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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gregor" data-source="post: 5543985" data-attributes="member: 11751">Arnir, Kirio, Torrent and whoever else follows, head off from Vuhl's cave and move through the small village.  Tiljann waves at you from up in the tower where she is serving her singing shift, and Papuvin nods his head in polite greeting as the party follows the shore of the lake to the south west.Within minutes you are gone from the village, trudging down the sandy beach.  Burning trees and brush from the forest hug the shore to your right and the ash-covered lake dominates the left.  The Song of Forms carries across the  surface of the water with an eerie echo and given the size of the lake, you can now see a break in the omnipresent ceiling of ash and smoke.  Its an overcast day and a light rain is falling in the world beyond the flames.  Rain turns to mist and steam above you when it nears the intense heat of the fires.  You realize, after about two hours of walking along the coast of the water, that the lake is immense.  You can see the tower of the Seela in the far distance and you can still faintly hear their song.Finally, you come across a small inlet to your right.  The area is surrounded by craggy granite cliffs and a pool of water sits in the middle.  The pool, in days before the fires, was likely one of the  most beautiful places in forest.  The once clear water is filled with scattered patches of burning reeds. Crimson flowers crackle atop an island in the center of the pool, their embers drifting lazily in a slow breeze.  Tree branches sway above the water, their heat almost hypnotic. However, the water itself is flat gray, coated in ash, and scattered along the shore are bits of animal bones.  Across the pool and to the right of the island is a dark cave cut into the cliffs.[GM]If you have chosen not to come along, then you are still back at Vuhl's cave.  Or perhaps you've gone somewhere else.  Just indicate your location in your post.To help provide more info on the lay of the land, the pool sits off to the right of the lake, in a bit of a grotto surrounded by rocky cliffs.  You can walk on the shore of the lake between it and the pool.  There is a small island in the middle of the pool.  You will have to get into the water to reach the cave.   Burning foliage all along the tops of the cliffs will likely make climbing around an extremely painful experience.[/GM]</blockquote>

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