A Random Event Has Occurred!
There’s something moving within the pond, something whose scales reflect the light filtering through the forest canopy. From the right angle, it would be easy to miss, so well does it blend in.
From beneath the water’s surface it watches the first horse appear, watches the way he peers into the pool and inspects the treasure lying at the bottom. His treasure, for he was there when the god dropped it into the pool, and has guarded it jealously ever since. There was a message it held, scribed in runes upon its surface, but it was not for simply anyone to read.
He drifts closer, the water rippling all around as he dares to come near to the surface, the better to see the horses and to hear their words.
His long, whiskered face peers out at them when he finally breaches, water framing his pale body like a cloak. A single turquoise spot marks his forehead, and as his eyes meet those of the antlered horse, it begins to glow.
It glows the way the rock at the bottom of the pool glows, and oh, how it burns. The light is bright enough to illuminate each of the horse’s faces, for them to feel the warmth it casts. With a cry, the fish leaps into the air, falling back into the pool with a splash, where it swims quickly to the bottom. The stone is glowing more fiercely now, it’s light filling the pool, and it is this stone that the fish now circles around.
The water ripples, and something about the movement looks like it’s dancing, like it’s inviting the horses in to dance with it.
If they do, if they swim together to the bottom of the pool, they will find the pull of the stone strangely enticing. And if they swim near enough to it, they will find the glowing inscriptions easy to read, but perhaps harder to puzzle.
the relic chooses its wielder
Below the words is a scene, carved into the stone bottom of the pool. It shows a group of horses rearing up against a creature - a giant snake? It seems to be protecting something from its attackers.
(They best move quickly, for the fish is swimming menacingly closer.)
From beneath the water’s surface it watches the first horse appear, watches the way he peers into the pool and inspects the treasure lying at the bottom. His treasure, for he was there when the god dropped it into the pool, and has guarded it jealously ever since. There was a message it held, scribed in runes upon its surface, but it was not for simply anyone to read.
He drifts closer, the water rippling all around as he dares to come near to the surface, the better to see the horses and to hear their words.
His long, whiskered face peers out at them when he finally breaches, water framing his pale body like a cloak. A single turquoise spot marks his forehead, and as his eyes meet those of the antlered horse, it begins to glow.
It glows the way the rock at the bottom of the pool glows, and oh, how it burns. The light is bright enough to illuminate each of the horse’s faces, for them to feel the warmth it casts. With a cry, the fish leaps into the air, falling back into the pool with a splash, where it swims quickly to the bottom. The stone is glowing more fiercely now, it’s light filling the pool, and it is this stone that the fish now circles around.
The water ripples, and something about the movement looks like it’s dancing, like it’s inviting the horses in to dance with it.
If they do, if they swim together to the bottom of the pool, they will find the pull of the stone strangely enticing. And if they swim near enough to it, they will find the glowing inscriptions easy to read, but perhaps harder to puzzle.
Below the words is a scene, carved into the stone bottom of the pool. It shows a group of horses rearing up against a creature - a giant snake? It seems to be protecting something from its attackers.
(They best move quickly, for the fish is swimming menacingly closer.)
At the bottom of the pool, the rock begins to glow, as if provoked by the horse’s presence. Perhaps it’s the curiosity, the sense of adventure that causes them to enter the pool; or perhaps it’s something else entirely. But when they do, when Septimus and Elchanan swim to the bottom of the pool, they will find carvings on the stones, and a simple inscription to go along with it.
What could it all mean? Feel free to NPC the fish or interpret the carvings however you’d like.
Enjoy!
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