Lundar's Library

Day 265, Year 547

Today I managed to fall to a tough little Fire Vermine while testing
the path into McBolie’s Cavern on Devil’s Isle. I was soon rescued by a
small party of exiles, and we ended up exploring the interior portions
of Devil’s Isle.

The first place that we decided to explore was the volcano area
of Devil’s Isle, with its infamous Drake Den. The Drake Den used to
contain dozens Fire Drakes, ranging from small infants to powerful
adults, but recently the Den has been completely empty.

Today we hoped to discover some Drakes in their lair, or at
least some clue as to where they have disapeared off to, but
unfortunately we could find nothing. I have now officially renamed the
cavern to the “Rat Den.”

We did notice something of interest, though. The entrance to the Rat
Den is surrounded by a pool lava, which exiles must run across to reach
the cave entrance. What we noticed were several Voolcons trying to walk
across the lava, but falling before they could make it to the cave.
Could it be that there is something of interest inside the cave, which
the Voolcons seek?

Afterwards, we peeked into the Voolcon Caverns to see if
anything was new, then headed to Dal’Noth Isle to explore the
Underground. The caverns beneath Dal’Noth Isle have been unusually active
lately, and today was no exception. We encountered a Tuz’Noth, four
Xar’Noths, and half a dozen Zol and Gar’Noths while exploring the
Underground today.

We mostly explored the south-eastern portion of the tunnels, searching for the secret passages that Qual once hinted at,
but we were unable to find anything. It has now been more than two
years since the defeat of Qual, and we have yet to discover anything
new. I wonder: was Qual lying, or are we just not searching in the
right places?