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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DoctorB" data-source="post: 104087" data-attributes="member: 903">Drukar Rigall's Story“I traveled with Regor Blackblade.  It was my honor to command the soldiers the Mountain sent to fight alongside Alexander in the Great War.  Regor became a Companion to the General and won great fame in his own right.Soon after we had returned from the war, the explorers in the lower levels of the mountain, in digging for elusive mithril deposits, broke through to the edge of an underground world we call the Underdark.  Pouring out of that world came creatures we had never seen.  Undergoblins swarmed into our mines under the leadership of dark elves called the Drow.  They pushed us out of the lower levels and threatened to force us out of the Mountain.  I still suffered from a wound taken during the war, and Regor would not be denied command of our counter-attack.At great cost, we drove them back into the lower levels and then back to the place they had first come from, but we could push them no farther.  These Drow and their allies seemed to have limitless numbers of soldiers.  We saw that we could not defeat them utterly so we decided to hold them indefinitely.It was for that purpose that we constructed the Silver Door.  Made of mithril, and woven with protective miracles and spells, we hoped it would seal the Underdark away from our Mountain for all time. We would set a guardian on the other side and the dark elves would never again threaten us.  The problem was that to finally close the door and call the guardian, someone had to remain on the other side.  Though many volunteered for the task, Regor Blackblade insisted on going himself.  Perhaps he thought to escape somehow, or he needed their power to call the guardian, but Regor entered with Titansbane, his great axe, and with the Salutorum.  Both were lost when he sealed the Door.Now, though we do not know how, the Silver Door opened again only a few months ago. The Drow seemed prepared and attacked us again.  This time they brought more than undergoblins.  They have a great dragon-like lizard with many heads and three armed giants to aid in their attack.  Again, they have pushed us out of the lower mines, and wear down our numbers defending the passages to the heart of our realm.  Our forces are exhausted and demoralized, and the Council has agreed that the recovery of Titansbane, Regor’s powerful weapon, would give new strength to our fight and to our morale.  Even before you arrived we had decided to send a stealthy force to try and locate it.  If you agree to accompany that force and succeed in recovering Titansbane, then you will have earned the right to take the Salutorum.”As I knew they would, the Champions agreed even before Rigall had completed his question.  He continued:“This cannot be a mission of direct attack.  The enemy has too many for us to drive through them to the other side of the door.  We have tunneled around the dark forces’ lines and are prepared to send you through the new tunnel just before our attack there.  Our priests and mages will aid you with darkvision and invisibility for the start of your journey, but we cannot say what dangers you may see on the other side of the Door.  Only Regor knows what lies in those depths.Since you are six, the Council will choose three champions of the Dwarvenrealm to travel with you.  That way you will have an auspicious number.Good luck!”</blockquote>

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