Four of the party dead.
After crossing the swamp on raft was a bust we've decided to take a look at that Arena.
The building is of amazing construction, wonder why the swamp doesn't grow over it.
Couple of us went inside to see what we could and it looked pretty boring until we saw the stadium. There was hundreds of dead skeletons scattered around the seats. They wasn't freshly dead or nothing, old bones and old clothes.
One skeleton was inside the sandy pit and he had him a golden sword.
The guy with the ladder said he wanted it and promptly lowered himself in.
That's went the whole world went crazy.
There was this glass ball up high that started sparking with lightning. Before we know anything all the doors and exits was closed with a lightning wall.
We heard some cheering screams start coming closer.
My heart nearly burst from my chest. I was so scared of what's coming I jumped into the pit. Couple of the lads all jumped in too, which for some wasn't too brilliant as they fell and hurt themselves.
What came next only got worse. We was split in two groups, thems up above in the seats stood looking around like they wanted to run only they didn't want to jump in. Couple more come down the ladder.
Us down below didn't know what to do next, until these metal balls started shooting out of the wall at us. That urchin kid took the fall in a bad way and then took a metal ball to the head. Ripped open like a ripe melon.
I looked back up at the seating, wishing I'd never come down into this pit and see the eeriest sights. Some kind of whisps was moving around, I think it was them jeering at us. And that's when the rest of the lot jumped in, almost like they was being pushed.
Stay up, go down, none of us know where to run.
I look about and I see the first guy got his golden sword and now him and a couple are running towards a spiked wall in the middle. They're jumping up and over. But this spike wall is a machine, it keeps jabbing out spears that are as long as my arm. When the dog tried to jump over he took a vicious cut, that's the kind that would kill a man.
If it wasn't bad enough, these balls keep shooting out so more of us run towards the middle. Two more guys get gutted by the spikes.
We got to get out of here.
I don't know where I'm going but I know I can't stay here, so I jump inside the spike wall too. But I don't know if this was a good idea either.
I'm inside and it's smooth as ice and so I'm sliding towards a hole that's covered in lightning wall.
But I don't know that it's any safer outside. I just seen more of those same monsters jump into the pit too. Was six of them but one of them got killed by a ball. Couple of our group stood their ground in front of the monsters.
This is all happening too fast.
I slid off the edge and as I'm falling towards the lightning I see the golden sword slash out and hit the wall, a carving in the wall that looks like a wicked tree. And just then the lightning is gone...
And I fall into the darkness.
Monday, August 19, 2013
Friday, August 16, 2013
Day 1 - Swampy treasures
We got to the swamp.
Bunch of crazy people I'm here with.
I saw a big golden building in the distance but everyone wanted to go a different way.
Look, we came here for riches. We can go towards the palace and probably pick up a chalice off the floor or we can walk into the dank swamp.
But, strength in numbers, so I followed them deeper into the swamp.
We had a battle
We were walking through some tall grass and we got set upon by some strange creatures. They were lying down low and then stood, tall as a man. They were running at us screaming even before I knew they were there.
Guess my crazies aren't so bad.
A couple of them took a single swing at the monsters and killed them with one hit.
I think what disturbs me the most is this dog. I've been petting him and letting him have some scraps. When the monsters attacked us this dog jumps in and rips a bite out of one of 'em. That dog is a killer. I feel safer with my crazies than I do around the dog now. He attacked the monsters before I knew what was happening, maybe he'll just attack me when I'm at meal.
It was a close one though. One of the guys got his head bashed in. We took his stuff and parceled it out.
We found the monsters camp just a short way from the battle. They were cooking dinner when we stumbled upon them. I dunno what they was cooking though. The meat was so burned it could have been a man or a monster.
A couple of my crazies helped themselves to the roast. Ain't nobody got sick from it. Guess it was alright. But I couldn't stomach it.
We looked around their camp and found some drinks, 2-copper droppers someone called it. They said it wasn't ale, called it wine. They handed out the bottles but I didn't get one, so no idea what it tastes like.
Right next to the camp we found a lake and a raft.
Two of the guys poled the raft out into the fog. They went pretty far but then came back cause they couldn't see nothing.
Bunch of crazy people I'm here with.
I saw a big golden building in the distance but everyone wanted to go a different way.
Look, we came here for riches. We can go towards the palace and probably pick up a chalice off the floor or we can walk into the dank swamp.
But, strength in numbers, so I followed them deeper into the swamp.
We had a battle
We were walking through some tall grass and we got set upon by some strange creatures. They were lying down low and then stood, tall as a man. They were running at us screaming even before I knew they were there.
Guess my crazies aren't so bad.
A couple of them took a single swing at the monsters and killed them with one hit.
I think what disturbs me the most is this dog. I've been petting him and letting him have some scraps. When the monsters attacked us this dog jumps in and rips a bite out of one of 'em. That dog is a killer. I feel safer with my crazies than I do around the dog now. He attacked the monsters before I knew what was happening, maybe he'll just attack me when I'm at meal.
It was a close one though. One of the guys got his head bashed in. We took his stuff and parceled it out.
We found the monsters camp just a short way from the battle. They were cooking dinner when we stumbled upon them. I dunno what they was cooking though. The meat was so burned it could have been a man or a monster.
A couple of my crazies helped themselves to the roast. Ain't nobody got sick from it. Guess it was alright. But I couldn't stomach it.
We looked around their camp and found some drinks, 2-copper droppers someone called it. They said it wasn't ale, called it wine. They handed out the bottles but I didn't get one, so no idea what it tastes like.
Right next to the camp we found a lake and a raft.
Two of the guys poled the raft out into the fog. They went pretty far but then came back cause they couldn't see nothing.
Day 1 - The Wise Witch and the Stone
We've started.
The people in town told us how to get into the Sunken City but it doesn't make any sense to me.
Said to touch a stone down at the end of this path.
We were walking down the path and we saw an old crone's house so we stopped for moment to ask if we were headed the right way.
Couple of the guys talked to her and she smeared some ash on them. Dunno what that's about. Maybe them's want to get dirty before going into the swamp just to run back early and act like they slogged through some tough stuff.
Touching that stone was weird, kinda a warm tingly feeling. When I seen a couple in the group touch the stone and disappear I near wet myself. But, everyone in town said this was how you get to the Sunken City.
The people in town told us how to get into the Sunken City but it doesn't make any sense to me.
Said to touch a stone down at the end of this path.
We were walking down the path and we saw an old crone's house so we stopped for moment to ask if we were headed the right way.
Couple of the guys talked to her and she smeared some ash on them. Dunno what that's about. Maybe them's want to get dirty before going into the swamp just to run back early and act like they slogged through some tough stuff.
Touching that stone was weird, kinda a warm tingly feeling. When I seen a couple in the group touch the stone and disappear I near wet myself. But, everyone in town said this was how you get to the Sunken City.
Day 1 - The Get'n Ready
It seems I'm not the only one who wants to get rich at the Sunken City.
I've grouped with some adventurers to go inside. Strength in numbers right?
We're about twenty-four of us.
I don't know what some of these people are thinking, there are children in the group. They should get back to their mommies.
One guy thought he was ready, but all he has is a ten foot pole. That things twice as tall as a man and he wants to walk through a swamp with it?
If he hits me with that thing I'm gonna snap that twig in two.
We spent a while buying supplies before we embark.
I've grouped with some adventurers to go inside. Strength in numbers right?
We're about twenty-four of us.
I don't know what some of these people are thinking, there are children in the group. They should get back to their mommies.
One guy thought he was ready, but all he has is a ten foot pole. That things twice as tall as a man and he wants to walk through a swamp with it?
If he hits me with that thing I'm gonna snap that twig in two.
We spent a while buying supplies before we embark.
Day 1, The Beginnings
I'm ready to be rich!
I've gone to the Sunken City to find an expedition into it's hidden depths.
Why the Sunken City? All of the Elders in the village talk all day and gab all night about how when they were young they knew someone from the neighboring village who had come back with enough riches to setup an inn or buy a mill. They told me the city was over grown with the swamp that many buildings were lost, hiding, waiting for someone with a pair of strong legs and a sturdy back to go in and fetch the riches.
I don't know. Everyone who goes to the city always gets fabulously rich, I guess an old sunken city probably has stuff just lying around. A discarded trinket from a rich merchants daughter.
Well, either way, I'm going to bring my axe with me. You never know what you'll run into in a swamp.
I've gone to the Sunken City to find an expedition into it's hidden depths.
Why the Sunken City? All of the Elders in the village talk all day and gab all night about how when they were young they knew someone from the neighboring village who had come back with enough riches to setup an inn or buy a mill. They told me the city was over grown with the swamp that many buildings were lost, hiding, waiting for someone with a pair of strong legs and a sturdy back to go in and fetch the riches.
I don't know. Everyone who goes to the city always gets fabulously rich, I guess an old sunken city probably has stuff just lying around. A discarded trinket from a rich merchants daughter.
Well, either way, I'm going to bring my axe with me. You never know what you'll run into in a swamp.
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