Sabrina's thought's on the Temple of Abu Ra Day 1 – 25 Leaf
fall Being a
veteran adventurer from Hope I was familiar with many of my fellow travellers, except
for one newcomer Aidan. Let’s hope he proves to be a valuable asset to
the team. I was almost happy with my travelling companion’s until I realized Byron
was going with us. The man just gives off the filthiest aura. We had an auspicious
start to this journey finding plenty of food and water along with way. Sadly,
this good fortune was short lived as we were confronted by a group of ogres.
They thought of themselves as high and mighty toll collectors. There was no way
in the nine hells that I would part with my coin to these sorry excuses for thugs.
The rest of the group had the good sense to agree with this sentiment. Sadly, no
good deed goes unpunished and they attacked us. Byron’s horse was
outright killed and Tordak’s axe-beak took a nasty hit. Lucky that was
the extent of our losses. The ogres were not as lucky. Oh well, they got
what they deserved. No prizes as to why they tried to rob us. They didn’t have
anything worthwhile on them. A good night’s
rest was needed after that little scuffle. Over dinner I seemingly offended Reza,
surely that oversized blue cranium on legs would realize that I was not talking
about him when I was discussing lack of combat finesse of a certain individual.
That wasn’t the worst of it, I had to spend my watch with Byron ( ergh) .
The man thinks he is so charming and witty, ‘ Sabrina
get that lemon out of your arse’. Oh Byron , you’re so funny. So how is
that lemon I gave you? Unbelievably and unnaturally sour you say? It’s almost as
if someone tampered with it. Oh, is that a tear I see? Now that is funny. Day 2 – 26 Leaf
Fall The last
leg of the journey to the Temple of Abu Ra was uneventful. The architectural marvel
of this place could be appreciated from a distance as we made our arrival. Reza
was quick to make note of all the statues outside the temple. The good gods had
been defiled whilst all the evil deities were preserved and had offerings.
These gods had strange names which I can’t remember but they were depicted as a
toad, snake, bat, jaguar and a vulture. We moved
quickly into the temple. A little too quickly I might add. This rogue Aidan
doesn’t seem to look for traps, did we get him at a discount or something? Inside we saw
depictions of human sacrifice. Makes sense, we are in the heart of cannibal territory.
There was also a mural with a black sun which appeared to make people commit
suicide. However, we couldn’t delineate any further information about this
place as we were attacked by undead. Normally Ghouls shouldn’t be an issue,
except one of them conveniently remembered to cast spells. And on top of that, Tordak
and Byron somehow summoned giant animals into the thick of battle
which added to the list of shit to deal with. Seriously how inept are they.
It all
boiled down to a giant Boa constrictor and the undead spellcaster. Byron
got too close to the serpent and it began to strangle him. This is when things
got…. weird . Byron didn’t seem to struggle; I believe I heard him
say ‘harder’ as he was being constricted . Oh, gods he was enjoying it, that
perverted little shit. And like that, another man who defied me bit the
dust. At least this one died with a smile on his face. When the
dust settled it was clear we needed to cut our losses and go home. We had valuable
information for any future expeditions at least. As Tordak dragged Byron’s
( ahem ) ‘stiff’ body onto Aidan’s horse; a bizarre red headed
dwarf ( one is enough) appeared out of fucking nowhere claiming to have
been with us the whole time. If he really had been, he did a fucking splendid
job of helping out! Now I have travel home with this ‘ Red Beck’ or
whatever he called himself. Gods
dammit Byron why did you have to die and leave me stuck with this ginger weirdo….
sniff…. whoever is cutting onions here better stop.
