Wednesday, November 4, 2009

The Ruined Tower of Udd


You stand at the swiftly flowing streams edge. It is mid day. It has taken you half a days walk from the main road to reach the overgrown and broken hills in front of you. The Jagged Hills are covered with scrub trees, a dense underbursh of thorns and tall grasses clinging to the dirt between the crumbling limestone ledges that form the hills.

In front of you stands the Ruined Tower of Udd. Udd was a foolish magician who was consumed in the explosion that ruined his Tower. He was rumored to be dabbling in dark magics and most believe he was consumed by those dark magics. You learned of the tower from a drunken herdsman who wandered into your campfire, stricken with
fear of the moaning sounds of the dead coming from the tower as he was out tracking some lost sheep from his flock.

Behind you stands the two mercenaries you hired at the Weary Tankard. Rhian a hotheaded young man of about 17, who brags of weilding an axe better than a Dwarf. And a curious young elven maiden named Enelye. You quietly offered a share of the loot that could be taken from the tower and they both accepted.

You must cross the stream and climb the hill to get to the ruin of the tower set into the hill. There is an animal path that wounds up to the tower. The stream is fordable and only 3 feet deep. Trees line its banks. as well as cattails and reeds.

What do you wish to do Hrothgar?

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