We packed up our belongings and left the tavern. The wizard was living in a tent outside of the ruins of his tower. It wasn't very far from Tornassa, so we walked. Parnaxxus had really decimated the poor man's residence; bricks, broken equipment, and scattered herbs lay everywhere.
"Why should I pay the guild for their failure?" the wizard reasoned. "And even if I wanted to, I can't. Everything I owned was in my tower, and it's in shambles."
The Fighters Guild was happy with our solution. They didn't care who paid, as long as they got their money. They paid us our 200 gold for services rendered, which still meant a loss of 800 gold.
(Gold -800, Fighters Guild +20, Good +3)
"Thank you, friend," the wizard said, happy to be free of the Fighters Guild. "Please, take this gift as a thank you from me to you."
He knew a lot of spells that I hadn't seen before, and I was happy to learn from him.
(Illusion +5, Conjuration +5, Divination +5, Enchantment +5, Summoning +5, Transmutation +5)
I remember the historic day when the entire kingdom shook from an enormous earthquake, even though it wasn't until weeks later that the results were known. A small village named Scone, in southern Daria, had suddenly started being attacked from within. Their temple had begun to spew forth all manner of foul beasts. Many adventuring parties took it upon themselves to investigate the tunnels below. This vast dungeon soon became known as the Abyss.
We didn't try our luck until nearly halfway into our adventuring career, many years after the monsters had appeared. We didn't want to be just another party of adventurers defeated deep beneath the ground. We decided that the time was right for our party to test its skills against the great dungeon. The only other challenge that took every member of my party's skill into account was when we met Parnaxxus, but that didn't happen until much later.
Spirit was happy to be moving, and so were the other mounts that the rest of my party were riding. It was a nice ride as we traveled to the small village of Scone.
(Geography +3)
The village of Scone had made the best of a bad situation. Over the years, they had built a thriving community around the Abyss. Weaponsmiths, inns, taverns, and general stores catered to the adventurers. They purchased the loot that came from the dungeon and sold new equipment to parties who needed things.
We looked over our equipment and trained in our skills before we left.