Thren's Ordeal

The back-history is I logged in to find out that apparently several 'Thren' have been running amok across the lands.

You say 'Well, as long as they don't go stirring up trouble, I think we'll be just fine'

'Unless....' Thren says with a long pause.

'Oh dear lord' exclaims Thren as he throws his hands up in the air.

Thren quickly digs through his pack, tossing things aside on the ground.

Hermie rides in.

Hermie smiles at you.

Hermie looks at you.

Hermie says 'Lost everything, again.'

Hermie looks at you.

Thren recovers a partly disorganized book with several leaflets falling out.

Setzer tells you 'Be careful, I see one in the bushes'

Thren looks up at Hermie and replies 'At least they didn't get this'

Hermie smiles happily.

Thren looks to and fro, scanning the area for something.

Hermie says 'Never seen that mage.'

Thren stuffs the book carefully back into his travel sack and begins picking up his other belongings.

Hermie says 'Setzer comes?'

Thren looks up and says 'Mage?

Hermie says 'Calmed, four hours.'

Hermie snickers softly.

You nod.

Hermie says 'Wunda if starshard be here?'

You say 'Well, I'm just praying we don't have any more meetings with 'other' Thren'

Hermie seems to measure you up and consider your size.

Hermie snickers softly.

Hermie tells the group 'Must aquire the sabre and bastard sword once more.'

Hermie tells the group 'And hopefully the black heart...'

You tell your group 'Oh?'

Thren looks about carefully before leaning in close to you and whispering 'There's a few doppleganger running around'

Setzer tells you 'Nothing like a good fire to calm the nerves'

Hermie says 'Oh?'

You say 'Shhhhh'

Thren walks in.

Thren walks down.

You say 'I can't trust that they aren't listening'

You mutter quietly to yourself.

You scan down.

*** Range 1 (down) ***

The white yeti crouches here snarling.

A plains barbarian is here, clad in heavy furs.

Hermie blinks slowly...

Thren points downward and says 'SEE!'

Thren walks in.

Hermie looks at Setzer.

Thren walks down.

You mutter quietly to yourself.

Setzer looks at you suspiciously.

You say 'It wasn't me, I swear!'

Hermie agrees absolutely.

You mutter quietly to yourself.

Setzer says 'Damn this rain'

You say 'Next thing I know, I'll be jailed and executed for some unknown thing'

Setzer opens an umbrella.

Hermie says 'What you travelling fer?'

You peer intently at Setzer.

The small raincloud resting on Setzer's head smiles happily.

Setzer says 'Here to reclaim an ember'

Hermie says 'I see.'

Setzer looks at you.

Setzer says 'Hermie'

You say 'Oh, you're a bit late for that...'

You say 'Safira has the only one'

Hermie says 'Yas?'

Setzer says 'What do you think of thren's goatee?'

You boggle at the concept.

Setzer peers at you intently.

Hermie says 'What goatee?'

Setzer says 'How can we know its really you?'

Setzer says 'The suspiciously evil goatee on his face'

Setzer strokes his beard in thought.

Hermie says 'Ma dear friends, time is not on my side as it were'

Thren mutters and says to Hermie 'And it's going to stay that way!

Hermie says 'The Savants have stripped me of my clothes once more.'

You sigh.

You frown disapprovingly.

Setzer looks at Hermie.

Hermie says 'They control time, so in my arrival I must gain what I can to defend myself against them.'

It starts to rain fish.

Setzer snickers softly.

You say 'I'd give you this grasp if I didn't need to to recover funds for the reformation'

Hermie says 'Your aid would be appriciated, but if yas too busy.'

You boggle at the concept.

Thren dodges left and right, slipping on a fish and landing squarely on his back.

You rest.

Setzer drips all over you.

You mutter quietly to yourself.

It starts to rain small yellow mushrooms.

Hermie says 'Eww, ma dun like mushrooms!'

Setzer gets a magic mushroom.

Thren screams 'Gah!' and crawls over under Setzer.

They probably go well with the fish. Potatoes are missing though.

Hermie says 'Dun eat it...'

Setzer puts a magic mushroom in a mushroom sack.

Setzer feeds Hermie a magic mushroom.

It starts to rain small round boiled potatoes. With butter.

Hermie says 'Dun eat da rainin' shrooms.'

Setzer says 'EAT IT'

Setzer says 'What is it you seek here, hermie, if not mushrooms?'

Thren mutters something about the sky falling while clinging to Setzer's leg.

eyes widen, lips parched... Hermie says ' This isn't going to be fun.'

Setzer says 'Hmmm'

With a big heave Hermie vomits all over the ground.

You say 'Ugh....'

Setzer says 'Get it all out!'

Setzer kicks Hermie square in the gut.

Hermie coughs loudly.

Setzer says 'YER GIT!'

You boggle at the concept.

Setzer kicks Hermie in the teeth.

Setzer says 'Out!'

You say 'Oh lord'

Setzer pulls the strange mushroom from the throat of Hermie.

Setzer places it on the ground and stomps it out. Spores fly all over.

Standing back up, wiping the blood from his face Hermie looks about and says 'Thank you.'

A small dust cloud rises from the flattened mushroom.

Hermie says 'Well, that was quite unpleasant...'

Setzer says 'Jump!'

You mutter quietly to yourself.

Setzer executes a backflip to avoid the spores.

Hermie ducks under the sporeas.

Hermie throws back his head and cackles with insane glee!

Hermie snickers softly.

Hermie licks his mouth and smiles.

Thren is thrown a good ways away and lands on his backside on the ground.

You rest.

You say 'Ugh'

As Setzer Lands, a small man runs from behind a bush and steals his sack! The man runs to the south, whistling a happy tune.

Thren screams 'After him!'

You stand up.

Setzer yells 'GET!'

Setzer walks down.

Hermie says 'Well, as fun as this is ma friend.'

Hermie says 'I must dress.'

Thren frantically begins searching the bush for the man.

Setzer walks in.

Setzer says 'THERE YOU ARE'

You say 'That sack means everything!' *ok, so I misread. I thought he stole my travel sack instead."

Setzer grabs Thren by the collar.

Setzer says 'Give it back!'

Thren emits a 'Gufaah!' as he's lifted from the ground.

Hermie says 'A spring?'

Setzer shakes you like a stuffed winged doll of Terilichus.

Thren tries to say inbetween being shook, 'It's' 'Me!'

Hermie peers around himself intently.

Setzer says 'Yer git! back! SACK!'

Hermie says 'I've no time for dis.'

Hermie stands at attention and gives a brisk salute.

Crossing both arms across his chest Hermie says 'STRENGTH and HONOR'.

Hermie rides down.

Setzer says 'Hmm'

Setzer scans down.

You frown disapprovingly.

Setzer says 'Oh hello there Thren'

Setzer sits down and rests.

Setzer looks somewhat confused after the blood-rage.

Thren walks in.

Thren walks down.

Setzer stands up.

Setzer scans down.

Thren places both hands on your large arm and replies 'Mind putting me down!'

Zuranok tells you 'Greetins!!'

Setzer puts Thren down.

Setzer says 'I feel like someone is following me'

Setzer peers at you intently.

Thren composes himself, straightening his shirt and tunic.

Setzer looks towards the northern path with foreboding.

Setzer walks in.

Setzer walks down.

'He got the Codex...' Thren replies sullenly.

Setzer scans down.

Setzer says 'Did you see that?'

Setzer yells out his warcry.

Setzer yells 'Vengeance will be mine! RAAAHHHHHHH!!'

Setzer says 'A fine looking minotaur just came through here'

You peer intently at Setzer.

Setzer says 'They don't often come this far north unless they are adventurers'

Setzer says 'Must have been on official business.'

Thren replies 'I guess my attention is diverted'

You say 'That Codex meant everything, days upon days of work.'

Thren heaves a big sigh.

Setzer says 'What i've learned in the pastures'

It starts to rain Threns.

You boggle at the concept.

Setzer jumps back in dismay.

Setzer says 'I'm getting out of here.'

Thren looks around at all the Thren and screams 'One of you has it! Give it back!'

Setzer hides behind a glowing blue ball of light.

Rather small ones though. They go plop as soon as they hit the ground and implode like a soap bubble.

You mutter quietly to yourself.

Setzer peers out from behind the blue ball.

Setzer says 'What we need to fix this, is minotaur magic'

Thren throws his hands up in the air and says 'That's what started all of this!'

Setzer says 'That... or elzorath'

Setzer says 'Elzorath always knows what to do'

You frown disapprovingly.

Setzer says 'One thing I know'

Setzer says 'A wolf will always return to the killing fields'

Setzer says 'Perhaps we could lure Thren into a trap'

Thren frowns and says 'The question is, will he bring the sack back he stole. Contents still intack?'

Setzer says 'The codex.. that was your play?'

Thren shakes and says 'It was more than that. The play was to fund the reformation of the Heraldry

Thren points downward and says 'And now, all the plans for it has just run off '

Setzer says 'Well... where would you go with such an artifact?'

Thren taps his chin in thought a moment.

Setzer says 'I have a feeling Elrozin is behind this'

You say 'I'd doubt that, as he supported it'

No, this is clearly elf magic.

You peer around yourself intently.

Setzer strains to hear you over the storm.

Setzer says 'Elrozin you say?'

You say 'Hrmmm'

Setzer says 'From all i've seen of him, an evil brute'

Thren mutters and says 'What is going on?'

Setzer says 'You look sick..'

Hermie tells you 'Do tha mists have a banner or crown of might?'

You say 'Oh lord...'

Setzer says 'Hey look at that!'

You tell Hermie 'They have the crown, but not the banner'

Thren quickly looks up.

It starts to rain Zelabryn.

Setzer walks down.

Zelabryn says 'Well.'

Zelabryn hiccups.

Thren exclaims 'What is going on!?'

Zelabryn holds his hand over his mouth.

Zelabryn says 'I am trying not to vomit currently.'

Hermie tells you 'Ken ya sense da light-spiked steel gauntlets?'

Zelabryn heaves, but manages to hold back the bile.

You tell Hermie 'Only the one's Zuranok holds'

Zelabryn says 'That is quite unpleasant.'

You say 'You've no idea!'

Zelabryn straightens his hair, and then adjusts his collar.

You say 'All these strange things, all this confusion!'

Zelabryn says 'I believe last we spoke.'

Thren walks in.

Thren walks down.

You mutter quietly to yourself.

Zelabryn says 'You had not desired to scribe a note .'

Zelabryn says 'Because of fear of female ire.'

Zelabryn says 'Or something of that nature no?'

Thren mutters and says 'That's the least of my worries at the moment..'

Small spiders fall from the sky and go pop as soon as they hit the ground.

Zelabryn says 'Well then if your not worried over it.'

Zelabryn winces in agony.

You say 'Unless you missed the little detail that just ran by'

Zelabryn says 'Oh yes, I was just saying how much I love female ru le.'

You boggle at Zelabryn.

Zelabryn says 'And how glorious it is to have such smart, strong leadership.'

Zelabryn glares at you, attempting to convey a message without speaking.

Thren says 'Yes you did' though without much conviction.

Zelabryn says 'You happen to have anything I could stuff in my pipe?'

Zelabryn coughs loudly.

You give some dark black leaves to Zelabryn.

Zelabryn hastily stuffs the leaf within his bone pipe.

You say 'Not often I carry them, but you're welcome to it'

Thren walks in. Then explodes.

Zelabryn thanks you heartily.

You boggle at the concept.

You get spattered with... blue paint?

Thren quickly starts searching the area where the Thren exploded.

Zelabryn says 'I believe I may have earned some attention I am not exactly keen on.'

Zelabryn groans.

Zelabryn says 'LOOK at my clothes.'

Zuranok tells you 'Yer busies?'

Zelabryn holds his hands wide, examining the mess upon his formerly clean attire.

Thren looks back over at Zelabryn and exclaims, 'You? What about me?!'

Zelabryn says 'Well obviously it is a tragedy.'

Zelabryn says 'But LOOK at my breeches.'

It starts to rain Drenos.

Zelabryn says 'Do you know how rare leather is in the underdark?'

Thren doesn't even bother to clean himself as he hobbles through the area searching for something.

Drenos blinks innocently.

Zelabryn says 'Ehm.'

Zelabryn says 'Yes. I thought that was odd.'

You tell Zuranok 'A bit, yeah. I've had a....well....Thren steal something from me'

Drenos peers arond himself, obviously confused.

Zelabryn says 'It just rained humans.'

You boggle at the concept.

You peer intently at Drenos.

Zuranok tells you 'Huh?'

Zelabryn says 'So.'

Drenos winks suggestively at you.

You tell Zuranok 'If I could explain it, I would'

Zelabryn says 'Who has a a bottle of sherry.'

Zuranok tells you 'Yer steals frum yerselfs?'

Zelabryn says 'I suppose I could settle for a nice red wine as well.'

Zelabryn says 'But either way, I could use a drink.'

Drenos digs through his things, thinking.

Zuranok tells you 'Yer shure not dopplegangas?'

Drenos says 'For once, unfortunately, I do not have what the customer demands.'

You tell Zuranok 'That's what I mean! I'm not even sure if I'm me anymore'

Zelabryn says 'Well isn't that just typical.'

Drenos says 'Though I've a decent selection of leaves.'

Zelabryn shakes his head.

Drenos straightens his mismatched armors as though they were a finely tailored suit.

Zelabryn says 'Just had a smoke.'

Zuranok tells you 'Wierds!!'

You boggle at the concept.

Zuranok tells you 'Mer wuntin threns be emselfs'

Zelabryn says 'Have a mushroom?'

Zelabryn says 'Pigs are quite filthy.'

Drenos exclaimes, 'You advanced quickly through the ranks!'

Zelabryn says 'Mushrooms do not defecate.'

Drenos mutters something quietly to himself.

A delivery boy gives a bottle of ancient vintage wine to Zelabryn.

Zelabryn says 'After a thousand years, you do not want to wait.'

A delivery boy gives a bottle of ancient vintage wine to Zelabryn.

You boggle at the concept.

Zelabryn says 'Oh be PRAISED.'

A delivery boy stands at attention and gives a brisk salute.

A delivery boy walks down.

Drenos claps slowly, impressed.

Zelabryn uncorks the bottle, and sniffs the brim.

Zelabryn says 'Ah, such a good vintage'

Zelabryn says 'A roast will do well with this.'

Zelabryn drinks framboise from a bottle of ancient vintage wine.

Zelabryn eats a magic pig roast.

Thren says 'Says you' as he continues his frantic search over the grounds.

Zelabryn gives a bottle of ancient vintage wine to Drenos.

Zelabryn gives you a bottle of ancient vintage wine.

Zelabryn says 'MMy awdviIce?'

Zelabryn says 'Have A drinNnk..'

Thren drops the bottle handed to him as he isn't really paying attention.

A bottle of ancient vintage wine shatters into a million pieces!

Zelabryn says 'SzsommmehTiMmMesSs you ZsziiMmMply caan do notHhiing buT behsjomME hehahvily iIntoxicahtEd..'

Zelabryn gasps in astonishment.

Drenos frowns, 'I'll pass for now.'

A delivery boy gives a rabbit roast to Zelabryn.

Zelabryn says 'HhoW daoreh you!'

A delivery boy gives a rabbit roast to Zelabryn.

Zelabryn hiccups.

A delivery boy says 'Uaaarg!'

Zelabryn says 'Drenoss, he Will Undoubtedly szsample ssuhch a sSselect vinTage no?'

Thren turns back to Zelabryn and replies 'Huh?'

Zelabryn gives a delivery boy some gold.

A delivery boy does UNSPEAKABLE things to himself!

A delivery boy is DEAD!!

A delivery boy's eyes are pulled out of his head.

Drenos looks to you, 'Not yet.'

Zelabryn says 'Youhh deszstroyed szsuhHcH A good yeahhr.'

Drenos winces in agony.

Zelabryn says 'Well'

Zelabryn slowly loots the boys corpse

Zelabryn shrugs helplessly.

Zelabryn says 'No ReasSzon to leT thhaT go To WasSsTe.'

Thren looks from the ground to Zelabryn and just gasps.

Drenos says 'Those either. Someone will buy them no doubt.'

Zelabryn leans against the edge of the portal.

Zelabryn looks at Thren as he says 'What?'

Zelabryn says 'Heh Wahs obvioussly a disTresSsZszEhd yoUhtH.'

Zelabryn hiccups.

Thren sighs heavily and says 'You wouldn't understand'

Zelabryn gives a rabbit roast to Drenos.

Drenos nods.

Drenos licks his mouth and smiles.

Drenos eats a rabbit roast.

Zelabryn says 'I might uhndeRZsztanD, I doOouhBt I woOouhhlD care.'

Zelabryn says 'AfTehR all, weh arE Oobviouhsly the oOones to bEh piTied.'

Drenos peers through his sack and packs.

Zelabryn hiccups.

Drenos looks at you.

Zelabryn drinks framboise from a bottle of ancient vintage wine.

Another cloud appears overhead. What will it rain next?

Thren shrugs his shoulders and replies 'Well, a Thren just ran off with what I put months into making'.

Zelabryn says 'Oh fantasTic..'

Zelabryn throws his now blue cloak over his head as he cackles like mad.

Drenos says 'I have the poncho, is anyone is perhaps looking to invest.'

Thren looks up at the sky and winces before saying 'And it hasn't exactly been good weather'.

Drenos stops using a chameleon poncho.

Drenos holds up the poncho, '10,000 coins?'

You say 'I don't think a poncho will protect against 'this' type of rain.'

Zelabryn says 'I will ZSstick to my bluhe cloak, and my Wine.'

Drenos shrugs in response to your question.

Zelabryn says 'LasSst timeh it raineD youhh anyway.'

Drenos says 'One never knows.'

Drenos wears a chameleon poncho about his body.

Drenos says 'The price will only go up from here.'

Thren counts on his fingers 'There's been, Thren and spiders and taters and mushroom

Zelabryn says 'Ohh iiT rainNned yoU Too?'

Zelabryn hiccups.

Drenos picks at his nails with a blade.

Zelabryn says 'MMe too.'

Zelabryn says 'HoW intrigUheing.'

Drenos looks at Trapped Ghost.

Zelabryn hiccups.

Drenos scans north.

Zelabryn says 'SsTill don't wanT a drink?'

Drenos winces in agony.

You say 'Not just that, you were the BIGGEST thing that rained'

You say 'All the others popped when they landed'

You boggle at a blood-sucking spider.

It starts to rain assasins.

Zelabryn gazes from under his overturned cloak, gazing at the odd cloud.

Thren flees in terror.

Zelabryn says 'Wehll isSsn't That fanTaZSstic'

Drenos ducks and hides, quickly disappearing.

A Drow assassin says 'The ...?!'

Zelabryn stumbles as he tries to focus.

Zelabryn says 'ExzaoCtly!'

Running around in circles, Thren runs himself to exhaustion.

A Drow assassin says 'What happened?!'

Drenos steps out of the shadows.

Drenos says 'Nasty rain.'

Zelabryn says 'ZjoOome Tao end me hahhve yaouh?'

Zelabryn says 'MatRon moOotheR zZither gRaowing tiRed oOof me?'

Drenos holds his empty hands out, 'Welcome, freinds!'

A Drow assassin says 'We were just about to assassinate Matron.. urm,... eh never mind.'

Thren dives for the portal, crawling the last little bit before peering back over his shoulder.

Drenos grumbles and growls. You wonder what's wrong...

Zelabryn holds his finger in front of his face as he tries to steady himself, and says 'I KNOW WHY YOUR HERE!'

Zelabryn hiccups.

Drenos frowns at what Zelabryn did.

Zelabryn looks at his blurred arms and grows sick.

Zelabryn drops to his knees and vomits.

A Drow assassin says 'Where the hell are we?'

Zelabryn rubs his arm across his mouth, clearing the bile.

Drenos tells you 'Drow never do keep their grace when drunk.'

A Drow assassin says 'This is.. ABOVEGROUND!'

Zelabryn nods.

Zelabryn says 'Not only tHat.'

Zelabryn says 'Youh fell from The szsKy.'

A Drow assassin screams loudly!

Thren sighs and picks himself off the ground saying 'Well, now see, you went and got me involved!'

Zelabryn says 'It Iss raining HIC draow.'

Drenos ducks back into the shadows.

Zelabryn says 'Did noOoT!'

Zelabryn says 'IIt was clEhaRly a thundehRZSsTooRm.'

You tell someone 'No, it wasn't'

You say 'You call this a thunderstorm!?'

You say 'I call it a chaos-storm!'

A Drow assassin looks around, very confused.

Zelabryn says 'OBvioously, it is raining.'

A glowing blue ball of light

Blue light glows all around you as a white center beckons you toward the

entrance to the portal. A dull humming sound is heard all around you as

resident creatures shriek at you in anger and frustration. as you

edge closer, time begins to rift and rip apart ..tearing at you body and

your soul. You feel like that you are burning up. Dying .... forever

dying....

[Exits: north down]

A foul, acrid stench surrounds a pile of Zelabryn's vomit.

An IMPORTANT magical sign floats here.

A drow assassin lurks in the shadows here.

A giant spider is here, waiting to suck your blood.

Zelabryn is sitting here.

(Translucent) A trapped ghost unable to return to his body.

A Drow assassin says 'We... rained?'

A Drow assassin says 'Are you insane, man?'

You say 'What's next? Elven assassin? More fish?'

Zelabryn nods in a very satisfied manner.

Zelabryn says 'If I wasSs inZszane, I dooUBt it wooulD Rain YOU.'

Drenos steps out of the shadows.

Drenos says 'I will attest to the veracity of their statement, my dear friend.'

A Drow assassin says 'Do we look like raindrops to you? Cursed above ground stuff that it is?'

Drenos offers an innocent smile.

A Drow assassin glares around him.

Zelabryn furls back his cloak, obviously convinced it will do no good.

Drenos points the the clouds, 'You see, you dropped from those thunderheads, at a most remarkable rate, yet landed as bewildered as any of us.'

A Drow assassin suddenly turns very green

Thren boldly walks right up to the drow assassin and says 'You looked like it falling from the sky'.

A Drow assassin suddenly turns very green.

Drenos backs up again, smile faltering.

Zelabryn says 'Still dont want a drink thren?'

Zelabryn bursts into a mad giggling fit.

A Drow assassin does UNSPEAKABLE things to himself!

A Drow assassin is DEAD!!

A Drow assassin's arm is dismembered from his dead body.

A Drow assassin does UNSPEAKABLE things to himself!

A Drow assassin is DEAD!!

A Drow assassin's hand is ripped from his arm.

A Drow assassin does UNSPEAKABLE things to himself!

A Drow assassin is DEAD!!

A Drow assassin's heart is torn from his chest.

The heart of a Drow assassin falls away.

A Drow assassin says 'I don't feel so well...'

Drenos says 'Remarkable.'

Drenos winces in agony.

You wince in agony.

Thren slowly backs up obviously coming to his senses.

A Drow assassin looks at the remains of his comrades.

A glowing blue ball of light

Blue light glows all around you as a white center beckons you toward the

entrance to the portal. A dull humming sound is heard all around you as

resident creatures shriek at you in anger and frustration. as you

edge closer, time begins to rift and rip apart ..tearing at you body and

your soul. You feel like that you are burning up. Dying .... forever

dying....

[Exits: north down]

( 3) The corpse of a Drow assassin is lying here.

The sliced-off hand of a Drow assassin is lying here.

The sliced-off arm of a Drow assassin is lying here.

An IMPORTANT magical sign floats here.

A drow assassin lurks in the shadows here.

A giant spider is here, waiting to suck your blood.

Drenos is here.

Zelabryn is sitting here.

(Translucent) A trapped ghost unable to return to his body.

Zelabryn says 'Well.'

Zelabryn says 'Talented assassins!'

A Drow assassin turns a very pale green now.

Zelabryn giggles.

Zelabryn turns to the bottle in his hand.

Zelabryn drinks framboise from a bottle of ancient vintage wine.

Thren quickly gasps 'Oh lord....'

Drenos stares lustily at the scene, 'How...fascinating. If we could harness this storm, Zelabryn...'

A Drow assassin does UNSPEAKABLE things to himself!

A Drow assassin is DEAD!!

A Drow assassin's severed head plops on the ground.

The arm of a Drow assassin twitches slightly.

Drenos says 'Thren too, if you're interested.'

Zelabryn says 'Yoou can haRnehZszss it.'

Zelabryn hiccups.

Drenos looks around quietly before patting down the corpses.

The corpse of a Drow assassin decays into dust.

You say 'Harness? I think I'm its fuddlestomping apex!'

Zelabryn says 'I will rehMmMain quUhite happy with thisSs wiNEh.'

Then walks in.

Then walks down.

You fall down laughing.

Zelabryn giggles senselessly.

Zelabryn says 'Ahhn aopEhx.'

Drenos taps his chin, thinking.

Zelabryn leans forward, and strokes one of the spider's hairy legs.

A glowing blue ball of light

Blue light glows all around you as a white center beckons you toward the

entrance to the portal. A dull humming sound is heard all around you as

resident creatures shriek at you in anger and frustration. as you

edge closer, time begins to rift and rip apart ..tearing at you body and

your soul. You feel like that you are burning up. Dying .... forever

dying....

[Exits: north down]

( 3) The corpse of a Drow assassin is lying here.

The severed head of a Drow assassin is lying here.

The sliced-off hand of a Drow assassin is lying here.

The sliced-off arm of a Drow assassin is lying here.

An IMPORTANT magical sign floats here.

A giant spider is here, waiting to suck your blood.

Drenos is here.

Zelabryn is sitting here.

(Translucent) A trapped ghost unable to return to his body.

You boggle at a blood-sucking spider.

Zelabryn says 'ObviOUsLy thIZSs IiZSs a sSziIgNn from thHe Lady aboovEh.'

You say 'Er, wouldn't that be Lady below?'

A blood-sucking spider does UNSPEAKABLE things to itself!

A blood-sucking spider is DEAD!!

You hear a blood-sucking spider's death cry.

You wince in agony.

Drenos says 'So far we have a spider, a drow, a halfling, a human, and another group of drow.'

Zelabryn draws his hand back quickly.

Zelabryn says 'Or noT.'

Zelabryn says 'FiZSsHh, and paotaTosSz aZSs wehll.'

Thren says dryly 'If that's a sign I don't think I want to stick around for the conclusion

Drenos raises an eyebrow at Zelabryn's weird actions.

Don't forget the yellow mushrooms and butter.

Zelabryn shakes his head.

You mutter quietly to yourself.

Zelabryn says 'Oh yeZsz.'

Zelabryn says 'BUtTeREhd musSzhroOmmZsz.'

Drenos frowns, 'I don't know that I saw those.'

Hermie tells you 'Wish to join me and Zuranok?'

You say 'Fish, potatoe, butter, Zelabryn, Thren, spiders, drow assassin, and I don't exactly know where Drenos came from'

It stars to rain Zuranok.

Drenos' eyes move rapidly across the scene, his brain obviously at work.

Zelabryn says 'Then it obviously never happened.'

You roll your eyes in disgust.

Zuranok walks north.

Hermie rides in.

Zelabryn says 'I mean really. Mushrooms, and butter.'

Hermie looks at Zelabryn.

You say 'And now Zuranok and Hermie's!'

Zelabryn says 'AH!'

Zelabryn says 'HERE is one who will have a drink!'

Zuranok walks in.

You say 'It's raining EVERYTHING!'

Zelabryn gives a bottle of ancient vintage wine to Hermie.

Drenos says 'Soup. Are we soup?'

Zelabryn says 'Toast!'

Zuranok says 'Hrmm'

Zelabryn says 'Actually no.'

Zuranok says 'Nice armies yer gots der'

You yell 'The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Grab you children and run!'

Zelabryn says 'The only thing it has not rained is water.'

Zuranok scans north.

Drenos sighs, 'I really do not think I'd like this soup.'

Zelabryn looks at Hermie.

Hermie looks at you.

Zuranok proffers a brisk salute to Zelabryn.

Zelabryn nods at Hermie.

It starts to rain chicken soup.

Zelabryn hiccups.

Hermie agrees absolutely.

Zuranok tells you 'Join us en Steels?'

Zuranok tells you 'Just wunt check fer boots.'

You tell Zuranok 'I would but look at the weather!'

Zelabryn gets a very befuddled look on his face as he turns to Drenos 'Soup it is.'

Zuranok walks down.

Hermie rides down.

Zuranok walks in.

Hermie rides in.

Zuranok says 'Hrmm.'

Zuranok says 'Not rainin en heres.'

Drenos offers a very slight smile, eyes still searching the area.

Zuranok winks suggestively at you.

Zelabryn says 'I would not stick about.'

It looks like it may rain Nemhhaels soon.

Zelabryn says 'It is raining all kinds of things'

You say 'Then you missed it'

You grumble distractedly to yourself.

Zuranok chuckles politely.

Lots of spam while I spell up expecting the worse

Drenos looks at Hermie.

Drenos taps his chin, thinking.

A huge cloud appears overhead.

Zelabryn stands up.

Zuranok says 'Ahh clouds!'

Drenos says 'You look like the sort who would want to buy...Oh, oh dear.'

Drenos frowns.

Thren mutters 'Oh dear lord....

Drenos beams a smile at Hermie.

Drenos says 'Perhaps we can speak of business another time.'

Zelabryn says 'Well.'

It starts to rain Nemhhael.

You roll your eyes in disgust.

Nemhhael drops in and is subsequently killed

Zuranok gets a pair of spiked light-steel boots.

Hermie looks at Zuranok.

Hermie throws back his head and cackles with insane glee!

Hermie says 'Ssluthril'

Drenos frowns.

Zelabryn says 'Well.'

Hermie applies pressure to his wounds and looks much more relieved.

Zelabryn hiccups.

You frown disapprovingly.

Zuranok says 'Dat easy nuff...'

Zelabryn says 'Isn't that just fantastic.'

Zuranok says 'Wunder if it rains Traians....'

Hermie says 'Wunda if mists and baron might drowp to.'

Zuranok grins evilly at Hermie.

Hermie says 'Dat make trip ta steel much easier.'

Thren says 'That's it, I'm outta here

Hermie throws back his head and cackles with insane glee!

Zelabryn says 'Of all people in the lands.'

Drenos looks to the distance, 'If one of you would like to purchase the Rod of Time, I'm sure the next bout will be much faster.

You stand up.

Zuranok says 'Weirds wetha havin'

Zelabryn says 'The ones who hate magic.'

Careful with what you wish for or it may turn out to rain dragons of unlife.

Hermie throws back his head and cackles with insane glee!

Zelabryn says 'You really think nothing odd here eh?'

Hermie says 'Unlife, death...is only a begining.'

Zuranok says 'Ehehe,'

You say 'You see! They're all out to get me...'

Zelabryn says 'I assure you death is most assuredly an ENDING.'

Drenos shrugs in response to Zelabryn's question.

Hermie says 'Mebe fer you.'

Drenos says 'I beg to differ.'

Then walks in.

Then walks down.

Hermie says 'Ma has died many times.'

Zelabryn says 'And what will you be doing while dead hermie?'

Drenos says 'It is a transition, undoubtedly.'

You fall down laughing.

Hermie snickers with you about your shared secret.

Zuranok says 'Mer always readies faces deths'

Hermie says 'There he goes again.'

Thren laughs frantically, obviously in nervousness.

Zelabryn says 'GAHH!!!'

Zelabryn says 'What is it with you people!'

Zelabryn says 'Such disrespect for GOOD VINTAGE.'

Zelabryn swears : #@"&^#%@&! !!!!!

Hermie snorts derisively.

Zuranok grins evilly.

Zuranok looks at Hermie.

Hermie utters the words, 'bhiae zax'.

Hermie slices his palms on 'Durindel' the Sword of Flame and swears the blood vow.

Hermie's ritual scratches him.

Drenos winces in agony.

Looking about strangely, Thren begins giggling uncontrollably which then turns to fullout cackling.

Zelabryn shrugs in response to Drenos's question.

Drenos looks at you.

Zelabryn says 'Ready for a drink NOW?'

Zelabryn holds out a bottle towards Thren.

Zelabryn says 'It makes it easier.'

Zelabryn stands up.

Zelabryn sits down and rests.

Zuranok says 'Hrmm, mabber not best times gettin drunks.'

Thren wipes a tear from his eye as he grabs at the bottle and shrugs.

Zuranok says 'Monsters falls frum skys'

It starts to rain small Drenos', as soon as they hit the ground they go plop.

Drenos says 'I believe our dear frient the Academician has...broken. Some herbs, Thren?'

Drenos frowns.

Zelabryn now follows you.

Zuranok says 'Luk dat lil Drenos!!'

Zelabryn says 'Let us see my fortune.'

Drenos backs up, 'That is not a pretty sight.'

Zelabryn says 'A card if you will.'

Drenos straightens his mismatched armors as though they were a finely tailored suit.

Zelabryn says 'I am feeling quite lucky.'

Zuranok catches some drenos on his tongue.

Thren begins dancing around the portal area, singing some tune to himself.

Zelabryn says 'Well.'

Zelabryn says 'That's it.'

Zuranok nods in enthusiastic agreement with Hermie.

Zelabryn says 'We broke it.'

Zelabryn stands up.

Thren tosses a card at Zelabryn and laughs.

Zuranok and Hermie leave*

You draw a tarot card and reveal [ Temperance ] to Zelabryn.

Zelabryn sits down and rests.

Zelabryn says 'How ironic./'

Zelabryn says 'I will be blessed with life.'

Zelabryn says 'It is raining all manner of beasts, and I am promised life.'

Drenos frowns and sighs.

Drenos looks at Zelabryn.

Zelabryn says 'Have any good leaf?'

Drenos mutters, 'You haven't seen yourself explode a hundred times over.'

You should also pull one for Drenos. I utterly and completely DID NOT SEE THIS

Drenos nods at Zelabryn.

Zelabryn says 'Something to calm the nerves you know.'

You sing 'the promise is, not what you see'

You sing 'it is only that longer your death will be'

Drenos seems barely interested, 'What do you wish?'

Zelabryn says 'Im not addicted or anything.'

Zelabryn says 'I just like a smoke.'

Drenos looks at you.

Zelabryn scratches his arm as he mumbles 'Hrm. A red leaf?'

Drenos shrugs in response to your question.

Thren continues his little dance, starting to wobble as he does.

Zelabryn says 'Well this is quite possibly enough to send me back to Xymerria.'

Drenos says 'If, in Eternity is given, what does it matter if living or dead?'

Drenos says 'Now, herbs...'

Zelabryn gives Drenos some gold.

Drenos gets some greyish herbs from a sturdy backpack.

Drenos gives some greyish herbs to Zelabryn.

Drenos nods.

Zelabryn says 'Oh that is just the spot.'

Zelabryn stuffs the grey herb hastily into his bone pipe.

Zelabryn lights some greyish herbs and smokes it.

Drenos stares into the portal, 'The most calming of my lot.'

ou sing 'Life unending sours the mind'

You sing 'and return in like its sour kind'

Zelabryn slowly exhales.

Zelabryn says 'It looks as if our storm has passed.'

Zelabryn says 'That herb made me quite thirsty.'

Thren continues his strange dance, though starts to look a bit less steady on his feet.

Zelabryn sits down and rests.

Drenos taps his chin, thinking, '...into our friend the Herald, perhaps.'

Zelabryn says 'Well I don't know what to do.'

Anume slowly fades into existence.

Zelabryn winces in agony.

Drenos shivers and backs up, eyes downcast.

Zelabryn bows as Death appears.

Suddenly, Thren stumbles and lands squarely on his rump.

You rest.

Zelabryn says 'It was obviously not me who did all this.'

But there is nothing there.

Drenos looks at you.

Zelabryn rubs his eyes, and stares once more.

Zelabryn says 'You saw that right?'

Drenos says 'Your words were not your own, bard?'

Drenos nods at Zelabryn.

Zelabryn says 'Good boy.'

Zelabryn pats Drenos on the head.

Thren walks in.

Drenos attemps to regain his composure.

Drenos straightens his mismatched armors as though they were a finely tailored suit.

Thren waves happily.

Thren begins giggling uncontrollably as he looks at.....himself.

Drenos looks at you.

Thren looks at you.

Drenos blinks innocently.

Drenos looks at you.

Drenos looks at Thren.

Drenos looks at himself.

Drenos looks at you.

Drenos looks at Zelabryn.

Thren giggles.

Zelabryn says 'Well.'

Thren pokes you in the ribs.

Thren says 'Oh nice to meet you' with a silly, sickly smile on his face.

Zelabryn says 'This IS some very good herb.'

Thren agrees absolutely.

Zelabryn says 'How much do you charge for it?'

Thren says 'Yes, nice to meet me too.'

Drenos flips a dagger in his hand, eyes moving quickly across the scene, 'It's not the herb, Zelabryn. On your guard.'

Thren sits down and rests.

Zelabryn says 'Oh.'

Zelabryn slowly ambles to his feet.

Drenos slowly begins to act very much unlike himself.

Zelabryn whispers to Drenos 'I don't have much of a guard'

Thren frowns, his eyebrows scruntching. 'Yes, I suppose we' then pauses 'I?' then adds 'Us?'

Zelabryn stands up.

Thren stands up.

Zelabryn says 'That could lead to some confusing scrolls.'

Thren smiles happily nodding enthusiastically.

Zelabryn says 'I think I got your card.'

Thren pulls out a tarot card for Drenos.

Zelabryn says 'Since you obviously got life.'

Thren looks at Drenos.

Drenos sorts through his things, lips moving quietly.

Drenos nods.

Drenos says 'A fair assessment of my abilities, no doubt.'

'I'd laugh, but I don't think it'll help' Thren says, though he has this strange look.

Drenos smiles, obviously a bit nervous.

Zelabryn rubs his eyes, looking for any detail to give away the false Thren.

Thren pulls out a tarot card for Drenos.

Zelabryn looks at Drenos.

Drenos says 'Smart, and stout.'

Drenos nods.

Thren says 'How disappointing.'

Thren closes his eyes and puts his hands to his temples, replying 'I must be going insane'.

Thren says 'Must I?'

Thren says 'Why?'

Zelabryn says 'Well let me ask you this.'

Thren says 'Yes?'

Zelabryn says 'Does an insane person think they are insane?'

Drenos still seems shaken, perhaps by the rain.

Thren says 'No idea. Do you?'

Thren quickly looks up at.....himself and replies 'Well if I'm seeing and talking to myself, aren't I crazy?'

Zelabryn says 'That depends. Is it a good conversation?'

Thren says 'Not a clue.'

You say 'Is it EVEN a conversation?'

Drenos straightens his mismatched armors as though they were a finely tailored suit.

Thren says 'I'd say yes.'

Thren says 'What do I think?'

Thren raises an eyebrow at you.

Zelabryn says 'Then obviously your not insane.'

Zelabryn says 'Insane people mumble nonsense.'

Thren says 'Like you?'

Thren shakes his head and replies 'I'd say I'm sane, the rest of you' 'Me' 'Whatever are crazy!'

Thren says 'Crazy.'

Thren says 'Well, probably.'

Drenos frowns, 'I do not know that any of us can claim sanity.'

Thren says 'I'd say the drow is.'

Thren nods.

Zelabryn says 'I am blaming it on the drugs.'

Drenos stares into the portal, rarely blinking.

Zelabryn says 'No more drinking, and smoking.'

Drenos says 'What?'

Thren points at himself, or the other himself, or whoever and says 'I haven't had a thing, I can't say that'

Drenos looks at Zelabryn.

Drenos says 'No, no...that's certainly not the solution.'

Thren says 'No, it should be MORE drinking and smoking.'

Drenos nods.

Drenos says 'Indeed.'

Drenos gives a bottle of ancient vintage wine to Zelabryn.

Zelabryn says 'Sadly Im nearly out of Framboise.'

Zelabryn says 'And my deliver boy, well. He had a tragic accident.'

Thren snaps his fingers.

Thren closes his eyes again and begins chanting to himself 'It's only a dream. It's only a dream. It's only a dream'.

Zelabryn says 'I am wearing more than enough stained attire.'

Zelabryn indicates the blue splashes across his outfit.

Thren has created a bottle of ancient vintage wine!

Thren gives a bottle of ancient vintage wine to Zelabryn.

Thren says 'There you go, mad drow.'

Zelabryn walks over and pinches Thren.

Drenos suddenly looks and acts a lot more like himself.

Zelabryn says 'Obviously.'

Drenos breathes a sigh of relief before returning his eyes to the portal, 'Good, good. Continue with your merriment my friend.'

Zelabryn throws the bottle into the air.

Thren opens his eyes and glares at Zelabryn, quickly closing them again and repeating 'It's on a dream'

Hermie tells you 'Ken aid us with gettin key ta baron?'

Thren says 'It is not?'

You tell Hermie 'If I wasn't sitting here talking to myself, I would'

You tell Hermie 'Wait, am I talking to myself?'

Drenos says 'Thren, perhaps you should have a smoke?'

Hermie tells you 'You just cackled by mer.'

Hermie tells you 'Your here.'

You tell Hermie 'Oh lord, the insanity is spreading!'

Zelabryn says 'Nnopeh..'

Zelabryn says 'Don'T do iT...'

Hermie tells you 'I just saw you...'

Zelabryn says 'LahZszt TimE I ZSsmokEhd, youhH ZszpliT innn twOo...'

Drenos gives you some greyish herbs.