Underwater at Metz

Creed sent the following report to TMN:

Hail Para!

I hope this report finds you enjoying your journey!

I want to share a couple of sketches I made while on a trip to an unusual place that was completely new to me, and I believe new to most of the exiles I was with. Manx led us to an underwater area at Metz that was very difficult to get to. It was an extremely strange place. We were able to breathe underwater without the benefit of potions, but the current was so strong that we had to fight tooth and nail to get to the entrance we were trying to access.

Finally, we made it to the bottom of what seemed a ruined and neglected staircase, and on entering found this tiny clearing. As you can see, it was barely large enough for everyone in our group to squeeze in. If you look closely next to Melben you can see a slight blue glow. It may look like a moonstone's light in this sketch, but it's actually a different kind of energy—sort of a buzzing ball of blue light that sizzled and snapped as we watched.

The blue light was harmless to the fighters and mystic in our party, but any healer that stepped into it got "zapped" as if by a bolter in CD. You can see the result of Taryn's experiment with standing on the sizzling blue light for a few moments.

Apparently there are places on Metz where red and yellow lights like this one exist—red ones that zap healers and yellow ones that zap mystics. Melben believes there must be a connection, but time grew short for our group before we could do more than a brief examination. Each exile tried touching and standing on the light, walking over it, etc. Some tried equipping various weapons, using moonstone or cad—in short, we did everything we could think of to affect the light in some way, with no result.

If anyone has further information, please comment here or contact Manx or Melben. We have a new mystery on our hands!

Cheers,
Creed

Posted by Para at December 07, 2006 08:01 AM