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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Watermark12" data-source="post: 1998102" data-attributes="member: 28140">Adventure BackgroundSome 80 years ago, the Temple of Mysteries was a place of wonders. Three humans—T’Shem, Okala, and Jevira— founded the temple, dedicating it to the veneration of themselves as demigods. Today, those who remember the place or have heard the stories recognize that T’Shem, Okala, and Jevira were merely powerful spellcasters, but at the time, their wondrous might convinced at least a small following of their divinity. It didn’t hurt that the three of them, known collectively as the Triune, rewarded their worshipers with great gifts and boons from time to time. For the most part, however, the Triune were fickle “gods,” requiring their followers to undergo strange trials and solve mysterious puzzles. In retrospect, they seemed to be testing the faithful, but whatever quality or abilities they sought to find remains unknown. In fact, besides their predilection for riddles and tests and their desire for veneration, the only concrete fact known about the Triune is that approximately 70 years ago, the Temple of Mysteries was destroyed in a terrible fire. Rumors circulated as to its cause, and many speculated that the Triune or their followers had enemies. All of you are part of an adventuring company that has worked together for some time. You know each other fairly well and have developed something of a bond, along with the common goals of making a name for yourselves and striking it rich. While delving through an ancient tome on an unrelated adventure, you learned that a powerful magic item known as the strand of tears was kept below the Temple of Mysteries. This minor relic, created from the tears of a goddess, appears to be a delicate belt-sized silver strand set with blue and white teardrop-shaped jewels. It is said that the strand of tears enhances its wearer’s greatest attribute. Despite the fact that other references to the strand of tears exists, no one else seems to know that it was last seen below the Temple of Mysteries. Although many adventurers are said to have explored the ruins, no one has spoken of the strand or, in fact, of having found a subterranean level. You decided to go to the temple and explore, in the hopes of finding the fabled strand of tears. You came to the Temple of Mysteries on a cold, dark day, finding a burned-out shell of a building along with a number of smaller outbuildings, all in ruins. Splitting up and spreading out, you combed the area carefully to find it picked clean by explorers, adventurers, and scavengers, just as some stories had said. Unlike them, however, you knew to look for a secret way down, eventually finding a hidden trap door that provided access to a dusty old staircase beneath the temple. Lighting torches and descending into the darkness, you found a wide corridor that connected a few rooms. In places, faded frescos depicted travelers on the road and other simplistic scenes. You even managed to find a number of elaborately carved pillars set with a few small gems, easily pried loose and pocketed. Then, at the end of the corridor, you came into a large room with mosaic images along the walls. Ahead of you, across the center of the chamber, three stone statues stood. You moved to investigate, but before you could do so, the statue in the center erupted with a bright flash of light, and you heard a thunderous slamming of stone behind you.------------------------And, that sets up the beginning of the adventure!  Please read and understand the above background info.  If you have questions or comments please post them in this thread now, and I will respond. Once everyone is up to speed with character sheet and background, I will send out the personalized story for each character via e-mail. And then the real fun begins.....</blockquote>

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