Hi folks, tis I Humble Dillweed!
After my last vacation to the Frozen Wastes (
http://www.legendaryvoyage.com/forum...opic.asp?t=256) I thought perhaps I needed to go somewhere warmer, it occurred to me that Avaleron with its boiling lava springs and hot night life would be the place to go.
The following is a written account of my latest trip!
Well I stepped off the teleporter and was immediately hit by the warmth of my surroundings; you know a hot summer day can be nice once in a while so I thought this could be fun. Although to avoid severe sun burn I decided to put on some FRF50 (Fire Resistance factor) lotion and then set off to explore.
I stopped to ask a strange looking dude the directions to the nearest hostel but all he did was fling fire bolts at me and try to get me to melt in his arms so I spent the first few moments on Avalaron running from him and his kind. I chanced upon some stairs down while I was fleeing and thought a cave had to be cooler and perhaps in this case safer, but even the cave was full of these strange beasts and being trapped underground made me have deep sympathy for anything that gets cooked in an oven!
Finally I made it to the end of a cave and managed to stop for a brief respite, I chanced upon some Adventurer chap who shared some water with me and gave me directions to a small outpost further ahead where I might find lodgings and be able to purchase some better supplies.
I set off again, walking and sometimes running from lava field to lava field and from one monster to the next eventually stumbling into camp and begging for protection...
The next morning I awoke rested from the previous day’s ordeal and set about preparing for my guided tour into the volcano, the brochure said it was one of the best kept secrets of wonder left in the world and this had me curious!
After spending a few days in town I shipped out with Anita as she was my guide and we ventured off to the volcano, she led me and a few others into a hole below the town apparently this was a secret passage to the volcano island. She let us all know that there were some cute lizards to be seen in the cave, I should have known something was up when she showed us half a dead cow she planned to use as food for us to throw to the little things. At first we smelt them, a mix of stale eggs and smoke fumes then we heard their whining and screeching and finally we came across a Fire Lizard, these baby cousins of Dragons were much larger than Anita had led us to believe but seemed sated by the cow we had brought along and offered us no resistance as we travelled to the volcano island.
So there we were back on solid ground again, at the foot of the volcano. Anita pointed out the strange critters I had run from at the start of my vacation were in fact called Magmatrons and were hardy lava dwelling beasts that ate fresh lava and burped out flammable gases causing their fire bolts. She told us they were not really harmful but the fire bolts were merely a byproduct of a natural process. If I had been paying attention perhaps I would have noticed the smirk on her face when she told us that.
One of our party suffered a nasty gash on the volcanic rocks as we travelled up the mountain, and while we tended to them we were set upon by the Magmatrons. Anita was apparently skilled in Water Magic because she tossed numerous water spells at them putting out their harmful fire bolts and giving us enough time to venture further up the volcano.
After reaching the top of the volcano, Anita ushered us past an amazing statue of a huge Fire Lizard and into the safety of a large cave. It was here that we met another adventure by the name of Dirk who told us about this amazing resort in the bowels of the volcano where the drinks are free, the food delicious and the surroundings devine.
Tomorrow we will head over to the resort to check it out, but for now we are spending the night in the cave.
I shall write more when I can, this traveling lark sure sounds more romantic when someone else is doing the writing!