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And here, the deeds from heroes of yore are chronicled...
Two tall towers bristle with almost holographic images, dancing within the ridges of the columns. Unlike the monoliths you have passed, this goes beyond engraved words. It has images. Stories. Now, what are they telling you, and might they help you reach the city?
TO BE CONTINUED...
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Before you can delve more into who you might be, however, you see a great door of obsidian, flanked by two large towers. They have writing on them, runes that tell a story. You put your hand on them and try to decode them...
Out of these old tales, you draw up the stories that make up the culture, the values, the very lives of those who live beyond these walls. They speak of heroics, of mentors to look up to, of great spirits to descend from the Beyond purely out of a selfless wish to help others. This may be you, right? You carry on, wading into a forest appearing before you. You find yourself on a beach, saltwater splashing about you and the sun beating down with incredible heat. You... you don't remember anything. How did you get here? What is this place?
Most important: who are you? Wait. Flashes, like wisps of smoke, come and go in your head. One of them is a bit clearer, and you focus as hard as you can so as to not let go off of it. And there it is. You know what your name is. Whispers in the city of Verdalia speak of great changes to come. Buildings shutter their doors, people run home before nightfall, earlier and earlier each day. Tourists who visit Stonehaven Shrine claim the magic has left the mysterious ruins, and some claim that the time for the extinct volcano to erupt creeps up closer each day. At the Library of the Arcanum there are texts that confirm the eventual arrival of heroes who flock from all across the continent to restore the balance of this world.
Some, they say, are at their very doorsteps as they speak... |
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