back into the warm bedding.

Maddux laughed. "Come, get up! It's a perfectly beautiful day,
Rindell has more wonderful chicken and apples for us for breakfast,
and besides we have things to do. I don't think the Professor has
slept all night. She's just been poring over those tomes, and has
sent the clockwork parrot contraption back and forth several times,
but I don't think she's found what she needs yet."

Eowyna frowned. "She's been up all night?" Maddux nodded. "Ughh...,"
complained Eowyna. "So we will have to go back into that frigid cave
again today? I refuse. She can go after her own books! Besides,
we've looked at all those books. I don't know what else is there that
she could utilize."

He looked away, then said quietly. "I think we should investigate the
death void."

"Are you serious? It sounds so ominous; we don't know much about it.
Do you think it will be safe?" Eowyna was fully awake now.

With a slight smile, Maddux turned back to look at her directly. "I
very much doubt it will be safe. But I will be with you," the smile
broadened into a grin, "so you need fear absolutely nothing. Besides,
we might find something valuable, and we could use a little profit on
this trip." He slung his quiver over his shoulder, picked up the
Black Bow, and stuffed a few bandages and other supplies into a pack.

They approached the underground chamber containing the Death Void by
the same route they had used the previous days. Eowyna examined the
magical structure with some puzzlement. It looked innate, and she
wondered how it functioned. Obviously a magical traveling structure
of some kind much like the gates of Sosaria, but how to make it
operational? She stood on top of it. "Vas Rel Por" No change.

"Eowyna....," began Maddux.

"Well," she said. "That didn't help. It's broken. May we return to
camp now?"

"Eowyna," said Maddux again and handed her a small object. "here, use
this."

She looked at the rock he put in her hand. It was dense and heavy for
its size. It was very dark in color, but, even in the gloom of the
dungeon, she knew what it was. "Blackrock!" she glanced up at him
sharply, and he gave a quick nod. "Are you sure? This substance is
notoriously unstable. We don't know how it will react...."

"Try it," he urged.

She thought for a long time. The words had to be just right and she'd
not done this before. Armageddon... Could she cast it? Should she
cast it? She heard Maddux mutter something under his breath about not
blowing both herself and him up. Carefully, she placed the small
piece of blackrock as close to the void as she could. "Vas Kal An
Mani IN Corp Hur Tym!"

There was a blinding flash, and Eowyna flung her arm in front of her
face, purely reflex. An explosive roar, and the stone of the dungeon
floor trembled in the utter darkness following the blaze of light.
Billows of luminescent smoke then rose quickly from the floor
enveloping much of the room. Eowyna coughed, and searched for Maddux
as the smoke began to clear. She felt suddenly weak and very dizzy.
She stepped back and leaned against the wall, waiting for the vertigo
to pass. When at last she could see straight again, she spied Maddux
standing before what seemed to be a moongate, but it was utterly black
except for electric blue bands of energy radiating from the center.
He was staring at the black portal, and said thoughtfully, "I think
blackrock is going to be worth quit a bit!" He glanced over his
shoulder at Eowyna, who looked a little singed around the edges.
"Here, " he said, handing her a flask of Elven spring water. "This
will help."

She smiled wryly at him, shook her head, and took the flask with hands
that still shook somewhat. A small sip restored her equilibrium, and
she used a bit to clean the black smudges from her hands and face.
Handing the flask back, "Doila lle, a'maelamin. This is better. What
do you suppose is on the other side of that gate?"

Maddux grinned. "There's only one way to find out!" and he stepped
right through! Eowyna hastily gathered herself to follow.

She was disoriented, and it took some moments for her to properly
focus upon her surroundings. She wasn't sure if it was the effects of
casting the Armageddon spell, or traveling through the black gate, but
she felt distinctly unwell again. Maddux was beside her, but where
were they? She blinked. Was the grass greener in this place? They
found themselves on a small green ledge in the midst of a great
waterfall. Behind them--a staircase which appeared to be made of
great blocks hewn from a vein of pure valorite ore.

"Eowyna, look at the water! I've never seen water so clear and pure
anywhere!" Maddux knelt by the fall and refilled his water flask. "I
am not sure where we are, but I don't think we are dead, otherwise we
wouldn't be together." Maddux grinned. Eowyna laughed faintly. She
was absorbed by the quality of the light--clear, white light. She
looked up--starlight! Where WAS this place?

So entranced were they with the beauty surrounding them, that it was
some time before they entered the building behind, passing between
walls the luminescent blue color of valorite. The interior was
elegant with pools of limpid water, and there were several levels to
the building, but it seemed completely deserted. It did not take long
to locate the library and select a few books for the Professor.

"Let's explore just a little before we search for a way to return,"
suggested Maddux. "We may never have another opportunity, and I'd
like to know where we are." They separated, exploring rooms on
various levels. But presently she heard him call to her. "Eowyna,
come look at this!" She followed the sound of his voice to a lower
level. When she arrived, Maddux was peering intently into one of the
still pools on the entry level. As she watched, he reached into the
water and withdrew a pair of elegantly crafted mail gauntlets and
arms.

"I don't know how they got in the water, but look at these! I'd say
those will bring quite a few gold pieces." He held out the armor
pieces for her to look at.

"Oh, Maddux! These are magnificent! Not even the finest of our
craftsmen in Sosaria--even those of Elven training--could have made
these. I've never seen anything like them. They could only have
belonged to some great Elven Lord of the elder days! But what a
strange place for them to have been found....."

"Very strange, he replied. "Let's go down those stairs. In addition
to exploring, we need to find a way out."

They walked casually down the steps, deep in conversation, and paying
little attention to the passageway before them, only expecting more of
the same beautiful hallways, totally devoid of habitation. Suddenly,
Maddux let an arrow fly and cried, "Eowyna, watch out!" He pushed her
roughly back up the steps just in time to escape a great golden
Balron. She stumbled up the last two steps into the higher room and
landed on the floor. Maddux appeared at her side a moment later and
reached down to help her to her feet. "Well, I really didn't expect
that!" he laughed. "Are you all right?"

"Yes, aside from a bruise or two," she said, straightening out her
garments and frowning. "Well, we certainly can't leave that way!"

"I don't see any other way out," said Maddux matter-of-factly. "Let's
go see what we can do about clearing that passage."

The next several hours were spent beating back one vile monster after
another, and as the day drew to a close, they had barely cleared the
first hallway, so quickly were the denizens of this dungeon
reinforced. Still, the fell voices of demons and undead could be heard
in the distance. There seemed to be no end to the ranks of evil
inhabiting the lower regions of this elegant building. Who would have
suspected? Where was this place? What was the place? How would they
get back to the camp in Kos Heb? Eowyna had no answers, but she was
exhausted. Her hair was flying in straggling locks about her face,
her clothing blood-stained, and her hands trembled. She observed
Maddux, also discheveled from battle, but otherwise seeming still
fresh and strong. Keep up with him, she could not. "Maddux, I don't
think I can carry on much longer. They will be wondering where we
are, but I don't think we can get back today..."

He glanced back over his shoulder while waiting, the Black Bow poised,
for the next horrid creature to confront them, and took in her
condition. "Come!" he grabbed her hand and pulled her along. They
ran back up the passage and up the stairs to the serenity of the
mysterious blue building before stopping. "We'll stay here tonight.
I brought a little food, and there is spring water to drink. They
won't break camp without us." He grinned. Then more seriously,
"We'll try again tomorrow. I'm running very low on supplies anyway.
We will see what can be found here to help us out. In the meantime,"
he surveyed her discheveled state, "we will rest."

9th September 2006, 05:09 PM	#1
Maddux I've got Skinnies with RPGS! Twelve 'o'clock! Join Date: Jan 2006 Shard: Pacific Posts: 6,619 Gold: 23,766 Thanks: 22 Thanked 62 Times in 49 Posts	Dharuuc Bal Expedition -- University of Umbra file # 113A It is a finely crafted raft made from heartwood trees and imbued shadow dancer black to make it harder to detect at night. Near the rudder was a bench with a compartment inside it which Eowyna carefully carved the runic symbols into the compartment sides. Professor Ingrim Jarrel held the Old Elven Tome and ensured the accuracy of the carvings. Professor Ingrim Jarrel is a bespectacled woman with severe facial features and a temperament to match. She is a brilliant scholar and a member of Dharuuc-Bal. Her particular field of study is the History of Magic, and her knowledge in this area is matched only by her passion for acquiring historical artifacts for the library's private collection. Professor Jarell is very well-connected within educational community and is a great resource for information of all sorts. Anything she doesn't know offhand, she can find quickly in the Dharuuc-Bal’s Library's vast, extra dimensional bookshelves. Maddux watched in disbelief as Eowyna bound the Water Elemental to the compartment with some incantations and some runic carvings. Professor Jarrel placed the lid on the compartment and Eowyna magically sealed it. Maddux grins “So this is an Elemental Assualt Raft??” Professor Jarrel glares “Yes Maddux. How many times must we go over this?” Maddux remarks “Just making sure nothing has changed or has been over looked.” Professor Jarrel with a fiery look glares back “It still the same design used in The First Great War, by Elven Military Assault Teams. It still travels up stream at 15 mph, across a lake at 20 mph, and down stream with current plus 20 mph.” Maddux interjects “Yes, Yes, Yes, I remember all that before I fell asleep at your first lecture. When you going to finish the second raft?” Eowyna smiles “Maddux, please don’t get Professor Jarrel all fired up.” Maddux smiles back at Eowyna “Aye, Melamin. I shall check with the rest of the expedition, and ensure supplies are ready.” Maddux walks off towards the warehouse. Maddux looks the crates and gear over with careful attention to detail. Maddux commands the group of elves “Split the Supplies and Camping Supplies into two loads, one for each of the rafts. If something goes wrong and we lose one raft, I don’t want to lose everything.” Rilfgar asks “Is this a military expedition?” Maddux looks at all of them “No rank, no heavy armor, leather armor or no armor at all. All first names from this point out. The expedition is under command of Eowyna and Professor Jarrel, with tactical command going to myself.” Maddux pauses for emphasis “Is that clear?” The group loudly and energetically replies “Aye, Maddux!!” Maddux carefully inspected Professor Jarrel’s crate. It was magically sealed, and Maddux was unable to get a look at what inside. Maddux shakes the crate “I wonder what she has in here?” Maddux drops the crate and picks it up and shakes it vigorously. Nothing broken and no idea what’s inside it? Professor Jarrel hears “Aye, Maddux!!” and glares at the warehouse, “I don’t know what they see in him? He’s wanted dead across Sosaria on multiple shards. ” Eowyna smiles “There is just something about him. You either love him or hate him.” Professor Jarrel replies “That’s true. I hate him.” Eowyna and Professor Jarrel began to laugh. Albert watches the Zenkorp Blight move around Lady Eowyna’s Zento Palace and does his best to keep the mess to a minimum. Albert shakes his head “Why does Lady Eowyna allow Maddux to bring these foul creatures to our home? They emit foul order and mutate into Quagmires. No one in their right mind would adopt or want one of these things.” Albert drags the ashen crates out of the middle of the living room to an adjacent storage room. “Black rocks with no idea what to do with them or their apparent worth. I don’t know how much more I can take.” The cat lazily laying in a ball on the love seat “Purrssss” as Albert continues complain. With both rafts complete, Maddux and the rest of the elves began to load the supplies and camping gear on the rafts. Maddux yells “Let’s hurry up, before someone takes an interest in us.” Everyone worked faster and securely tied everything down. Everything was complete; the Elemental Assault Rafts were cast off. Maddux, Eowyna, Professor Jarrel sitting on her crate, and Rilfgar in the lead craft, with the rest of the expedition following fifteen meters behind. As the sun sets, they continued to move on in darkness, destination only known to Eowyna, Professor Jarrel and Maddux.

14th September 2006, 02:02 PM	#2
Eowyna Rohanna I may not be the queen of everything, but I'm the duchess of quite a lot Join Date: Jan 2006 Shard: Landroval--LOTRO Posts: 1,521 Gold: 7,435 Thanks: 30 Thanked 31 Times in 20 Posts	Re: Dharuuc Bal Expedition -- University of Umbra file # 113A The rafts slid silently over the dark seas. Eowyna felt salt winds whip her hair across her face, a nice clean wind. It felt good to be embarking on an adventure once more, and her heart pounded a little faster at the thought of what might lie ahead. Maddux gave quiet commands to the men, careful not to allow sound traveling over water to reveal them to any who might be following. The Professor sat primly on her sealed crate, hands clenched tightly together, lips pursed, clearly NOT enjoying her outing. Eowyna smiled to herself. Professor Jarrel and Maddux were definitely not compatible, and she hoped the current truce between them would last the journey. She knew the professor had in her possession a map "liberated" from an Ophidian courier during the recent invasion and the Dharuuc Bal members believed something of significant value could be found by following it. The problem was that it had to be deciphered first. And Professor Ingrim Jarrel was just the person to do so, but a key had to be located to enable her to carry out this task. That was the purpose of this expedition, for the professor wished to consult rare books concealed in the library of a dungeon near Kos Heb in the Lost Lands. Maddux quietly announced, "Serpent Pilars on the horizon." Eowyna glanced in the direction he indicated and saw the huge blackrock column encoiled by a great carved snake. There seemed to be another ship in the vicinity though, and Maddux muttered "Pirates!" under his breath. The elemental rafts had not been constructed to carry cannon, so they were ill-prepared for a sea battle. But they were dark, swift, and silent, so a quick utterance by the professor sent them sailing into the seas of the Lost Lands without detection. The waters around Kos Heb were cold and treacherous, with rocks and ice columns breaking the surface of the sea. But Maddux skillfully navigated the rafts through the obstacles until they approached ruined walls rising from the sea itself. Eowyna was sure it was a lost city of the sea elves, but Maddux wisely pointed out that were it of Elven origin, it would still be standing and therefore must be edan. "Be quiet you two, and pay attention!" ordered the Professor. "Maddux, steer this boat contraption closer to the wall! I want to look at something!" Maddux and Eowyna exchanged a look. But Maddux held his temper and complied with the professor's request. She carefully studied a few insciptions left on the wall, and then to their surprise, ordered the men to remove a section of stone from the wall. "I hope she doesn't sink the raft" muttered Maddux under his breath. The piece of stone stowed safely at her feet, the professor indicated with an abrupt nod of her head that they should proceed, but the raft seemed somehow immobile. Cold water lapped the sides of the small craft, but there was no movement."What's wrong with this thing?" asked Maddux. "I don't know." said Eowyna moving toward the hold where the water elemental was bound to the vessel. Everything looked in order, but the energy seemed drained from the elemental. She attempted to restore the field several times but failed. Hmmm...well perhaps...she summoned a second water elemental and with a small charm bound the second as well. It seemed to help, and with power restored, they sailed on toward the frozen shoreline. They came ashore at Kos Heb, not far from the dark entrance into the deep cold of the granite rock. "In there." said Maddux pointing into the cleft in the granite. "I have spent some time here in the past..well...evading the law" He grinned. "I know this place, and we will find the library in there." He ordered the men to establish a camp near the shore and stand guard over the rafts and the professor, who was engrossed in the ancient carvings on her rock panel. "Let's go see what we can find, and leave her to her studies. She'd be of little use where we are going anyway." Eowyna followed. The inhabitants of the dungeon weren't particularly friendly, but they encountered little difficulty in reaching the lower level where the library was located, but the books were numerous. Which one? They'd passed an adventurer on the way in intrepidly picking the locks of chests guarded by an ice fiend. Eowyna had just picked up a promising looking book when the bedraggled adventurer burst into the library dragging the beast with him. Maddux quickly knocked an arrow and Eowyna called a vortex into being. The fiend died, but the piercing cold of his breath reduced the already cold air to a temperature bordering on intolerable. Eowyna's teeth chattered as she handed the book to Maddux. "Take a look at this...it seems to be a history, but there are several languages represented here and one of them is Ophidian. You are better with languages than I. Will this help the professor, do you think?" "Perhaps," said Maddux riffling through the pages of the book. "Nice gold leafing..this is probably worth 10k or so on the black market." "Maddux!" He looked at Eowyna and grinned. "Let's get this to the professor before I decide to sell it." He started to make his way out but turned and handed the book back to Eowyna. "You'd better keep that. If one page is bent, the old bat will blame me!" Eowyna took the book, and they began to retrace their steps toward the dungeon entrance. But then the mistake was made. She turned left instead of right. The area didn't look familiar, but there was a most interesting and spectacularly large nest here. She couldn't help pausing a moment to examine the large but fragile icy-white eggs. She never really saw the White Wyrm before it struck. The fact of the matter was that Eowyna was no battle mage. She played with charms, cast a few protection spells, did a little ineffective scrying on the side, and looked after a few "pets" like the Zenkorp blight that followed Maddux home. But she never seemed to be prepared to handle anything really challenging. The next thing of which she was aware was the zing of an arrow as it struck the great white dragon. The wounded beast roared an offended breath of fire, melting the icy walls a bit, and backed away from the skillful archery of Maddux and his black bow. As the wyrm retreated toward her nest, Maddux extended a hand to help Eowyna to her feet. "You have blood on your face, are you all right?" he asked. "Yes, thank you a'maelamin,.. I..it was just behind me...and..well, the eggs, and I didn't see...." she wiped away the blood with the hem of her skirt. And then she noticed. "Maddux! It took the book! We have to get it back!" Maddux grinned. "A little fun at last..." And set off up the passageway. Eowyna gathered herself together, and followed him toward the nest, as the song of the black bow brought the beast down. They settled into camp on the snowy field next to the beached rafts. The men passed around bowls of warm polar bear stew. And the professor poured over the text of the book from the icy library. Maddux joked with the men and saw the camp settled for the night. Eowyna tamed a pack of white wolves and set them to guard the camp. "White wolves," she thought, "a good omen. Fenmarel smiles upon this expedition." She, however, was cold. Thanks to Maddux for the wonderful sig!

29th September 2006, 01:33 PM	#3
Maddux I've got Skinnies with RPGS! Twelve 'o'clock! Join Date: Jan 2006 Shard: Pacific Posts: 6,619 Gold: 23,766 Thanks: 22 Thanked 62 Times in 49 Posts	Re: Dharuuc Bal Expedition -- University of Umbra file # 113A Rilfgar blended into the snow bank and drew his dagger as Father Vegger rode by. Father Vegger continued to tame the wolves, totally unaware how close to death he had come. Once Father Vegger had disappeared from sight, Maddux, Rilfgar, and the rest of Tel’Quessar came out of hiding. Maddux with a look of disgust, spit on the ground and calmly spoke “Edan, another time we would have killed you. Do not mistake our kindness as weakness.” Maddux returned to the camp, and checked that things were in order. Rindell was preparing breakfast for the camp. A simple breakfast of bread, chicken, and apples will be ready when everyone awakens. Rilfgar looks at the meal “Chicken, bread, and apples for every meal!” Professor Jarell walks up “Good Mourning, Be thankful for every meal, but perhaps for dinner we can provide an alternative meal.” Maddux paused and warmed himself near the campfire and looked towards the tent that Eowyna slept in. Maddux shifts his attention from Eowyna’s direction toward Professor Jarrel “Good Mourning.” Professor Jarell in a calm and direct tone “Maddux, I will need you to go back into that dungeon and in between killing things and looting for gold, I need you to bring back some ancient tomes of knowledge on the subject of Sosaria’s History.” Maddux grins “So you want me to go to the Library and checkout a book.” Professor Jarell’s face turns red with anger “You’re impossible!” and storms away. Rindell and Rilfgar lightly laugh so as not to draw any attention to them. Once everyone was awaken and had eaten breakfast, Maddux and Eowyna left camp to explore the valley. A short distance from the camp, Maddux and Eowyna began to hear the cries of a scared and hurt animal echoing from the distance. Maddux and Eowyna rode towards the source of the cries. Riding through snow covered pine trees; they emerged into a clearing and saw a large Ice Troll attacking a polar bear cub. Valiantly the polar bear cub was trying to fight off the Ice Troll. Faster than Maddux could nock an arrow, Eowyna say the incantation, and a large ball of fire engulfed the Ice Troll. Eowyna ran past the charred Ice Troll corpse to the wounded polar bear cub. Eowyna cradled the polar bear cub in her arms and began to heal its wounds. The cub wasn’t afraid of Eowyna, but relaxed and comfortable as it fell asleep in her arms. Maddux smiled as he watched as Eowyna worked her miracles. With the Polar Bear Cub stabilized, Eowyna and Maddux returned back to camp. A temporary pen was erected inside Eowyna’s Tent for the polar bear cub. The pen was lined luxurious comforters and quilts. Eowyna carefully placed the cub inside the pen. Maddux looked at Rilfgar and a few of the elves “Let’s get some fish, before this bear gets too hungry.” Rilfgar replied “Aye!” and was leading the elves to catch some fish. Eowyna and Maddux stepped outside the tent and glanced at the great ice pillar. Maddux asks “Eowyna, will it collapse?” pointing towards the ice pillar. Eowyna casts the enchantment and points her finger at the Ice Pillar. Maddux stood in amazement as previous cracks seem to be sealed with the new ice forming around the pillar. Eowyna and Maddux climbed upon their mounts, and left the safety of the camp. Outside the camp, they caught sight of several Ice Trolls on the mountain tops watching them ride by. Maddux adjusted his grip on his infamous black bow. “We are safe; they will not attack us, unless the situation favors them.” Eowyna looks at Maddux and smiles. The entrance was at the base of a snow covered steep cliff. Jutting through the snow were several boulders. Maddux looks at Eowyna “It looks like once we are in range the Ice Trolls will drop boulders on us, so we have to be fast and get inside the entrance.” Ewoyna whispers to her Unicorn and the two were off racing at break neck speed towards the entrance. Maddux following behind Eowyna takes aim at the Ice Trolls with his Infamous Black Bow and sends volleys of arrows at the Ice Trolls. Rocks began to rain down on Eowyna and Maddux, the duo made it to the safety of the entrance. Maddux with a mischievous grin “Lets do that again.” Eowyna shakes her head “Maybe Later, lets find that library. Follow me, if you can keep up.” Racing through narrow tunnels filled with ooze and slime, Eowyna and Maddux find themselves in a large cavern filled with Ice Trolls, Ice Elementals and a Large Ice Fiend guarding the entrance to the old Library. Eowyna summons tow energy vortexs who began to decimate the defenders and then begins to cast flame strikes on the Ice Trolls. In the confusion and pandemonium, Maddux begins throw conflagration potions in to the chaos. Seizing their opportunity to get into the Library, Maddux and Eowyna make a desperate run through the chaos into the Library Once inside the Library, Maddux spots a rogue picking chests along the wall. Maddux moves his hand and fingers gesturing that he is from the Thief’s Guild. Only fellow thieves and rogues would know that gesture. Maddux looks at T Hunter “We are here only for the library. T hunter gestures with his hand that Maddux and Eowyna may pass. Quickly return to the Library and began looking through the tomes on the shelves. Eowyna begins to notice something strange about some of the tomes. Maddux points to the tome “It’s written in blood and on skin.” Eowyna quickly drops the tome on the ground “I don’t think we need that one.” Maddux “Here’s one on Sosaria’s History, and lets grab a bunch more so we can keep Professor Jarell busy.” Maddux begins to fill his pack with tomes. Maddux see’s a glint from something on a pile of bones lying on the floor. Maddux quickly picks up the ancient ring, necklace and hands them to Eowyna. “Eowyna examines the jewelry “They are very old and the bones look to be Meer.” Maddux smiles “So are they worth about one hundred thousand gold pieces?” Eowyna smiles and shakes her head “You are impossible, but you’re my impossible.” Maddux and Eowyna return back to camp and quickly notice that something is not right. Eowyna looks at the Timkins who is on sentry duty “Where is Professor Jarell?” Timkins replies “I do not know. She was over there by her work area.” Maddux commands “Everyone find her and mean like yesterday!” Maddux and Eowyna walked over to Professor Jarell’s work area and notice a large walrus bouncing around in the snow. Eowyna slowly looks at Maddux “You don’t think that’s her do you?” Before Maddux could reply, the walrus polymorph into Professor Jarell “Welcome Back, did you find what I asked for?” Maddux hand Professor Jarell the back pack with the ancient tomes. Professor Jarell lays them out on the table “Excellent, perhaps we just might find it?” Maddux smiles “How much is it worth?” Professor Jarell ignores Maddux’s comment, and Eowyna smiles. Professor Jarell reaches over and picks up her beloved and secretive crate and begins to open it. Slowly Professor Jarell reaches in and pulls a metallic parrot out of the crate. Maddux looks in disbelief “You brought plate mail for a parrot on this expedition?” The metallic parrot begins to unfold its wings and move about the table. Professor Jarell shakes her head “It’s a clockwork courier, made by Artificers from lost knowledge that had been recovered. It has a built in scroll case that can hold up to ten parchments. A courier has built in energy crystal similar to a golem’s power crystal, giving it unlimited range. It can record and store up to fifty words and its destination is hardwired and can not be changed. This Courier will return to the library and then find me.” Maddux asks “Can it kill it something? And how much is it worth?”

4th October 2006, 12:01 AM	#4
Eowyna Rohanna I may not be the queen of everything, but I'm the duchess of quite a lot Join Date: Jan 2006 Shard: Landroval--LOTRO Posts: 1,521 Gold: 7,435 Thanks: 30 Thanked 31 Times in 20 Posts	Re: Dharuuc Bal Expedition -- University of Umbra file # 113A The morning dawned crisp and bright, and the day seemed somewhat warmer on the snow fields of Kos Heb. Maddux was already awake at dawn, having assigned himself the last watch of the night, and noted the beauty of the sunrise, the new light sparkling crystalline pink and golden on icy snow. He entered the tent and shook Eowyna awake. She poked her nose out from under the furs and said, "It's cold! Wake me when summer comes." And she burrowed back into the warm bedding. Maddux laughed. "Come, get up! It's a perfectly beautiful day, Rindell has more wonderful chicken and apples for us for breakfast, and besides we have things to do. I don't think the Professor has slept all night. She's just been poring over those tomes, and has sent the clockwork parrot contraption back and forth several times, but I don't think she's found what she needs yet." Eowyna frowned. "She's been up all night?" Maddux nodded. "Ughh...," complained Eowyna. "So we will have to go back into that frigid cave again today? I refuse. She can go after her own books! Besides, we've looked at all those books. I don't know what else is there that she could utilize." He looked away, then said quietly. "I think we should investigate the death void." "Are you serious? It sounds so ominous; we don't know much about it. Do you think it will be safe?" Eowyna was fully awake now. With a slight smile, Maddux turned back to look at her directly. "I very much doubt it will be safe. But I will be with you," the smile broadened into a grin, "so you need fear absolutely nothing. Besides, we might find something valuable, and we could use a little profit on this trip." He slung his quiver over his shoulder, picked up the Black Bow, and stuffed a few bandages and other supplies into a pack. They approached the underground chamber containing the Death Void by the same route they had used the previous days. Eowyna examined the magical structure with some puzzlement. It looked innate, and she wondered how it functioned. Obviously a magical traveling structure of some kind much like the gates of Sosaria, but how to make it operational? She stood on top of it. "Vas Rel Por" No change. "Eowyna....," began Maddux. "Well," she said. "That didn't help. It's broken. May we return to camp now?" "Eowyna," said Maddux again and handed her a small object. "here, use this." She looked at the rock he put in her hand. It was dense and heavy for its size. It was very dark in color, but, even in the gloom of the dungeon, she knew what it was. "Blackrock!" she glanced up at him sharply, and he gave a quick nod. "Are you sure? This substance is notoriously unstable. We don't know how it will react...." "Try it," he urged. She thought for a long time. The words had to be just right and she'd not done this before. Armageddon... Could she cast it? Should she cast it? She heard Maddux mutter something under his breath about not blowing both herself and him up. Carefully, she placed the small piece of blackrock as close to the void as she could. "Vas Kal An Mani IN Corp Hur Tym!" There was a blinding flash, and Eowyna flung her arm in front of her face, purely reflex. An explosive roar, and the stone of the dungeon floor trembled in the utter darkness following the blaze of light. Billows of luminescent smoke then rose quickly from the floor enveloping much of the room. Eowyna coughed, and searched for Maddux as the smoke began to clear. She felt suddenly weak and very dizzy. She stepped back and leaned against the wall, waiting for the vertigo to pass. When at last she could see straight again, she spied Maddux standing before what seemed to be a moongate, but it was utterly black except for electric blue bands of energy radiating from the center. He was staring at the black portal, and said thoughtfully, "I think blackrock is going to be worth quit a bit!" He glanced over his shoulder at Eowyna, who looked a little singed around the edges. "Here, " he said, handing her a flask of Elven spring water. "This will help." She smiled wryly at him, shook her head, and took the flask with hands that still shook somewhat. A small sip restored her equilibrium, and she used a bit to clean the black smudges from her hands and face. Handing the flask back, "Doila lle, a'maelamin. This is better. What do you suppose is on the other side of that gate?" Maddux grinned. "There's only one way to find out!" and he stepped right through! Eowyna hastily gathered herself to follow. She was disoriented, and it took some moments for her to properly focus upon her surroundings. She wasn't sure if it was the effects of casting the Armageddon spell, or traveling through the black gate, but she felt distinctly unwell again. Maddux was beside her, but where were they? She blinked. Was the grass greener in this place? They found themselves on a small green ledge in the midst of a great waterfall. Behind them--a staircase which appeared to be made of great blocks hewn from a vein of pure valorite ore. "Eowyna, look at the water! I've never seen water so clear and pure anywhere!" Maddux knelt by the fall and refilled his water flask. "I am not sure where we are, but I don't think we are dead, otherwise we wouldn't be together." Maddux grinned. Eowyna laughed faintly. She was absorbed by the quality of the light--clear, white light. She looked up--starlight! Where WAS this place? So entranced were they with the beauty surrounding them, that it was some time before they entered the building behind, passing between walls the luminescent blue color of valorite. The interior was elegant with pools of limpid water, and there were several levels to the building, but it seemed completely deserted. It did not take long to locate the library and select a few books for the Professor. "Let's explore just a little before we search for a way to return," suggested Maddux. "We may never have another opportunity, and I'd like to know where we are." They separated, exploring rooms on various levels. But presently she heard him call to her. "Eowyna, come look at this!" She followed the sound of his voice to a lower level. When she arrived, Maddux was peering intently into one of the still pools on the entry level. As she watched, he reached into the water and withdrew a pair of elegantly crafted mail gauntlets and arms. "I don't know how they got in the water, but look at these! I'd say those will bring quite a few gold pieces." He held out the armor pieces for her to look at. "Oh, Maddux! These are magnificent! Not even the finest of our craftsmen in Sosaria--even those of Elven training--could have made these. I've never seen anything like them. They could only have belonged to some great Elven Lord of the elder days! But what a strange place for them to have been found....." "Very strange, he replied. "Let's go down those stairs. In addition to exploring, we need to find a way out." They walked casually down the steps, deep in conversation, and paying little attention to the passageway before them, only expecting more of the same beautiful hallways, totally devoid of habitation. Suddenly, Maddux let an arrow fly and cried, "Eowyna, watch out!" He pushed her roughly back up the steps just in time to escape a great golden Balron. She stumbled up the last two steps into the higher room and landed on the floor. Maddux appeared at her side a moment later and reached down to help her to her feet. "Well, I really didn't expect that!" he laughed. "Are you all right?" "Yes, aside from a bruise or two," she said, straightening out her garments and frowning. "Well, we certainly can't leave that way!" "I don't see any other way out," said Maddux matter-of-factly. "Let's go see what we can do about clearing that passage." The next several hours were spent beating back one vile monster after another, and as the day drew to a close, they had barely cleared the first hallway, so quickly were the denizens of this dungeon reinforced. Still, the fell voices of demons and undead could be heard in the distance. There seemed to be no end to the ranks of evil inhabiting the lower regions of this elegant building. Who would have suspected? Where was this place? What was the place? How would they get back to the camp in Kos Heb? Eowyna had no answers, but she was exhausted. Her hair was flying in straggling locks about her face, her clothing blood-stained, and her hands trembled. She observed Maddux, also discheveled from battle, but otherwise seeming still fresh and strong. Keep up with him, she could not. "Maddux, I don't think I can carry on much longer. They will be wondering where we are, but I don't think we can get back today..." He glanced back over his shoulder while waiting, the Black Bow poised, for the next horrid creature to confront them, and took in her condition. "Come!" he grabbed her hand and pulled her along. They ran back up the passage and up the stairs to the serenity of the mysterious blue building before stopping. "We'll stay here tonight. I brought a little food, and there is spring water to drink. They won't break camp without us." He grinned. Then more seriously, "We'll try again tomorrow. I'm running very low on supplies anyway. We will see what can be found here to help us out. In the meantime," he surveyed her discheveled state, "we will rest." Thanks to Maddux for the wonderful sig! Last edited by Maddux; 4th October 2006 at 01:04 AM..

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