Lundar's Library

Day 261, Year 545 of the Ascendancy

Sometimes in life, a small mistake can lead to a huge disaster. Today I
made just such a mistake. For a while now, I’ve been working on trying
to open the pf path in the McBolie Cavern on Devil’s Island, which I
seem to have forgotten over the past few months. On my past few visits
I found that I had forgotten the path to the point where I could not
even see the path, much less open it. Luckily, today I was able to find
the path once more, and after a few minutes of staring at it, I was
able to pass through and open it. However, once on the other side, I
found that a pack of Dark Vermine had been waiting for me, and they
chewed me to bits before I could retreat back into the cavern. Since I
was pretty deep inside the island, I decided to depart from Devil’s
Island, so as not to cause anyone the inconvenience of having to rescue
me… or so I thought.

Once I emerged from Purgatory, I found a surprise
awaiting me. Instead of being inside the temple in Puddleby where I
expected, I found myself within a hidden garden, being greeted by the
strange hermit Qu’Dwrs-Li. I had departed from Devil’s Island only to
find myself stuck deep within the caverns below Dal’Noth Island. I had
completely forgotten that I had touched the strange “Altar” within
Qu’Dwrs-Li’s garden earlier, when I was exploring the ‘Noth underground
in search of hidden tunnels.
Now I was in more trouble than I was before, and not even departing
would take me off of Dal’Noth isle. Luckily for me, my friends Sutai
and Magnels were able to convince a Scaramis party to come rescue me,
and with their heroic aid, I was able to leave the island. I rushed
back to town, and changed my altar before I could make the same mistake
a second time. Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to be considerate.