Lundar's Library

Day 265, Year 542 of the Ascendancy

Today I got to be part of an expedition to the Ethreal Plane, led by
the strong leader Urgelt. The trip was quite a success, though we did
have our difficulties. When we first decided to head to the Ethreal
Plane, two of the crystal fragments neccessary to create the guiding
cystal could not be found. Still, we scaled Tenebrion’s Tower anyway,
attaining the myst key, and two crystal fragments. We decided to wait
until the next day for the remaining crystal shards to appear, and sure
enough, they did. With the guiding crystal and myst key in hand, we
headed into the Zodiac Room, which leads to the Ethreal Plane. I
managed to operate the guiding crystal, which was a bit tricky to
handle at first, but grew easy enough to operate with use. Using the
crystal as our guide, we managed to navigate the Zodiac Room
successfully, losing only one of our party members. Then we faced the
challenges of the Ethreal Plane.

In the Ethreal Plane, we were assaulted by all
manner of powerful undine, yet our strong and tight-knit group managed
to persevere. Our party defeated the powerful Sword Guardian, and
attained an box, containing an Ethreal Sword– our objective. As soon
as the Sword was taken out of the box, the crystal and mystic key
vanished in a puff of mist. It was time to leave the Ethreal Plane, and
it was then that is when trouble struck. The signs of the Zodiac in the
Ethreal Plane seemed to have moved around since last it was visited by
exiles, and half the party took the wrong sign. As a result, half of
our party found themselves facing Astral Guardians and Drakes in the
Ethreal, instead of finding themselves in Purgatory. Only Yor, J’jh,
and myself were left within the Zodiac circle, confused as to which
path to take. By questioning those who had made it out successfully, we
found the right sign, but too late– lightning from Astral Drakes
felled me past healing. J’jh and Yor tried there best to push me out of
the Plane, but it did not seem to work. Thus, I had to make it back to
Purgatory the old fashioned way.

Despite all our difficulties though, our mission
was a success. After we made our ways out of Purgatory, we met back at
Tenebrion’s Demense. There, we took our turns playing around with the
Ethreal Sword, testing it’s blade out on some of Tenebrion’s
unfortunate guards, before we headed into Tenebrion’s Keep, to speak
with one of the Necromancers’s servants. We spoke with Tenebrion’s
servant, Sorer, and he agreed to trade us an Ethreal Portal Stone for
our Ethreal Sword. With the Ethreal Portal Stone, we can teleport into
the Ethreal whenever we like.

We decided we should make another trip to the
Ethreal, this time to explore the plane’s secrets fully. The raid on
the Ethreal Plane is scheduled for tomorrow, and two parties will be
needed to explore the vast Plane. One party will enter the Plane from
the Zodiac Room to draw monsters, while another party will use the
Ethreal Portal Stone, and lure away the undine. Once the snell is
sufficiently clear, both parties will join together, and explore the
mysteries of the Ethreal Plane. This shall definately be a most
memorable expedition, and I can hardly wait ’til tomorrow!