Lundar's Library

Day 140, Year 538 of the Ascendancy

Hunting on Dal’Noth Isle has become one of the
most favorite pastimes of exiles, as of late. It has become as popular
as the Snaggle Wood once was, before the chests that the orga carried
were toned down. Now, exiles go to the Dal’Noth Isle for the rich
bounties of the ‘Noths, and the plentiful experience provided by the
many monsters. As a Journeyman Mystic skilled in the arts of portal
opening, I am often called forth to let exiles into the rich hunting
grounds of Dal’Noth Isle. Today, I was called to do just that. It was
quite early in the morning when Natas sunstoned me, asking me to come
to Dal’Noth Isle. I was still groggy, and my body still ached from the
countless hunts I’d been on in the past week, but I agreed to go
anyway. I reluctantly trudged to the docks, and rented one of the
rowboats from Captain Barnac.

When I reached Dal’Noth Isle, I was rather
surprised to see a small party; only seven members, including myself.
However, my surprise soon faded when I saw the party in action. The
party quickly cleared out the beaches and the passes, and made it’s way
to the Dal’Noth Town. Even the Town provided little challenge, and we
headed to the northern parts of the isle, then headed west. We even
explored the territory where just days before, the enigmatic Tuz’Noths
had been spotted, but fortunately, we did not see any ourselves. We
then cleared out the Dal’Noth Outpost, then returned to the surface and
cleared out the Dal’Noth Isle once over again.

The sun was just beginning to rise over the
horrizon now. We made our way to the beach, and bid farewell to
Rent-A-Hippie, who retired herself for the day. We were now down to a
party of six. We continued to hunt the Dal’Noth Isle, but this time
with more caution. With so few hunters, the profits were even greater
then before, for there were less people to spilt the money with, from
the bounties. We were doing quite well, dispatching any ‘Noths that
stood in our way, and it seemed like I was going to chalk one up as
another successful Dal’Noth hunt. However, when we entered the lake
area, disaster struck. We were fighting two Zol’Noths, and doing quite
nicely, when four more Zol’Noths appeared out of nowhere, and joined in
on the fun. I was down on the ground in no time, and I was but the
first to fall.

Several Vel’Noths soon appeared, drawn to us by
the comotion, and soon, more than half of us lay fallen at their feet.
The few that did manage to escape soon fell as well, and things looked
pretty bleak. Several rescue parties were assembled, but they were all
disseminated before they even reached us. Soon, all of the healers in
the lands lay fallen on Dal’Noth Isle, and I was forced to depart. Many
of the exiles fallen on Dal’Noth Isle departed as well, and went back
to rescue the many fallen exiles still fallen on the cursed isle. As
for myself, I turned over the portal openning job to my fellow
Journeyman, Valtrim, and headed back to the Academy to catch some ‘z’s.