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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 1124031" data-attributes="member: 8530">Chapter 2, “Off to Kralt, September 12th, 1019, 11:30 A.M. The Wyvern ascends above the forested mountainside, soon reaching the summit and the cliffs of the crater surrounding the city below.   Two hundred feet below the half-mile round crater walls is a plateau filled with approximately one hundred buildings that were the ruins of the ancient city of Parthalis.   During the past decade that the Silver Moon Adventurers have renovated the stone buildings, with about one-fifth of them now being occupied by the party and their associates.   (Note: This city is from the classic TSR Module #I1: “Dwellers of the Forbidden City”.The wyvern Maynard lands outside of Alton’s house and all three men dismount.  Cassie then flies Maynard down the street to her home.    Mojo and Narg head inside with Alton, and each grab a cold beer from his refrigerator (powered by energy from deep beneath the dormant volcano – don’t ask)   Alton haphazardly tosses a bunch of items into his backpack.  They head back outside and Mojo then goes into his house next door while Alton tosses the pack into the backpack of his Jeep.   “We’re only going to the library down the street,” Narg comments.   Alton replies, “So?  We’ll probably be doing a lot of walking later.  Why wear ourselves out before we have to.”    Mojo soon returns with his pack and is dressed in his General of the Queen’s Army uniform.  Alton drives them the short distance down the street to Narg and Vallessa’s house.   “Care to come inside?” Narg asks his companions.   Mojo answers, “Yeah right!  You’re just afraid to face her alone since you didn’t come home last night”   “We’ll stay here,” Alton interjects.   Narg cautiously makes his way into the house and looks around.   His wife does not appear to be home and he then notices that her pegasus Magnificence is not in the stable behind the house.    Narg breathes a sigh of relief and quickly gathers his things together.    Alton then drives them to the library. Cassie still hasn’t finished gathering together the assorted group-owned magic items as well as whatever books she thinks she might need to consult, so the others decide to impatiently wait by the vehicle.    Mark and Purge eventually ride through the cave opening into the city and down the street to the library.    They dismount and Purge then speak to the horses, commanding them to return to their homes.   Cassie eventually emerges from the library, carrying two Bags of Holding, one full of magic and equipment, the other for the party to ride in.    Alton complains about not being able to bring the Jeep, but it is pointed out that the Kralt wilderness is a bit too rugged for it to travel through and that Cassie also wants to save her Reduce spells for the monster.  Everyone climbs into the bag except for Purge and Cassie’s owl familiar Deanna.    Purge places the Helm of Teleportation on his head, and pictures in his mind a familiar memory of a meditation area not far from the Monastery where he was originally trained.    The 500-mile teleport is instantaneous, with him arriving without incident.    The park-like area is currently unoccupied, and he spends a few minutes in silent meditation before letting his associates out of the Bag of Holding.    Mark, Mojo and Narg are all a little dazed after spending time in a confined space with Alton, and taking in his unique 'aroma'.Narg immediately complains, “What took so long and where the hell are we?  I thought we were going to a Monastery?”   Purge says, “We are near it.  Coming here first was safer, as Monks don’t always react well to people teleporting into their home.”    They travel through the park and soon see the large stone building before them.   The building is surrounded by massive trees, which block most of the sun from reaching the structure.  “Geez, no wonder you’re always pasty white,” Narg comments to Purge.  “I thought it had something to do with him being an albino,” Cassie comments.  As the approach the building Mojo comments, “Hey Purge, these monks are pretty tough, right?”  “Indeed,” he replies.   “Well it’s their Lordholding.  Why don’t we just tell them to go and slap the monster, and save us the trouble”.  Purge responds with “I believe that the Queen assigned you the task.  Now please be respectful to the Lordholder.”    Narg replies, “Sure, we’re always respectful.”  Cassie rolls her eyes and threatens Narg with “If you screw this up I’ll get your wife to make you wear socks.”  They approach the monastery gates, which is guarded by a pair of robed human monks.   One appears to recognize Purge, but makes no attempt to move aside to allow him to enter.   Purge and the monks just stare at each other until Mojo loses his patience, and pushes his way through saying, “We’re here to see the Lordholder.”   “Wait one moment sir,” the older monk that is apparently in charge states, and he then and the other monk move back into the entranceway.    The two then have a whispered conversation, which the keen elvan hearing of most of the party members are able to pick up.     The younger monk says, “Who are they?”  The older one says, “I’m not sure.  One is Brother Purge, but I have never seen his companions before.”  The younger one replies, “Should we let them in.  That uniform looks official.”   The other answers, “Yes, part of the royal army I believe.  But I’m not sure about letting him in.  He’s an elf, so he’s probably going to prance or something.”  “PRANCE!” Mojo angrily yells out.</blockquote>

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