{"id":811,"date":"2000-05-25T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2000-05-25T23:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.puddleby.com\/lundar\/?p=811"},"modified":"2000-05-25T16:00:41","modified_gmt":"2000-05-25T23:00:41","slug":"the-forest-of-orion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puddleby.com\/lundar\/2000\/05\/the-forest-of-orion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Forest of Orion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nDay 340, Year 537 of the Ascendancy<\/font><\/p>\n

\nOn the eve of the 70th day of Autumn, a Chaos
\nStorm ran rampart through Puddleby. I took refuge in the library, and
\nwhen I emerged, I learned of the many changes that the 130th Chaos
\nStorm had brought: new fish in the sea, new beasts on the land, and
\nmost importantly, new lands to explore. But I am getting ahead of
\nmyself. It all started when I stepped out of the library on that 70th
\nday of Autumn…<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe Fen Leogic was setting up an exploration
\nparty, to see what the latest Chaos Storm had brought. The expedition
\nwas an utter failure. Our first destination, the Trool Outpost remained
\nunchanged, the mirror remained impassable, and none of the Trool mines
\nhad been expanded at all. We all returned to town, and I started doing
\na little exploring of my own. The first place I thought to check was
\nthe hut on the grassy island, which had seemed to give a little, before
\nthe Chaos Storm. Perhaps the Chaos Storm might have torn it open…
\nWith such thoughts in my mind, I rented a boat from Captain Barnak, and
\nset to the sea. That was when I first encountered something that had
\nbeen previously unknown.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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

\nThe strange looking fish, which some have
\ndescribed as “being like a Shredder, only larger”, is the Tae-Su. It is
\nlightning quick, and deals fairly powerful blows with it’s mouth, and
\nserrated fins. The creature made short work of me, and I had to float
\nthrough the currents of the northern ocean, until a rescue party was
\nassembled, and I was fished out of the water. The Tae-Su was
\nvanquished, and I once again set my mind on the task of reaching the
\ngrassy island.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nFinally, after struggling against the currents,
\nand sweating in the cold winter sun, I reached the grassy isle. Much to
\nmy dissapointment, the door of the strange hut did not<\/i> give
\naway, and I slowly trudged back to shore, to my boat, barely
\nacknowledging the centaur guardian. I would have left the grassy
\nisland, and that would have been the end of my end of my adventures, if
\nit had not been for a bunch flowers that caught my attention out of the
\ncorner of my eye. I slowly looked towards the direction of the bright
\nflowers, and noticed a gate leading to the east, which I had never seen
\nbefore. I stepped through, and entered a strange, magical forest filled
\nwith evergreen trees…<\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"Orion's<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe humid air about the place like a curtain, yet
\nit was strangely not uncomfortable. The trees gently rustled, and the
\nair was filled with the sound of a multitude of insects. Suddenly, the
\ntranquil atmosphere of the forest was broken by the loud cry “Hunter!”
\nSeemingly in reply, dozens of other voices called forth as well:
\n“Hunter, Hunter, Hunter!”<\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt was the clan Hunter, and these sons and
\ndaughters of Orion claimed that they were the first exiles ever to
\ndiscover this hidden grove, and they had named it(creativly enough)
\n“The Forest of Orion”. I was in no position to argue, and I slowly
\naccepted that this place was the Forest of Orion. The name was
\nstrangely fitting. There were many creatures to be hunted in the Forest
\nof Orion, Giants Vermine, Artak Cougars, Orga, and even a few Trools.
\nThere were also several varieties of cat which I had never heard of
\nbefore, including the Rodan Panther; a rather cowardly animal that
\nflees at the slightest provocation(see a Vision Stone<\/a>
\nof the creature). I explored the grove for hours, but I suspect that
\nthe forest still hold many secrets. It is up to you to discover these
\non your own(hope you’ve enjoyed the slightly-longer-than-usual journal
\nentry ;).<\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"Isn't<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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