Looks like we got trouble! Those who tried to obtain the treasure in the cave ran into some dangerous traps and also - Monsters! Well you know what they say, greed's true nature is to distract you from what's around. Anyway, the worst part is they've left the cave and are roaming around the oasis, in large herds... Eh? Seems like our new friends like peaches too. Maybe a little too much. I've seen some of the creatures attack citizens just from picking or eating them. Guess they don't like sharing. The good news, they don't give a hoot about you unless you try to get their precious fruit. My advice to you, don't do anything to get yourself in a peachy situation.
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As for how the hunts for treasures went, there are three stories to tell.
Clara, Jest, Lily and Marcelle stumbled on a hidden cave entrance. After going inside the group arrived at a shadowy corridor with glowing fungus growing on its walls. The air inside smelled of mold, making Marcelle scrunch her nose. Soon enough the group discovered a secret passageway and decided to take it. In it, Jest found a small treasure hidden in an old vase.
As they left the passageway they got trapped in a perfectly square room, triggering a arrow trap. All members of the party got injured. Luckily, a wooden section swung inside, revealing an escape path. After making their way through it, the group arrived at a dark room with a huge pile of gold.
The gold pile trembled and shook and out of it climbed a huge, prickly toad. It roared its frustration at being woken from its slumber. It began to attack the group by flinging out its sticky tongue and attempting to drag them into its mouth. Jest, Marcelle and Clara bravely fought and defeated the creature, while Lily merely defended from its attacks. With the toad defeated, a door opened at one side of the cave revealing an exit. The group evenly distributed the treasure amongst each other and left the cave.
The monster the first group encountered is called Karkados
Lee, Annabel, Blank and Levente discovered another cave entrance, this one leading to a rocky and catered path with small specks of sunlight illuminating their way. The walls were cracked and in one of the cracks Blank found a peculiar item - a blank card, and Lee got bitten by a scorpion. Intending to find something else, Blank accidentally pushed a switch, revealing a narrow passage leading deeper into the cave.
After passing through it, the group arrived at a large, square room, as they did, a wall slid over the passage sealing their way back. The floor of the square room was smooth yet the ceiling held an arrow trap that was instantly triggered, injuring the members of the party. The floor had a checkered pattern of alternating black and white squares and one red one in the middle, Annabel guessed it might be their way out and stepped on it. She had guessed right, a section of wall slid open revealing a doorway.
Escaping the arrow trap, the group arrived at a room full with gold. But that was not the only thing waiting there - from the ceiling a huge scorpion fell, scattering the gold and scuttling around searching for prey. The creature injured Blank and Lee, but was defeated with combined efforts.
A door on the side swung open, making an exit. After splitting the treasure evenly, the group left the cave.
The monster the second team encountered is called Scuro
The last apparent entrance to an underground maze was discovered by Lon, Aliv, Luther and Ioanna.They entered a long, dimly lit corridor resembling an abandoned mine. At the end of it was a shabby door. Lon slashed the door open and stench of rotten fruit poured out. The room behind was small and floor was covered in bad apples infested with vermin.
The group unwillingly entered the room to explore, finding a metal door on the other side of it. Lon opened the door triggering a block trap and got injured by a large stone swinging in his direction. Though slowed down by Lon's face the stone continued to swing narrowly grazing the top of Aliv's head before its string snapped and it flew across the room smashing into the wall inches away from Luther. In the room, there was a cart with fresher looking apples and something glinting in it, but no one paid much attention to it. Behind the metal doors there was a room full with gold. From the earlier impact by the stone, walls started crumbling, forcing the party to enter the treasure room.
The place was well lit just from all the shiny objects there, in the middle of it, there was a black altar. Just as the group noticed it a hissing noise came from the altar and a large serpent emerged from behind it. Without hesitation the creature attacked the party, emitting poisonous breath and hitting them with it's barbed tail. However, even while sustaining injuries the party emerged victorious and later shared the treasures.
The monster the third group encountered is called Colurbriss
It seems that these monsters were left over from the rift and previously inhabited the bottom of the lake, which now has turned into a desert with the peach oasis in the middle. Escaping the sun, creatures had hidden under the earth - but now, with peach trees giving enough shade, they have decided to emerge. These creatures roam the oasis in herds and seem to be protective towards others of their kind, so it's not advised to attack them. Peach trees give them shade and nutrition, citizens approaching the trees or the fruit make creatures highly uncomfortable and hostile.
The creatures will get hostile, if peaches of the oasis are eaten in their presence, otherwise they will ignore everyone.
All art submissions containing your character encountering the creatures and/or fighting with them will earn +10 power
Deadline for submissions is March 2nd. Submit your artwork to
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