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<blockquote data-quote="Pacio49" data-source="post: 2082238" data-attributes="member: 28472"><p><strong>The Mirror of Dorecan Manor</strong></p><p></p><p>With the sounds of pursuit quickly fading below, the party breathed a sigh of relief.</p><p></p><p>"Arien," Skalar said, "I hate to remind you, but we'll need to get back to the haven soon. We can't rest here in the manorhouse, it lies within the Blasted Lands."</p><p></p><p>"He has a point," Laeka said, turning to Tuck. "We can't stay here."</p><p></p><p>Tuck smiled and the other black-clad kobolds nodded to themselves. "That is why we trust you to leave Dorecan Manor to our keeping. It is death for your kind to remain here, no matter how rich the place may seem. But it is too dangerous for you now. They will loose the worgs and riders now, and they can track you by scent. Even if you managed to evade the search parties and patrols, you wouldn't be able to avoid an ambush in the night, at the place you call a haven. Tammishka lost several of her Trolls and Ogres to the minotaur who lived there before, but she knows that you are no longer in his company."</p><p></p><p>"Great," Valar said. "So now what are we supposed to do? Make a dash for the border of the Blasted Lands? Lead them out and back to Tol Vehara? Would they follow?"</p><p></p><p>"If you can solve the riddle of the Mirror of Dorecan Manor, you will find a place of safety. Come, it is time to test your wits against your ancestors of old." Tuck nodded and the four kobolds walked off a ways through the ruined second story, until they came to a room that had all four walls intact, but no roof. There, on one side of the room, was a full-length mirror of such shine and brilliance that it still shone true. Marcus used a <em>detect magic</em> spell and determined that the mirror was indeed magical, but Valar quickly discovered that the mirror was actually constructed right into the wall somehow.</p><p></p><p>The black-tunicked kobolds whispered for a bit with Tuck, then bowed to the party and headed back the way they came. The old kobold settled down in a squat, out of the way in a corner, watching the party knowingly.</p><p></p><p>"Maybe if we break it..." Tanin suggested. His suggestion met with snorts of contempt, and the party continued to stare at the mirror. Finally, hours after they had come into the room, Valar sat down on the floor across from it, as Marcus and Arien continued to poke and prod. It was from this vantage point that he noticed a glint of gold coming from the mirror itself, and stood up to regard it.</p><p></p><p>Sure enough, in the fading light of afternoon, he could see the glint of something gold shining in the mirror's reflection. When he looked further, it showed a small hook on the wall he had been leaning on, from which hung suspended a small gold key. When he turned about to investigate the wall, however, the key was nowhere to be found, nor the hook. However, while the wizard and the druid continued to try and puzzle out the mirror from a magical point of view, Valar stared at the reflection of the key and backed up, feeling the wall behind him while he watched his reflection in the mirror. </p><p></p><p>His efforts were not in vain. Although there was nothing on the wall to be seen, when he used the reflection to guide his hand, he discovered the hook and key quite easily, and was amazed when he drew the key off of the hook only to see it appear in his hand. The mirror swirled then and the reflection faded, revealing a door of stone with a heraldic crest of three chevrons superior, crowned with a winged and faceless woman whose hands reached down over the crest and clasped together in just such a way as to present a keyhole.</p><p></p><p>Marcus and Arien stepped back in amazement and watched as Valar inserted the key into the hole and turned it with a snap. The stone door faded to nothingness, revealing a secret chamber beyond it. Tuck stood up and stretched his back, nodding. "I knew you would puzzle it out. Please, step beyond, before someone sees us. Only you and I know the secret of the mirror. My clanlords suspect, but they do not know for certain."</p><p></p><p>The party stepped into the room beyond, and found themselves in some kind of extradimensional space, a place outside of their own plane yet attached to it, and therefore quite free of the Taint of the Blasted Lands. All of the party breathed a sigh of relief... and then they noticed what had lain guarded by the magical mirror of Dorecan Manor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pacio49, post: 2082238, member: 28472"] [b]The Mirror of Dorecan Manor[/b] With the sounds of pursuit quickly fading below, the party breathed a sigh of relief. "Arien," Skalar said, "I hate to remind you, but we'll need to get back to the haven soon. We can't rest here in the manorhouse, it lies within the Blasted Lands." "He has a point," Laeka said, turning to Tuck. "We can't stay here." Tuck smiled and the other black-clad kobolds nodded to themselves. "That is why we trust you to leave Dorecan Manor to our keeping. It is death for your kind to remain here, no matter how rich the place may seem. But it is too dangerous for you now. They will loose the worgs and riders now, and they can track you by scent. Even if you managed to evade the search parties and patrols, you wouldn't be able to avoid an ambush in the night, at the place you call a haven. Tammishka lost several of her Trolls and Ogres to the minotaur who lived there before, but she knows that you are no longer in his company." "Great," Valar said. "So now what are we supposed to do? Make a dash for the border of the Blasted Lands? Lead them out and back to Tol Vehara? Would they follow?" "If you can solve the riddle of the Mirror of Dorecan Manor, you will find a place of safety. Come, it is time to test your wits against your ancestors of old." Tuck nodded and the four kobolds walked off a ways through the ruined second story, until they came to a room that had all four walls intact, but no roof. There, on one side of the room, was a full-length mirror of such shine and brilliance that it still shone true. Marcus used a [i]detect magic[/i] spell and determined that the mirror was indeed magical, but Valar quickly discovered that the mirror was actually constructed right into the wall somehow. The black-tunicked kobolds whispered for a bit with Tuck, then bowed to the party and headed back the way they came. The old kobold settled down in a squat, out of the way in a corner, watching the party knowingly. "Maybe if we break it..." Tanin suggested. His suggestion met with snorts of contempt, and the party continued to stare at the mirror. Finally, hours after they had come into the room, Valar sat down on the floor across from it, as Marcus and Arien continued to poke and prod. It was from this vantage point that he noticed a glint of gold coming from the mirror itself, and stood up to regard it. Sure enough, in the fading light of afternoon, he could see the glint of something gold shining in the mirror's reflection. When he looked further, it showed a small hook on the wall he had been leaning on, from which hung suspended a small gold key. When he turned about to investigate the wall, however, the key was nowhere to be found, nor the hook. However, while the wizard and the druid continued to try and puzzle out the mirror from a magical point of view, Valar stared at the reflection of the key and backed up, feeling the wall behind him while he watched his reflection in the mirror. His efforts were not in vain. Although there was nothing on the wall to be seen, when he used the reflection to guide his hand, he discovered the hook and key quite easily, and was amazed when he drew the key off of the hook only to see it appear in his hand. The mirror swirled then and the reflection faded, revealing a door of stone with a heraldic crest of three chevrons superior, crowned with a winged and faceless woman whose hands reached down over the crest and clasped together in just such a way as to present a keyhole. Marcus and Arien stepped back in amazement and watched as Valar inserted the key into the hole and turned it with a snap. The stone door faded to nothingness, revealing a secret chamber beyond it. Tuck stood up and stretched his back, nodding. "I knew you would puzzle it out. Please, step beyond, before someone sees us. Only you and I know the secret of the mirror. My clanlords suspect, but they do not know for certain." The party stepped into the room beyond, and found themselves in some kind of extradimensional space, a place outside of their own plane yet attached to it, and therefore quite free of the Taint of the Blasted Lands. All of the party breathed a sigh of relief... and then they noticed what had lain guarded by the magical mirror of Dorecan Manor. [/QUOTE]
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