Lundar's Library

Day 256, Year 543 of the Ascendancy

The last two days have been really eventful for me. It all started with
an expedition led by Kiriel D’Sol to the Drake Den on Devil’s Isle. A
group of 3 fighters, 4 mystics, and 6 healers was assembled, and we
made our way through the maze-like McBolie Caverns, and deadly Crater,
to reach the Drake Den. We did encounter a few setbacks, in the form of
lava walker re-spawns, and people falling outside of the wall, but for
the most part, the expedition went extremely smooth. However, when we
reached our objective of the Drake Den, we found that there were no
Fire Drakes in it at all! I’ve seen vision stones of the Den filled
with Drakes, young and old, and the few visits to the Den that I’ve had
have included at least one Drake. This leads me to the question: Where
have all the Drakes gone? The Drakes of the Den are much more poewrful
than the Drakes which we encounter on Puddleby, so I doubt they’ve been
killed. Perhaps they’ve gone into hiding…

Anyway, after the successful expedition to the
Drake Den, I joined a party formed by the Rising Claw clan, to rescue
their clan mate Aldernon from the clutches of Umbrion. Aldernon had
requested that he be taken prisonner of Umbrion in a fit of madness
several moons ago, and he had spent his time in Umbrion’s Keep ever
since. A truly massive party of more than 30 exiles gathered on
Kizmia’s Isle today, to rescue the deranged sylvan. The party gathered
just off the shore on the southern coast of Kizmia’s Isle, and waited
for the sun to rise, and weaken the Lyfelidae inhabitants of the isle.
We then stormed the southern beach en masse, and were met by
such as foes as the Darshak, and their warhounds, deadly serpents, and
ferocious cats, in addition to the dreaded Lyfelidae. We were able to
overcome these with a little difficulty, and we proceeded to assault on
Umbrion’s Keep. Inside the Keep we were beseiged by fiery bubbles, lava
walkers, and lava beetles, as well as Umbrion’s elite guard, but we
were able to persevere, and continue on our rescue for Aldernon.

Once we cleared out most of the beasts from the
Keep, we were able to make several important discoveries. One, is the
slave that Tenebrion hinted at during his meeting with the Mystic
Council of Puddleby. The slave, who goes by the name Leladar, offers
training to any mystic on how to better use the ethereal amulets, that
Tenebrion has been doling out lately. However, Leladar offers her
training only to mystics, and will not train those who do not belong to
the Mystic Guild. Many of the mystics present in our party signed up to
receive training, which is very good, since it is very important that
we have exiles who are skilled in the use of these amulets. By
measuring the flow of ether into the different parts of our isle, we
may be able to determine the cause of the ethereal storms that have
been plaguing our plane as of late, and maybe even a solution to the
problem. Tenebion has also hinted that we may be able to travel to the
ethreal plane where the ether is thickest, which may certainly come in
handy in the future.

Another discovery that we made in Umbrion’s Tower,
is the slave Asteshesha, who offered to teach exiles in the use of
phantasms. Phantasms are basically just harmless illusions that are
created in the minds of sentinent begins, but they are very difficult
to learn and master. In order to cast phantasms, intensive training is
necessary, as well as a tome called the Phantasmonomicon. In addition,
the pages of the Phantasmonomicon need to be found, in order to cast
different phantasms. One of Umbrion’s slaves was trading a
Phantasmonomicon for catsbane, which is a very rare component found
only on Kizmia’s Isle, so I don’t think I will be getting one myself
anytime soon, but learning to cast phantasms definately sounds like
fun. Asteshesha offers his training to fighters, healers, and mystics
alike.

Finally, we were able to reach the top level of
the tower, and convice Aldernon to return to Puddleby. Luckily, Umbrion
did not show up, and we were able to make it out of his Keep alive. We
traveled north from Umbrion’s Keep, to the tar cave, where we filled
our barrels with tar, and split up into two groups so we could reach
our respective trees. However, we soon suffered a variety of mishaps,
and that coupled with the coming of night doomed our party to
destruction. A few resolute exiles waited for the coming of the new day
to weaken the Lyfelidae of the isle, but the majority of us departed.
Still, our expedition was successful, and Aldernon returned safely to
Puddleby(or as safely as anyone can return via Purgatory). I am now
very interested in phantasms and the Phantasmonomicon, and would
appreciate any information relating to those two subjects.