Lundar's Library

Day 233, Year 546 of the Ascendancy

Well, I managed to miss it. What did I miss, yi ask? The marriage of
Sleipnir and Babajaga, of course! The wedding, along with Prue’s
infamous Puddleby Pie Project, had been hyped up for weeks before they
happened, but I just couldn’t make it out the library soon enough to
attend either.

Luckily for me, and for anyone else who was unable to attend, Norm and the ThoomCare Media Network have both provided excellent coverage of the event. Meanwhile, I’ve been stirring up some excitement of my own.

My clanmate Tonle and I were sitting around town
today, with our usual restlessness to go exploring somewhere. After
some discussion, we decided to check out the maze-like passages known
as Alchemist’s Folly(AF). We even managed to gather some exiles foolish
enough to join us, and we headed to the entrace to AF, which is found
in the Dark Cave.

For those of yi who have never been to AF, the
entrance is a very narrow passage, filled with undine. To make matters
worse, large boulders fly at exiles from the north end of the passage.
The tunnels are such that it is easy to get trapped by the undine,
while rocks pelt yi from above. Unfortunately, this was exactly what
happened to us.

The first party which ventured into Alchemist’s
Folly was felled in record time, and everyone was forced to depart.
However, some of us were undaunted by our failure, and headed back into
the tunnels after regrouping in town. We departed a second time, after
which we decided to call it quits.

Thus, our AF exploration party was a failure.
However, we all learned some valuable lessons about fighting in tight
quarters, and the next time I am confident that we will be able to make
it through the narrow entrance, and into the more expansive tunnels
that follow.