We collect these treasures and trade them along the Delimbiyr river with a merchant’s guild from the far city a Baldur’s gate. In the year of the reclamation of Ascalhorn, 1368 DR, Non-elves call it Hellgate Keep, news of its fall reached the major lands of Faerun and the adventurers came in droves hoping to find unclaimed wealth and magic. We the elves of the forest were too weak after the war to prohibit the infiltration. So we watched and claimed what the adventurers were unable to retain. So, it was 1369 DR, and I found myself along a passage known only to us that skirts the boundaries of the Dire Wood and Unicorn run when our caravan was attacked.
It was nearly dusk and I had climbed the height of a great oak a days travel north of the Delimbiyr. The roar of the Wyrm of Star Mount, Elaacrimalicros terrified our group and I ascended in hopes of identifying his direction. I had reached the pinnacle of the canopy when the alarm cry pierced my hearing. Dropping several levels I realized we were surrounded by a band of Duergar. I let the arrows fly in such a fury that eight of the dark dwarves fell before my location was discovered. All the wrath they could focus upon me came with such velocity I could naught but jump from limb to limb. It was a gambler’s endeavor and I could not shake the foe. In time, they had me wrapped in magic and bound in chords. I awoke sometime later on an altar, in these horrific surroundings, no forest greenery, no wooded brown, just the simple gray of stone and rock. My consciousness lasted but a moment when I felt myself shunted into a nothingness, a world between worlds. I could hear and see what was happening as if I were observing through a murky and muted pane, aware of things but forgotten by all except my own identity which refused to let go until I could be free of my captivity and redeem the fallen who were in my charge.
Forgive me, time is a flighty concept in the nothingness I’ve experienced. What day, month, and dare I ask year is it?Statistics: Posted by Theylan — Fri May 25, 2018 4:26 pm
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