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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

The Dragons Lair

It is my last test.  The dragon Glint awaits us, and will battle us with cyphers of every sect.   We have five levels to defeat, and a dragon to tame.
Our first facet is that of light.  There are healing sages, and fearsome blades throughout the small level, but it remained quite straightforward.  What was frightening was just being here seemed to drain the life from me.  The facet of light is a draconic being, viceral and transparent.  We go through the magical portal to the next level.

 This area causes us to be slow.  Our senses numbed and our legs sink in the ground like in the sands of the desert.  Theres a green glow coursing off the walls of the chamber, and it becomes more mazelike as I go.  There are a large number of archer foes here, we are against the facet of nature.  We lay down the being and move on.
Level three.  There seems to be no inherent effect to this chamber,  but the air glows purple and there are mesmers everywhere.  Large crystal spiders attempt to hex us, and there are invisible walls. This is definitely the facet of chaos.  He is of no match to us.
On the next level, I feel drained of energy.   The air smells of decay, and there are cursers and scarabs all over.   On the ground, I pass corpse after corpse of Ascalonian soldiers, their armour telling me that they are my kin.  The facet of Darkness lay before me, and then lay dead before me.
Teleported to the next chamber, we are met with great crystal guardians.  Elementalists.   There seems to be no inherent effect, but I spy wards in which fire falls from the sky.   We crumble the crystal guardians and soon are at the Facet of the Elements.  His spells backfire, and we are on to the last level before meeting Glint herself.
Facet of strength.  Ruriks facet.  The last facet. The ground rumbles and knocks us off our feet in seemingly timed intervals.  There are foes of all kinds on this level. They will not stand between me and my destiny.
We finally meet Glint.  This dragon is the largest creature I have ever laid eyes on. She tells us that she has been waiting 800 years for us, the chosen ones, to fulfil the flameseeker prophecies.  We unlocked our inner abilities for true sight, and we must know what happens in the world now.  The White Mantle have unleashed the Mursaat.  Creatures of such strength and power you would think they were borne by Grenth himself.  They hunt the Shining Blade, led by the traitor Markis. Most of the Blade have been captured, and the Mursaats only mission is to destroy the chosen.  That means us.  We must save whom we can, and head to the fire islands to take on the Lich.  Head on.  We will brave to him, but first, we must save Evennia.

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