Undersea Temple, Trammel, Chesapeake (PaxLair Times) – October 15, 2011 – by Ashlynn – The saga of Poseidon’s Fury finally came to an end this evening, a quest that has spanned the years and taken us to the ends of Sosaria and back. During this time, scores of clues have been followed, castles have been besieged and hordes of sinister creatures have been vanquished. Our journey even took us to an ancient temple under the sea and it is here we would return to finally close the book on Poseidon’s Fury.
As always, we were summoned to the estate of Lord Balandar. A great many answered the call to arms and it seemed everything was finally in place for the last expedition we would make in search of the secret beneath the water. Balandar had located the exact location of the artifact we sought and had prepared the correct magics to take us back beneath the waves. He had even prepared a powerful ritual that would enable us all to breathe and move freely in the water so that we could travel the darkest corners of the submerged temple.
However, we were warned that the temple still crawled with hostile creatures, many of them quite powerful, and the artifact itself was believed to be protected by a mighty and covetous guardian that would not give it up easily.
A gate was opened by Balandar and we were soon inside the temple beneath the ocean. Almost immediately we were set upon by guardians as we moved through some now familiar areas. Eventually, we broke through to portions of the temple that were new to us and were completely flooded. We moved past great coral growths and a forests of kelp, battling monstrous crabs and strange tentacled humanoids. We even found the original ships wheel of the Poseidon’s Fury half buried in the coral which was a most interesting sight.
Despite some heavy casualties and skirmishes that seemed to last forever, we made it to the heart of the temple where the artifact – a tower of magical crystal – could be found. As Balandar worked his magic to release it, a great green aquatic beast attacked us, dealing death with every swipe of it’s monstrous claws. But the creature would not deter us and it too eventually fell leaving us with our prize.
Balandar worked to secure the great crystal monolith and rewarded us all with a specially crafted box containing items from the depths, including a piece of the crystal itself. Rallying in a valley in Ilshenar, Lord Balandar congratulated us on finally putting the matter of the Poseidon’s Fury to rest before we all began to retire, feeling a great sense of achievement as we did.
HMS Poseidon’s Fury still rests at anchor in Jhelom, restored to it’s glorious state and open for all to see should they wish. And the great temple itself still stands beneath the ocean and I do wonder if it has yet more stories to tell.