You take a deep breath before entering the archway because you know the gas bubbles that come from the pools of tar are and can be lethal,if not by the nerve effects but by the vicious rock trolls who inhabit this area.
To your surprise you walk as far as the mysterious gate to the north and you see a huge battle has taken place here,maybe two hundered trolls lay burned and torn apart ,body pieces lying all about.You see the appeared to be making a last stand guarding the two-headed viper skeleton upon the ancient alter that is in front of a pair of huge obsidean gates that have been locked for eons.
You notice at a first glance the viper skulls have been removed and are now both inserted into slots on the now opened gates,one inserted into the left gate and the twin in the right gate,both appear to have wickedly evil grins upon there opened mouths(imagine when they were alive!).
As you approach the now opened gates you see the body of what appears to be a ogre,but not your normal run of the mill type but here you see a ogre with hair in a eastern style ponytail on top of its head and it appears to be wearing fine black silks covered in a light overlapping alloy hauberk,leggends say that long long ago a race of intelligent ogres existed known as Ogre Magi(magic/fighting ogres).
You notice the ogre appears to be holding a strange piece of metalic ore in his left hand and a very well made two-handed sword in the other.Besides the gaping head wound you notice no other damage to this magnificent warrior.Beyond the gates you see a ancient rope bridge overgrown with creepers and a assortment of climbers.
Far across the bridge you see a huge gaping hole tunneled into the far cliff looking like a huge mouth,below the rope bridge maybe a thousand feet below you see a rich pine forest
the smell of it carries across the open gorge.You decide to cross the rope bridge....(THE ADVENTURE BEGINS)
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