Mai 3th 1932.
THE WITCH FROM HEAVEN !
The companions died many deaths. Fortunately I was strong enough to withstand
the battles and raised my friends from death many times. Somehow we managed
to get to a teleporter that transported us to another part of this hellish
vaults. This one also was inhabited by most dreadful creatures and also consisted
of countless chambers and closets. We found a Skill5 potion, Holy Scale (63oz
W0-A14-D7-S9-M25), a Charm5 potion, another marvellous Jinxcap, Windplate,
Grimshoes, Stoneshield armor, Cranegloves, a Blizzhelm, a Lichrobe, Galeboots,
a Stamina5 potion, a Stonedagger, Stormgloves and a Bogwand, which was a
powerful magical item that could drive enemies completely mad.
One of the chambers contained a large cage. In the cage a big rabbit was
imprisoned. We knew that this had to be the abducted and cursed witch Bergarac
had told us about. The cage was magically locked. Fortunately the key we
had found before did fit to the lock.
We joined Rabby to our party. The creature seemed to be very weak. By the
first attack of the devilish opponents of the Crypt it would die, so we thought.
But it didn't although it was heavily hit many times. Against magic it seemed
to be completely resistant. Also elemental force couldn't harm it. It actually
was invulnerable !
Well, now we had to get out of this hell of a dungeon. We fought many
dreadful battles and finally reached the last stairway that would bring us
up to the surface. We remembered the moment when we left the Agyssium. Back
then we shouted out our big triumph. But this time we felt different. Silently
we left the Castle Crypt thinking about the nightmare the deeper levels had
been.
But the friendly sun and our companions Adiwiet and Tadgia welcomed us warmly.
Quickly the news of our returning spreaded and soon hundreds of Cassidians
lined the streets, greeting us. I gave a few autograms on some young girl's
hands. They behaved a bit strange when catching a glance of my eyes. One
immediately lost conciousness. Others began to scream as if they were completely
gone mad. Two of them clinged to my legs and just refused to let me go. My
companions had to help me getting rid of them.
Slowly a good mood overwhelmed us. The defeat of Thardan now was just a matter
of a few days. We exchanged some armaments with our companions and left the
town in order to relieve Rabby from the evil curse.
By ship we went to Valvice. From there it wasn't far to the Stone Lion's Memorial
Place. We noticed that something had changed with the countryside. We met
no peasants anymore. After a while we knew why. With a last attempt to stop
us Thardan had created new demons that now lurked the land and killed anybody
who wasn't careful and ran into them. Some miserable demons to kill monster
heroes like us ? We wondered. But when being attacked by a group of them
we knew that Thardan still wasn't kidding. These demons were quite tough
and could not be killed by weapon force.
In the afternoon we arrived at Stone Lion. We examined the statue and
it seemed to be a good idea to put the big rabbit's paw into the mouth of
the Stone Lion. Suddenly red smoke engulfed Rabby. As it vanished a beautiful
young women appeared. She introduced herself as Morganna and thanked us for
taking Thardan's evil curse from her. Full of hate she promised revenge for
his deeds. Well, there we wanted to have her. But also there was some strange
sparkling hidden in her eyes that irritated me in a way... None of the companions
took notice anyway. We explained our situation to Morganna. She understood
that we had to accompany her to Thardan. Since we weren't immortal, we decided
to visit the Alarian Altair a last time and with its reward and our experiences
from the Castle Crypt then to maximize all of our properties and spheres.
We now had about 27 million piasters. The guild's fees would be peanuts.
The Cassidian guilds improved our abilities and magical spheres. By midnight
we boarded our ship and a last time set sails for Katloch at the far seas.
Mai 4th 1932.
THE LAST STAND !
December 17th
1998. THE PRESENT DAY !
