We played a session of "The Game" yesterday.

We came to an ancient temple in search of a powerful magical staff that allows the user and the user's allies to see everything in perfect clarity. However, the staff had since been taken by the Vardenites, a nation of undead. We spoke with the spirit guardians of the staff that remained at the temple and they explained a way to summon the staff back.

Sounds like a good idea right? Well, we did what they said, and it worked. Unfortunately, what we didn't anticipate was that the wielder would come with it. Enter the ancient lich, Kah. He was a man that in his lifetime was so dangerous and powerful that his enemies constructed a line of magic-amplifying defensive towers to deal with just him.

Still, it was about 20 to 1 in our favor.

When he appeared, in the immediate flurry we launched attacks and spells at him. The aura of fear and stench of death overwhelmed many of us. Those who attacked with weapons could never make contact. Spells would often just fail, sometimes they would even be reflected back at us.

"The yellow-eyed bitch will be the first to die"

Kah pointed across the room at our leader, Lyra, queen of Thrain. He leaped through the air at her, wielding 4 swords in 4 arms.

Gunther, an exceptional scientist of magic, stood next to Lyra. He panicked and activated his most powerful and unpredictable device: The magic-draining bomb. Anything and everything magical in the area began to lose its power. Our powerful magical items we carried became no more. Kah was suddenly blown back and began to disintegrate in a grand spectacle of sparks.

A nearby ranger, Jack, came to deliver the finishing blow to Kah. When he got close he began to shake uncontrollably. Suddenly, he rushes at Lyra and slashes at her side a blow of incredible power cutting halfway through her body.

"I told you the bitch would die"

Lyra's men cut the possessed ranger to pieces.

Kah's body had now completely vanished, and we have possession of the Staff of Seeing, which remarkably survived the effects of the magic-draining bomb.

Lyra lie there dieing, and now we could all see that there is nothing we could do to save her. We still tried, but in vain.

Queen Lyra of Thrain, R.I.P.

Heavy-hearted, we returned to Flame now armed with the Staff of Seeing. The news was foreboding: The Vardenites have engaged on Flame's southern boarder.

*eagerly awaits next chapter*



An awesome song I heard for the first time yesterday:

WITHIN TEMPTATION - See Who I Am

Is It True What They Say
Are We To Blind To Find A Way
Fear Of The Unknown
Cloud Our Hearts Today

Come Into My World
See Through My Eyes
Try To Understand
Don't Wanna Lose What We Have

We've Been Dreaming
For Who Can't Deny
It's The Best Way Of Living
Between The Truth And The Lies

Chorus
See Who I Am
Break Through The Surface
Reach For My Hand
And Shout Out That We Can
Free Your Mind And Find A Way
The World Is In Our Hands
This Is Not The End


Fear Is Withering The Soul
At The Point Of No Return
We Must Be The Change We Wish To See

I'll Come Into Your World
See Through Your Eyes
I'll Try To Understand
Before We Lose What We Have

We Just Can't Stop Believing
Because We Have To Try
We Can Rise Above The Truth And The Lies

Chorus
See Who I Am
Break Through The Surface
Reach For My Hand
And Shout Out That We Can
Free Your Mind And Find A Way
The World Is In Our Hands

See Who I am
Break Through The Surface
Reach For My Hand
And Shout Out That We Can
Free Your Mind And Find A way
The World Is In Our Hands

This Is Not The End

Hear The Silence
Reach Out My Blame
Will Our Strength Remain?
If The Power Rise

Chorus
See Who I Am
Break Through The Surface
Reach For My Hand
And Shout Out That We Can
Free Your Mind And Find A Way
The World Is In Our Hands

See Who I Am
Break Through The Surface
Reach For My Hand
And Shout Out That We Can
Free Your Mind And Find A Way
The World Is In Our Hands

This Is Not The End