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Reporter: Seer Turgon.
25/09/2003
Dear friends!
You all heard the unsettling news
of late. There have been attacks on Lakeshire, fought back by our excellent
Freyy and her men, but still with many losses on our side.
I myself told you how I stumbled upon one of those loathed black moongates.
And now there is more to tell.
Some of you might know the degenerate – and, indeed, still largely ruined -
city of Montor near the Chaos shrine.
It's a very beautiful place, even in its desolate state, but for some time
it's been troubled by the packs of dark wolves owned by the inhabitants. It
is a degenerate, cursed city – although I think this only adds to its quiet
and eerie charm, which I enjoy very much.
But on my last visit to the city I was shocked to the bone by some kind of
dejá-vu: I crossed paths with a giant, dread spider! Now those of you who
travelled our new homeland know, that there are normally no dread spiders
stalking the country in bright daylight. So what did this specimen do here?
I used my magic to become invisible, and started to investigate into this
matter. Before long, I found one of the many ruined buildings of the city
being covered in cobwebs. Several giant and dread spiders clustered all
around it, watching. Shivers crept up my neck but I moved on inside the
building.
There I found a horrific display: Spider webs
everywhere, human figures, spun up in silk, lying like dead. A huge cocoon
of some strange beast hanging in one corner, another one between two
pillars, wriggling as if about to burst - and on one end of the room the
sight I almost half-expected with fear: a black moongate standing erect on
some kind of stone abattoir!
Oh, I knew all to well what horror was lurking on the other side of that
moongate, for even though I have only been there for a few short moments,
the memory of terror is still burning in my head. I immediately conjured up
a wall of energy fields around the gate, hoping that nothing else might
creep through it to our world.
After that I sent message to Lord Dahak, who came and saw for himself right
away and used a powerful blocking spell to seal the moongate. Hoping, that
this will do for the time being, we withdraw to discuss what can be done to
prevent further such intrusions.
We agreed, that we will have to form a party to investigate the source of
this spider invasion ... on the other side of the moongate! So please, all
you who have a taste for fighting, train your various skills and prepare to
be called on! We will start our first excursion soon.
Until then I will try to find a way to prevent us all from being killed by
the deadly poison of those arachnids ...
Yours
Seer
Turgon