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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 8386579" data-attributes="member: 59816">Zagmira eyed Dellrack with a dry expression and said, "I think you will find that I will earn my keep elsewhere. It is you who will be good for nothing more than to shield others with the meat on your bones."The tense alliance had not grown any friendlier by the time they had slogged their way through many hours of thick, wet overgrowth to reach the entrance to the Tomb of the Nine Gods.It was raining still, with heavy drops that turned the ground to muck when they were not on the raised road. On the other hand, being up there and in the open, they had twice drawn unwanted attention (the first time, a crowd of frog-men had been quickly dispersed when Zagmira had sent a ball of flames down among them as they were hopping up onto the road, wielding weapons in a mass assault. The attackers hopped away, disappearing into the overgrowth as Zagmira glared smugly at Dellrak).The second bit of trouble came as they were passing the amphitheatre. As they had seen days ago from the sky upon their arrival, an oversized and feathered great beast (t-rex) came toward them, roaring. To their surprise, it called out in a Chultan dialect that both Qawasha and Orvex translated as, "I am King! You bow before me (and pay tribute) or you be my next meal!" This looked like it would be a dangerous battle, but the Little Star dropped out of the sky, through the rain, and a battle-plan that Dellrak and Rodgrigo had discussed when they had spotted the creature from the air; The crew of the airship, with Grrol and Braapp; Kasqa and Hup'lo; Harb and Rodrigo, rained arrows, rocks, and a few spells, down on the King of Feathers and the enormous beast ran off, chased by the airship.Rodrigo called down, "We will meet you there!"So it was the same group from the Walled Compound that found themselves in front of an ornate obelisk by the northern cliffs of Omu. The crumbling rock of the cliff rose over a hundred feet above them, with little waterfalls cascading down its vine and moss-covered face. Two man-carved tunnels stretched into darkness nearby.Orvex was prepared to translate any words carved into the obelisk, but as any observer looked at them, they morphed and shifted into their preferred alphabet, revealing an obscure warning:[spoiler="Obelisk's Warning"][ATTACH=full]142962[/ATTACH][/spoiler][spoiler="Map of Tomb Entrance Environs"][ATTACH=full]142963[/ATTACH][/spoiler]</blockquote>

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