PaxLair Adventure Night was a little more adventurous than usual this week, with a visit from none other than the Gatekeeper. In attendance were Zog the Fishmonger, Nastasia, Lord Monk, Grimlar Mithrax, Cross Macleod, Koranos, Neo Of Lothlore and a shadow wisp. Just as we were getting suited up for a journey to Doom, or perhaps the succubus lair; the infamous spirit landed on the doorstep of the Paladin Tower, with instructions to satisfy its needs for another evening. The Gatekeeper informed us that mist lay upon the seas of Britannia, and that we would need to fight its monsters, and recover a "trinket". Nastasia was quick to recover fishing nets from her home, and a fisherman was sought. The party then left for Mythndale, where we met Koranos and invited Nuke the werewolf to join us. After Koranos was suited up, we headed to The Siren's Call in Silvervale, where we met the Gatekeeper again - behind the bar! The spirit informed us that we needed to travel to a serpent place - the serpent pillar!
We then made our way to Serpent's Hold, boarded a ship, and made a quick sail to the Serpent Pillar; with the Gatekeeper on board!
The Gatekeeper instructed us to toss three nets into the water at once, speak the mantra RuL, fight the monsters that came from the depths, and recover the trinket.
The fight wasn't easy, and a few of us made a quick journey to a shrine for healing, but several trinkets were recovered! Lord Monk found a map, Koranos plucked a bottle of ale, and Nastasia recovered a head! Once things settled down, the Gatekeeper spoke and asked us to sail once again, this time to Dagger Island (Ice Isle).
We made our way to Ice Island, and docked the ship against a frozen ice flow, near a large personal castle. The Gatekeeper instructed us to go inside the castle, and sort out the trinkets we found.
Once inside the castle, the items were lain upon the ground, and the spirit examined them. At the same time, Koranos took a swig of ale from the bottle he found, and out came a map! The Gatekeeper informed us that the map was of ancient origin, and asked us to place it at his feet so that he could decode it.
It was discovered that the map lead to the Ice Dungeon, and the Gatekeeper instructed us to go there, and vanquish any foes we may encounter, while following it.
We slowly made our way through the dungeon, tackling ice snakes, trolls, snow and ice elementals and white wyrms.
The Gatekeeper then asked us to kill two ice fiends, and enter the underground lair, where we followed the spirit to a library of sorts.
Once entering the library, the Gatekeeper spoke at last, saying that we had ventured near the depths of the Underworld, and speaking a new mantra, LRU.
None present could understand what this mantra meant, or what purpose it served, but the Gatekeeper was quick to inform us that it would be needed for a message in the coming weeks!
After explaining to us, the spirit commanded us to walk out of the dungeon on foot, fighting the monsters in our path! This proved to be a daunting task, and a few of us became lost in the white wyrm's lair!
Once we collected together again, we met the Gatekeeper outside the dungeon, and he explained to us that we would need to keep what we heard tonight safe, and that we would need to use the mantra LRU, very soon. Confused, some of us tried to respond to the spirit, but he vanished into the void, and was not seen again this night.
Many questions went unanswered, but an adventure was surely had this Thor's Day Night! What we are to expect in the next few weeks is known only to the Gatekeeper, and will most likely be revealed soon, along with a use for the new Mantra! Until then, safe journeys my friends.
Neo Of Lothlore
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