{"id":799,"date":"2000-04-10T16:14:05","date_gmt":"2000-04-10T23:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.puddleby.com\/lundar\/?p=799"},"modified":"2000-04-10T16:14:05","modified_gmt":"2000-04-10T23:14:05","slug":"venturing-into-the-dark-chamber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puddleby.com\/lundar\/2000\/04\/venturing-into-the-dark-chamber\/","title":{"rendered":"Venturing into the Dark Chamber"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nDay 156, Year 537 of the Ascendancy<\/font><\/p>\n

\nI have always known about the existance of the
\nDark Chamber, but have never actually had the chance to visit there. On
\nthis 66th day of Spring, I got my chance. Today, after some idle chat
\nin the town center, I got this strange urge to visit the Dark Temple.
\nSo, I went to the shore, paid my five coppers, and rowed my way to Ash
\nIsland. From there, I made my way swiftly to the Dark Temple, avoiding
\nthe foul undine. Finally, I reached the very Temple itself. Then I
\ndied. Luckily, my clan mate Sylune sensed my spirit waning, and with
\nthe aid of her skristal, she located my fallen body. Soon, Lark,
\nfollowed by Typ and Severian, came to my rescue. I was quickly raised,
\nand we made our way down to where our boats were hidden by the shore.
\nHowever, on our way down, I mentioned to Lark that I had never visited
\nthe Dark Chamber before, and she promised that she would show it to me
\non the way out. We trudged through the dark woods, and when we had
\nalmost reached the shore, Lark pulled me aside, and pointed to a
\ngnarled tree. That is how my adventures in the Dark Chamber began.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"The<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe tree turned out to be hollow, and within the
\ntree was a dimly lit chamber. A doorway opened to the west, from which
\ncould be heard the sounds of fighting. We quickly rushed in, and found
\nTarf, Blitz, and Warchild battling against Greater Wraiths(which I had
\nnot seen since the forgetting) and other undine. The Wraiths were
\nquickly dispatched, and the creatures that were left were of the
\nqueerest sort that I have ever seen. They are called Lesser Spectres,
\nand are a pale, transparent, blue. They move softly and silently, until
\nthey come in sight of a target, at which point they fly after their
\ntarget with great speed. Their behavior is very similar to that of a
\nFlying Snake I saw once(see the entry for Day 36, Year 537) and they
\nwould transpose themselves onto their targets, making them almost
\nimpossible to hit(See a Vision Stone<\/a> of the Spectres).<\/font><\/p>\n

\nWe gave up trying to kill the Spectres, and moved
\nin further west, into the Chamber propper. This chamber was brightly
\nlit, and roaring flames blazed, casting horrific shadows of the undine
\nthat lurked there. I found myself drawn to the flames, and before I
\nknew what was going on, I found myself in the pentagram room of the
\nDark Temple. There were all kinds of undine shuffling about, and I had
\nto move swiftly not to be felled by these undead foes. I found a
\nstairwell, and I sprinted my way up to the top, only to find several
\nGreater Wraiths, who promply felled me. Not before long, though, Lark
\nand the others made their way from the Dark Chamber, and rescued me
\nonce again. We made our way out of the Temple, and rowed to the safety
\nof Puddleby. The Dark Chamber is quite an interesting place, and I
\nrecommend any and all exiles to pay a visit there, though going with a
\nstrong party is a must.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Day 156, Year 537 of the Ascendancy I have always known about the existance of the Dark Chamber, but have never actually had the chance to visit there. On this 66th day of Spring, I got my chance. Today, after some idle chat in the town center, I got this strange urge to visit the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/puddleby.com\/lundar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/puddleby.com\/lundar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/puddleby.com\/lundar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puddleby.com\/lundar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puddleby.com\/lundar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/puddleby.com\/lundar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/puddleby.com\/lundar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puddleby.com\/lundar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puddleby.com\/lundar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}