Eye of the Beholder III - Part 5

               Solution by Alex van Kaam

@~Continued from last issue

We first entered the the south/west door, behind it we only found
some Bone Nagas, we killed them and we left the room.  Next we
went into the south/east room, here we found some small items, we
took them and we left.

After that we entered into the north/west room, we found some
stairs leading down and we took them.  We came into a small area
with some Shambling Mounds, we explored the whole area and we
found two buttons that removed two walls, behind these walls we
found a cursed piece of armor and some other small stuff.

We left and went back up the stairs, next we went into the
north/east room, again we found some stairs and we climbed down.
Again an area full of Shambling Mounds, we killed them and we
went west through a door leading into a room with two pressure
pads and two doors.

When we stepped on the pads they closed the doors, and since they
were in front of the doors we couldn't leave.  After a bit of
searching we found a button on the north wall, we pushed it and a
wall was removed, behind it we found a lever, pulling that opened
the doors.

We continued west, killing some Shambling Mounds, the last one we
killed left a golden key behind, we got the key and we went back
up the stairs again.

We left the room with the four doors and we headed north through a
corridor until we came to a T-junction.  Here we went west, after
a while we came to a room with three doors to the west and three
levers beside them.

We opened all the doors, we didn't need the levers for that, and
behind the middle door we found a scroll, on it was a poem about
morning light.  We read it, and Gandalf kept it since we didn't
know what we could use it for.  We also pulled at the levers, we
heard a sound but we saw nothing happen.

South brought us to another room where we found some Bone Nagas to
kill, the rest of the room was empty so we headed back to the
T-junction and we went east.

Through a door we came again to a room with three doors and three
levers, behind the doors we found some Bone Nagas and a cursed
piece of armor.  The third door led to another room, before we
entered we first pulled all three levers, again hearing something
in the distance.

We now went through the third door and we came in a room full of
Bone Nagas, we killed them and we continued south.  We were now in
a room with a speed potion and three pressure plates which had a
hole opposite them.  When we wanted to leave the exit was closed,
it seemed we had to put something on the plates, but without
getting hurt by those holes.

The solution was to get in front of the hole and throw something
to the plate opposite the hole, at the same time we stepped aside.
It worked and soon we had an item on all three the plates, the
exit was open again and we could leave.

We went back to our starting room with the two stairs and from
there we went south, again a turner turned us around but we now
knew how it worked so it formed no problem.

We were now in another room with a pillar in the middle and four
doors, we first entered the north/west door where we found a wall
censor, Gandalf filled it with some incense and we went to the
north/east room.

Here we found some items, we took them and we headed to the
south/east room, again some items were found and we headed to the
last room, the south/west one.  When we passed that pillar in the
middle Nomad spotted a small button, pushing that revealed a
passageway leading south.  In the south/west room we found a
statue of Lathander, we all kept touching it until we were all
healed, we left the room and we headed south.

In the this corridor we found, just before we entered a room, a
plaque saying 'D-N-E- H-G- V-L-A-E', this could only mean one
thing Gothmog said 'DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE'.

We decided to run south as fast as we could through this room and
just hope we get through safe.  So said so done, we went a few
steps back and ran full speed south, through the room into another
corridor leading south.

When we were in this corridor we turned around and we just saw the
last lighting bolt fly past, we made it!!

We continued south until we came to a crossroads, here we turned
west, through a door into a large area of corridors, we searched
them all and we found gauntlets of hill giant's strength and a
frost key.  We went back to the crossroads and we headed east,
again an area full of corridors, the only thing we found here was
a cure critical scroll, we got it and we went back to the
crossroads.

We now headed south, through a door, and we came to a plaque
saying 'Blessed Are The Pure Of Heart For They Shall Find The Way'
We went east, past the plaque into a corridor leading north or
south.  The corridor was full of turners, we kept a good look at
our compass and we headed north, east, south and east until we
were at a door with a frost lock.

We used our frost key to open the door and we went through, we
followed a corridor leading east until we came into a room with
two statues of Lathander, we kept heading east, killing some more
Shambling Mounds, until we came into another room.

In the south/east we saw stairs leading up but we first entered a
corridor leading north.  We soon came to a door with a golden
lock, we opened it and behind the door we found the Orb of
Morninglight, I got it and suddenly the god Lathander appeared
before us.

He gave us the sword of Dhauzimmer, and he told us that it would
take care of any undead we would encounter.  I got the sword, and
I wanted to give it to Delmair, since it was the sword of his
father, he refused and said that we all had a magical weapon
except for Nomad who only had a normal two handed sword.

I gave it to Nomad and we went up the stairs.

  --------> Hello Dark God, we are already on this floor <--------

We entered in a small room with a pillar in the middle and two
exits, one leading west and the other north.  On the pillar in the
room there were a few plaques saying 'Lathander Spreads His
Protective Light Over All In This Holy Hall Of Sanctuary' and 'Be
Welcome, Friends, And Partake Of Lathander's Bounty'.

We left the room using the east corridor and we were attacked by a
Banshee, we took care of it and we continued.  We soon came to a
small room with corridors leading south and east, and two doors
leading north and west.  Any of the corridors took us back to the
entrance room so we went through the west door, opening it with a
button beside it.  The corridor led to a T-junction, we first went
north and we found a copper key behind a hidden wall.

We got the key and we went back to the T-junction, we headed south
and when the corridor turned west so did we.  At the first side
corridor to the south we went that direction and we came to a room
with a small alcove and a statue of Lathander, we touched the
statue for healing, but when we looked at the small alcove after
that we saw another copper key, we got the key and we left the
room.

Heading west brought us to staircase leading down, we took it and
we came to a small area with two walkthrough walls and a
transporter, we entered and we were transported to an identical
room, but without the walkthrough walls, but with three Dead
Knights, we killed them and we found a scroll of resurrection.
We then took the stairs down but they took us to another part of
the level and since we didn't want to get lost we headed back up
the stairs, through the transporter into the first room and back
down the stairs again.

We were now back at the starting area of this level, we headed
west and we soon came, after killing a Spirit Naga, into the main
south corridor.

Here we could choose, north or south, we headed south and we soon
came to a door with a copper lock, we opened it and we came to a
room with a plaque saying 'The Smallest Of Embers Can Ignite Hope
Eternal', touching the plaque caused an explosion.

In the south of this room, in front of a window, we found a beacon
of hope, it was out and since we didn't have a ember we left the
room.

We took the first corridor leading west, we soon came to a hole in
the wall and a side corridor leading north, we went north and we
found a lever on the wall, pulling it threw two spells towards us,
one from the south and one from the north.

We wouldn't do that again that was sure, we continued north and we
followed the corridor as it turned east.  We were now back in the
main south corridor, we headed north and we came to a square-like
corridor, all the other main corridors, the north, east, west and
of course south one, ended here.

In each corner we found a golden cup and a small alcove, there
were also four plaques saying 'Sustenance For Body And Spirit Is
Freely Given Within The Wall Of This Temple' and 'The Cups Of Good
Cheer Bring Forth The Hero's Feast'.

We decide to put all the golden cups into their alcoves, as soon
as we placed the last one in, four walls were removed and we could
enter into the middle of the square corridor.  Here we found an
ember and a large feast table in the middle of the room, using it
restored us completely and gave us strength to fight the Dark God,
very handy indeed.  We took the ember and we headed south towards
the beacon of hope, we put the ember in and the beacon started to
burn, it looked great.  What next, we headed back north and into
the first west corridor, at the hole in the wall we turned north
the first time so we headed west and south this time.

We soon came to a door which was open, it seemed that pulling that
lever has some use after all, we entered and we came to an area
full of corridors and rooms, we killed some Banshees and a few
Spirit Nagas, and we found a shield +4 and a flail.

In the end we found a room with a plaque saying 'May The Sweet Air
Of Lathander's Temple Give You Respite From Your Pain', a wall
censor, a piece of ember and a scroll.

We filled the wall censor with a bag of incense and we took the
scroll and the piece of ember.  These two items were protected by
a hole casting a spell at us when we stepped on a pressure plate
in front of the items.  It could all be turned off by a lever
above the pressure plate.

We left this area and we headed back to the centre of this level,
the feast table, here we headed west into the west corridor.  We
entered the first room to the south, killing some Banshees and
finding another copper key.

We also passed a north corridor but we kept heading west until we
came to a door with a copper lock, we opened it and we found
ourselves in a similar room as we found at the end of the south
corridor.

There was a beacon of hope in front of a window and a plaque on
the wall saying 'While Yet The Beacons Burn, The Key To Passing
Into Darkness Without Fear Is Faith'.  We lit the beacon and we
left the room, we now entered the first corridor leading north.
We soon came to a room with an altar and a bag of incense, we took
the bag and we left.  We kept heading north/west, past some
corridors leading east into the main north corridor, until we came
to a door with a pressure pad in front of it, stepping on the pad
closed the door.

It was pure luck that we found the solution, a Banshee came from
behind the door, when it was open, and Gothmog threw a dagger at
it, but the dagger just went through the Banshee and it landed on
a pressure pad at the other side of the door.

We entered and we headed west into another room, here we found a
plaque saying 'Faith Must Go Before All Good Souls', and a
transporter.  Stepping into the transporter just transported us to
the entrance of this room, it seemed we had to have or do
something special to let the transporter work correctly.

Anyway we left it and we headed back to the centre of this level,
here we headed east into the main east corridor, we first entered
all the doors and corridors leading south.  Here we found
absolutely nothing, we then headed back into the main east
corridor and we entered the room at the end, again we found a
beacon of hope and a plaque saying 'The Eternal Light Of Hope
Fuels The Beacon Of Sanctuary. May All Enjoy Their Benevolence'

Since we didn't have a piece of ember we left and we entered the
first north corridor we saw, this again brought us to an area full
of corridors and rooms, in one of these room we were locked in
after entering, we killed the Banshees that were in it and one of
them left a key so we could leave.

Here we also found a staircase leading down, this was the stairs
where we went back down again in the beginning of this level.  In
the north/east part of this area we found a plaque saying 'Have
Faith In What You See'.  The plaque wasn't in the same writing as
the others so it had to be false.  West and east of the plaque
there was a pit, since the plaque was false so had to be the pits.
We first crossed over the east one where we found a key at the end
of the corridor in a room.

We then headed back to the plaque and we crossed the west pit,
again the corridor lead to a room, a very large one this time,
here we found the last two pieces of ember, we took them and we
headed to the east room with the beacon of hope.

We lit the beacon and we went into the main north corridor, at the
end we found another room with a beacon of hope and a plaque
saying 'Faith Is Found On The Altar Of Devotion'.

We lit this beacon also and we headed to the altar we found at the
side corridor on the main west corridor.

On the altar we found the key of faith, we then headed to the
transporter with the plaque saying something about faith going
first.

We threw the key of faith into the transporter and its colour
changed, we stepped into the transporter and we were transported
onto the next level.

 --------> Knock, Knock, who is there?......don't ask <--------

We were transported into a room with three doors and a plaque
saying 'Against These Gates Neither Stealth Nor Sword Nor Prayer
Shall Prevail', Gothmog said nothing and he just cast his dispel
magic spell, the doors all opened and we were attacked by Shadow
Hounds from the north and Death Knights from the south, we killed
them eventually but we were heavily damaged.

That would probably the last time that Gothmog would cast a spell
without asking.....

Anyway we rested and we entered through the north door, we
explored the whole area and we found nothing, zip, zero.  We
headed back to the entrance hall and we went through the south
door, here we found fountain and a small alcove, the alcove was
empty, strange ?, and the fountain gave us the prayer spell.

We went back to the entrance hall and we headed west, in this room
there were four heads on the wall that spat a spell towards us, we
quickly walked through them, grabbing a crystal key that was on
the ground, and we headed west.

We were now at a kind of crossroads, to the north and south were
corridors and to the west two doors that needed a crystal key.

We decided to first explore the south part, here we found a hammer
but nothing else of interest, we then headed north to explore that
part, we killed some more Death Knights and we found another
crystal key, a coin and a scroll for Gothmog.

We got them all and we headed back to the two doors with the
crystal lock.  On our way to there Gandalf suggested that we maybe
could throw the coin into the fountain for good luck.  Since we
didn't have any other use for it we headed to the fountain and we
threw the coin in, we got another prayer spell and a crystal key
appeared in the small alcove.

We got the key and we went to the two doors, we heard some Shadow
Hounds behind them so we prepared our weapons and I opened the
doors.  The Hounds came from everywhere, we fought a long battle
and we killed at least 15 or so.

We explored the room and we found a door leading west and two
bowls of holy water in the north and south corners of the room.
We went through the doors and we came out in a corridor heading
from north to south.

Across our entrance there was a small room where a Death Knight
came out and approached us, well we thought let's kill him and
continue, but boy were we wrong, with every stroke of his sword he
threw a fireball towards us.

We went back to the room and we kept walking around him and
hitting him till he was dead, phew.  We went back to the corridor
and we entered the room from where the Death Knight came, in this
room we found the Sun Mask shield.

We took it and we went back into the corridor, we first headed
north, killing some more Shadow Hounds we came to a door with a
crystal lock, we opened it and out poured a bunch of Death
Knights, we killed them and we tried to enter.  Some kind of force
field kept pushing us back, there was no way we could get through
it, then Gandalf suggested that we could use some water from the
holy bowl we found in the main room.  We went to the room, touched
the water and we headed back to the room with the force field,
this time we could walk through it as if it wasn't there.

In the room we found the Staff of Life, we took it and we headed
back to the corridor, we now headed south to explore that part,
again we found a door with a crystal lock, we opened it and inside
we found a lot of Shadow Hounds and a shade on the east wall, we
killed the Hounds and we went to the shade.

We couldn't touch it so we tried to use the Staff of Life on it,
the shade vanished and we heard a sound in the distance.  We
turned around and there were some more Shadow Hounds, we probably
forgot some when we entered the room ???

We killed them and we made camp.........

'Do you want something to eat' Gothmog asked me, I woke up from my
thoughts and looked at him, 'Yes thanks' I replied.  'Were you
thinking about our adventure' Isharn asked, 'Yes' I replied, 'It
all seemed so far away, the mausoleum and the graveyard, you
know'.  'Stop talking about the past' Nomad said, 'we have to get
some rest so we can enter the Dark God's realm'.

After we made camp and Gandalf took care of the food Nomad went
out on a scouting mission and when he returned he told us that in
the main room there was a new door, he thought that it would lead
to the Dark God, I hope he's right.

I had a bad night, sleeping so near to evil wasn't easy.  Next
morning we headed towards the door that Nomad told us about, in
the middle of it there was a circle missing.  I took the Sun Mask
shield and placed it in the opening.  The doors opened and a
transporter was revealed.  We readied all our weapons and we
entered.............

The transporter brought us right in front of the Dark God's
throne, and he was on it !!!!!

He told us that he was the one who hired us to clean Myth Drannor,
'But why?' Gandalf replied, 'So you could take care of Acwellan,
the last protector of the city,' the Dark God answered.  'You
tricked us,' Gothmog yelled. 'And what are you planning to do
about that?' the Dark God laughed.

'Enough jabbering' I yelled, 'Let's KILL him.'

We all attacked, first killing his Shadow Hounds and then his
guards.  Now we were face to face with the Dark God, we used all
our powers on him, Nomad, Isharn, Delmair and myself we kept
hitting him with our weapons while Gothmog and Gandalf kept
casting spells at him.

The whole building shook, the battle was long and hard but in the
end we defeated him.

                   --------> The End <--------

                       (for now at least)




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