NakuruSai, thanks for the notice. A shame about your hard times. I hope you get a chance to update Mordik's CS with his latest XP before you take some time off. In my experience hard times may take us away from these boards temporarily, but in the long run they remind us why we're here in the first place. It's the escapism! Hope to see you around here again sooner than later. We'll assume Mordik stayed in Three Rings for whatever reason (stomach flu?) when the party returned to get Ashnar raised. He could find his way back to the RDI in Orussus anytime.
The 7 heros and the old man continue on in what you imagine is morning. Without the sun, its hard to say just what time it is. After traveling for another 4 hours or so in the dark, fetid tunnel, you begin to detect a fresh breeze. Soon you can identify the salty sent of the sea. Within another hour, the party has emerged from the tunnel onto a grassy slope, overlooking the wide sea. Leafy branches have been stacked over the tunnel entrance, but are easy to move aside. Several small rocky islands are visible at various distances. Taking a minute to orient yourselves, you decide the ocean is to your West and North. Towards the south, the land slopes up, slowly at first over a broad field, then more sharply to a high volcanic cone, flat on top. Humanoid figures are scattered over the fields, which appear to be farms. They are too far away to identify. To the East is a close ridge with scattered trees and boulders. A well-trodden path heads East into the trees. The ground seems to fall sharply to the West. Beyond that ridge, it either slopes down towards the ocean or falls off sharply.
Whoa! You seems you can't have a break lately... I wish you to see the misforturne around you end and things go back to normal, as far as they can come back to normal.[/SBLOCK]
