Down the hallway, past Khyron’s body we could see a glow.
“They started early.” I heard Sadi murmur to herself. And then she said it again, louder. “We need to move. We’re a day behind them now.” She quickly gathered the group and we headed down the hall.

As we turned a corner, we saw it. The Tree of Shackled Souls.

The sight of the tree drove other thoughts from my mind. I’d heard about it for so long and the reality of it was so much worse than my imagination. I saw the dwarf Zenith in a cage on the tree.

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“You face the Test of Sacrifice next. I know what you have faced to get here and it means nothing.” When the black-winged angel spoke those words, I felt my faith almost break. The deaths, the pain, the fear. That was all a waste? Why would Pelor do this to us?

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The lantern burned bright and all day we followed its shining beam until we came to the Plane of Ulcers.

The air was heavy with the stench of acid. Some pools were tiny and others huge and all of them bubbled and steamed. (more…)

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