Treasure Hunt the First: By Paths that Never Mortals Trod
Mar 15, 2017 2:34:53 GMT
Post by Arogash the Unforgiven on Mar 15, 2017 2:34:53 GMT
GREAT EASTERN FOREST
The earthquake had been a brutal one, and oddly localized. Now a deep crevice split the forest. A few of the local halflings had lowered rope ladders to poke around at the ruins that protruded from the sides of the new canyon. The ladders and the ruins remained; the halflings did not. One of them was the beloved but adventuresome daughter of a local mayor, who'd appealed to a woodland wizard, a blind old man who tended birds. Those birds had carried a plea far and wide.
Come save the innocents, if you can resist the song.
The earthquake had been a brutal one, and oddly localized. Now a deep crevice split the forest. A few of the local halflings had lowered rope ladders to poke around at the ruins that protruded from the sides of the new canyon. The ladders and the ruins remained; the halflings did not. One of them was the beloved but adventuresome daughter of a local mayor, who'd appealed to a woodland wizard, a blind old man who tended birds. Those birds had carried a plea far and wide.
Come save the innocents, if you can resist the song.
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LOCATIONS
North Ruin
The crevice has unearthed a complicated ruin from long before the Empire. A song of enchanted sleep wafts up out of the earth. Perhaps some of the halflings made it inside before the song overcame them, or perhaps they fell into the depths of the new canyon.
Points of note:
Points of note:
- The Harp of Oblivion, played by a faded ghost so old it has forgotten its own name and species.
- A treasure trove of scrolls and maps in an unknown tongue, written on thin gold.
South Ruin
Half a mile away, and shallower than the North Ruin, is a pre-Empire complex that has seen frequent use in recent years. It shows signs of hasty evacuation.
Points of note:
West Tower
West of the crevice, the earthquake shook loose dirt from an old but intact tower, overlooking a local road. A feral unicorn was hibernating inside the tower. Now several halflings have been impaled, and the Mayor needs the problem resolved almost as much as he wants his daughter back.
Points of note:
- A necromancer residence, a cave full of cots and ritual components and pieces of tombs; there may be some leftover necromancers here.
- A smuggling tunnel, half-collapsed and choked with barrels and crates of valuables.
- Twenty skeletons standing quietly around a dead Elf, waiting for someone to claim his bloody amulet and command them.
West Tower
West of the crevice, the earthquake shook loose dirt from an old but intact tower, overlooking a local road. A feral unicorn was hibernating inside the tower. Now several halflings have been impaled, and the Mayor needs the problem resolved almost as much as he wants his daughter back.
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OOC/ I have no intention of DMing this thread unless necessary; it is simply an opportunity.
