Cleansing of Fel

August

1. The Scout

   by Loxly

   
   

   One night while doing some cleaning around his modest home, Loxly received a knock at the door. A young man stood on the stoop holding a message “Rich and Alarcon need you to come to the GTH tower as soon as possible and come equipped to go on a long trip.” Loxly thanked the young man, closed the door and packed what he needed for the trip. Summoning his ghost steed, he mounted it in one smooth motion, spoke the words, “Kal Ort Por,” and was quickly transported to the GTH tower. With one snap of his fingers, the ghost steed, retreated back into his pack waiting to be summoned at a later time.

   Loxly walked up the front steps of the tower, pulled open the iron door, and walked through the dank, cold, halls. He wound his way up the staircase to the roof where he found Rich and Alarcon assembled with other members of GTH. “Hail all,” Loxly said with a smile in greeting to his GTH family. A chorus of warm greetings came back from the group as he joined them. “Glad you made it so fast Lox” Rich said. “I do my best,” Loxly replied. “We need you to go to Felucca and do some fact finding,” Alarcon said. “Other than the only inhabitants being thieves and murders what do you need to know?” Loxly laughed. Smiling Alarcon said, “Well, we need to know what’s going on there that makes people avoid venturing there.” “When do I leave?” Loxly asked. “As soon as you are ready,” Alarcon said. “Then I will take my leave of you now,” Loxly said, “and I wish all of you safe journeys as well.” He then summoned his ghost steed, uttered the words “Kal Ort Por,” and waved as he disappeared in a flash.

   A few seconds later, Loxly appeared in Serpents Hold. “I haven’t been here in a while,” he thought to himself as he began to tour the island. He found no real changes on the island, it brought back fond memories of his youth. He traveled down by the docks and spied a hole in the cliff. Curious, he ventured in and found evil mages and other monsters living there next to the entrance to the island that he loved so well. After killing several mages, lava lizards, hell hounds and giant serpents, he made his way over to the lost lands. Riding across the land he observed that very little had changed. Next he traveled to Delucia. The town was unremarkable all he saw were several miners and tailors going about their crafts. Then he rode through the passage, which is usually guarded by murders and scoundrels, trying to steal the minors hard earned wares. This time though there was not a soul around. Loxly rode to every major city and found them all but deserted. After the cities he moved on to the dungeons. There he found the regular array of creatures and monsters but he had an overwhelming and ominous sense of foreboding and doom.

   His training as a mage made him very sensitive to unseen forces around him. He had sensed things like this before in his youth, but he had never encountered an evil as strong as this. He felt a dark force behind these feelings, he could almost visualize a group of people trying to summon the forces of evil to the land. After surveying the last of the dungeon he thought to himself, “It’s time to go make my report.” Once again he muttered the words “Kal Ort Por,” and he was back at the GTH tower.

   After riding up to the steps of the GTH tower Loxly once again made his way through the tower to the roof. “Greetings all,” Loxly said and once again he was greeted by a sequential chorus of “Hails” and “Welcomes.” Anxious to know what he had found, Rich and Alarcon approached and asked almost simultaneously for his report. “In the main lands all was normal, well as normal as it can be, but the dungeons had a strange air about them a very foreboding aura, wrought with evil.” Loxly said frowning. “ Dungeons are supposed to be evil !! ” Someone replied. “This is different,” Loxly replied, “It is an evil such as I have never felt before, it is as though some one is trying to crack the world and let the evil horde encompass all of Felucca.” “What do you think would be a good course of action?” asked Rich and Alarcon simultaneously for the second time. “Well, we will need a lot of people, I mean far more than just GTH to go and clear the dungeons, and we need to do it fast or it may be to late.” Loxly replied in a serious tone. “The more we have the faster and easier it will be but it will still be no small task.”

   Rich and Alarcon thanked Loxly for his time and information, as he inquired if there was anything else they needed from him. They told him that there was not at this time. “If you need me, you know where I am” he said smiling as he summoned his ghost mount, waved and muttered “Kal Ort Por,” returning home for a well deserved rest and to reflect on his recent travels.

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2. Evil Prepares

   by Kahn

   
   

   The small creatures of the dungeon scurried back into the shadows as the mage entered with his torch. Hidden against the rock wall Kahn watched the mage as he leveled a few spells against the evil mages and other inhabitant's of the dungeon. His cold, ice blue, eye's peered from beneath his shroud. He debated whether or not he should strike the man down or let him ride on.

   However, the next move the mage made saved his life. Instead of riding on he stopped, took out a small book and began jotting something inside, Kahn watched from with interest and decided to follow him. The mage made his exit into the lost lands, stopping from time to time to take notes in his book and then moving on. Kahn kept a safe distance but always remained close enough to keep an eye on him. The mage made his way into Delucia and Kahn, not wanting to blow his cover, thought it best not to tangle with the guards and remained hidden, watching the mage to see if he stayed in town or traveled on.

   No more then an hour later he again picked up the mages trail and followed him into the passage, knowing full well that the fool would meet his end once inside, but fate was with the mage....Not a soul lingered.

   Kahn followed the mage throughout the night, hiding near towns and then following him once again when he moved on. Once Kahn was sure that the mage posed no threat, he got closer to him, not too close, but close enough to read the guild insignia inscribed on the mages spell book and a name....He wanted to see what the mage was writing in his book but thought better of it.

   Dawn was almost upon the land when the Mage exited the last dungeon and recalled away. It was only then that Kahn came out of hiding and then recalled to his guildhouse. He pushed his shroud back as he entered and bowed low to his guildmaster.

   "I came across something last eve you might be concerned with" he said with a small fire burning in his eye's

   His guildmaster took note of that fire and knew that Kahn was always eager to learn new thing's. "Oh? Tell me,what did you see?"

   "While scouting I came across a Mage, he wore a GTH insignia, his name was Loxly. He was taking note's and riding from town to town.....As well as dungeons"

   Kali smiled at her young guild member, his thirst to know everything would be the death of him one day. "That isn't so odd.....There is always a scholar traveling Felucca from time to time taking a peek at our dungeons."

   Kahn nodded "Aye, but I have never seen one intent on the champion 's nor have I have noted one writing down his finding's."

   Kali's eyebrow's raised at hearing this. "He was jotting down the champion areas?"

   "Aye, it is my belief that he was taking note's of the creatures and the layout of the dungeons...What could it mean? Do you think they are planning something?" He ask, his eye's again glowing with the thought of a fight.

   "Perhaps they are...We will keep this to ourselves for now though, No need to let them know that we know what they are up to. You have done well my young friend....I will speak with the others and those we trust. If it is a war they want, we shall give it to them!" Kali said smiling. "You may go now...Get some rest, I may have need of you to look into this further."

   Kahn pulled his shroud over his head and bowed low "As you wish M'lady.......I will be ready to set out again as soon as you call on me." He then left her alone to her thoughts..

   If what he said was true they might be coming back to try and take the dungeons they had forsaken. "They abandoned them once and now they are claimed by us," she thought; "They can't have them back," she said out loud with resolve.

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