After some investigation, I was able to discern the nature of the bronze door. It was a shop/lab run by the famous Grumbah. I was able to translate the text (Theran): "A body needs bread, a mind needs knowledge, a fire needs fuel, and a world needs a future. Feed me and I open."
I seem to have trouble when being ambushed. We were set upon by some 8 foot tall toads covered in thorns. I was immediately bitten and trapped in its mouth. My head being stuck in the toad's mouth, I was unable to witness most of the battle. All I know is Nez ripped through the toad assaulting me and set me free.
The door contains reliefs of the passions with 12 small indentations in the doors. After some brainstorming we realized some of the holes corresponded with the phrase. We put wood in Upandal's fire, bread in Garlen's mouth, writings in Mynbruje's head, and seeds in Florannus's hand.
The inside definitely reminds me of a shop. There were big circular sofas for lounging and shelves that must have held potions at some point. An interesting piece of technology I noticed were some tiny traps spread throughout that were made to keep the vermin population down.
The first resistance we ran into was some kind of plant monster. Since we recognized the threat before it could attack us, we planned our attack and swiftly dispatched it.
We thought we'd have more luck looking in the employee section so we headed further in. We were attacked by these strange spindly monsters that could crawl on the walls. Poor LaShana was surrounded and unable to get out of their range. Azurea was in a similar situation. Between Nez and Vralino protecting the front lines, Sagarmatha dealing with anything trying to creep into the middle, and me holding the back; we were able to protect ourselves and deal with the threat.
There was a large domed structure. We were able to prop it up and go to the area below. The area seemed to be under the effect of some portal to an ice region. In the ice we found seeds. It seems the purpose of this room was to preserve the plant species in case they went extinct during the Scourge. I feel bad for LaShana. We believed there would be something shiny on this adventure she would enjoy. This is quite a find. Azurea was amazed and plans to take full advantage of this. With all the equipment here, Vralino was able to create an alchemy lab.
Due to everything that had happened recently, I have not been able to update about other findings I've had. I was able to find out the name of the air spirit in The Spirit of Adventure: Zephyr. Despite this, he seems to enjoy being mischievous and billowing my cape at inopportune moments. I was also able to decipher the runes on the cape. They were used to force the wearer's will upon Zephyr. This seemed too cruel, so I came to an accord with him. He still plays pranks occasionally, but I believe we have come to an understanding. I also found a pair of glasses that stay clean no matter how much time I spend in the forge. They're made from living crystal and have runes etched around the edges. So far, my research has only discovered their name: Forge Lenses.Statistics:Posted by verse86 — Sat Aug 22, 2020 7:38 pm
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