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					THE TRAIL TO GONZIR-GALAD
THE ROAD TO GONZIR-GALAD BEGAN ACROSS THE RIVER FROM THE ELVAN VILLAGE OF URILLOS ELOS, ON THE RIVER AZURERAIN.WE HAD A PRETTY WELL EQUIPPED GROUP- 1 FIGHTER/MU OF LEVEL 6/6, 1 CLERIC OF LEVEL 6,1 RANGER OF LEVEL 5, 1 PALADIN OF LEVEL 5, 3 MORE CLERICS OF LEVEL 3,5 WARRIORS OF LEVEL 3,AND 13 MORE PEOPLE OF VARIOUS CLASSES AND LEVELS OF 1ST THRU 3RD.HAD GALAIN BEEN HERE, WE WOULD HAVE HAD A LEVEL 7 MU TO ADD, BUT SHE WAS ALREADY IN GONZIR-GALAD, ANXIOUSLY AWAITING RESCUE. WE HAD NO IDEA THEN WHAT FATE HAD IN STORE FOR HER OR FOR OURSELVES, ONLY THAT TIME WAS OF THE ESSENCE.WE  DID NOT KNOW THEN JUST HOW WRONG WE WERE.
THE JOURNEY TO THE CITY OF GONZIR GALAD WAS A FULL FLEDGED MILITARY CAMPAIGN IN OF ITSELF, FRAUGHT WITH ALL MANNER OF DANGERS. SWAMP MIRED ROADS, NARROW TREACHEROUS PASSES, RAINS AND FLOODS. AND THE INCESSANT WANDERING MONSTER TO HARRASS OUR INTREPID BAND. SEVERAL OF THE LOWER LEVEL HIRELINGS WOULD BE GOING UP IN LEVELS ONCE WE REACHED THE TOWN.ABOUT HALF WAY THRU OUR JOURNEY, AS NIGHT FALL APPROACHED, WE NEARED A SMALL VILLAGE, APPARENTLY DESERTED. WE NOTICED THAT THE FIELDS ALL AROUND WERE BLACKENED, AS THOUGH BURNED. WE SET UP FOR THE NIGHT IN THE TOWN HALL, AND SETTLED DOWN FOR SLEEP. ABOUT MIDNIGHT, THE MEN ON WATCH WOKE THE OTHERS. A WAILING VOICE COULD BE HEARD FROM OUTSIDE, IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIELDS. AS WE MADE READY, THE VOICE CONTINUED IT'S PLEAS FOR HELP. WE ALL WENT OUT TO THE EDGE OF THE FIELD. IT WAS A DARK NIGHT, BUT WE COULD MAKE OUT A LONE FIGURE IN THE FIELD, APPARENTLY RUNNING FROM SOMETHING. AS WE APPROACHED, SHE DISSAPPEARED! WE LOOKED AROUND, AND SEEING NOTHING, WE STARTED BACK FOR THE 'HALL. SUDDENLY WE WE SET UPON BY A HUGE BLACK DRAGON! THE WOMAN IN THE FIELD HAD BEEN BUT AN ILLUSION! THE MIGHTY DRAGON BREATHED, AND HALF THE PARTY WENT DOWN (1 PERMENENTLY I'M SAD TO SAY). THE BATTLE WENT FAST, THE PARTY DISPATCHED THE BEAST IN 3 ROUNDS.NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE ALL LEARNED OUR LESSON THAT NIGHT.NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU SEE OR HEAR.THE NEXT DAY, OUR WOUNDS HEALED AND OUR BROTHER LAID TO REST, WE BID THIS RAT TRAP TOWN FAREWELL, AND PROCEEDED ON TO GONZIR-GALAD.AND AFTER TEN MORE DAYS, WE AT LAST ARRIVED AT THE CITY GATES OF GONZIR-GALAD.
