The Pool of Fire

Meepo led them through a large door in the back of the Hall of Dragons. There were quite a few other doors in the Hall, but Meepo did not open them or tell them what was in there. Meepo opened the door and led them in another darkened hallway.

He brought them around a corner and to another door and then waited. "Meepo, no hear monsters, but maybe the stinky goblins are there! We be careful, yessssss."

So Ropin and Kasas and the others got ready and quietly opened the door. It was dark and black, and they heard and saw nothing. The room opened out to be a little bit bigger than the hallway they just came from and had some dirty rags in one corner and some small bones in another. Ropin also noticed some footprints leading to another door.

Directly in front of them, was the door. They walked up to it and quietly listened and searched for anything that might hurt them. It seemed safe and sound, so they opened this door as well.

This room was similar to the one they just came from, but instead of another door in front of them, they saw a hallways disappear into the darkness. The footprints also went down into the hallway into the darkness. As they entered the room, they also saw an old broken fountain on their left. Kasas and Ropin were interested in the fountain, so they looked at it and Kasas saw some words written in Droconic above the fountain. Kasas brought his torch closer to the words so he could read them. When Ropin asked what it meant, Kasas told them it said "Let there be Fire!"


He was about to leave it alone, when Meepo said that some words are magical: "You say magic words, say and magic come maybe, yessss! You try, you try!" So Kasas said the words he saw above the fountain in Droconic: Nethilac! Suddenly, some red thick, goopy liquid started to come out of the fountain. It was collecting in the fountain's basin. Meepo was excited, and so was Kasas, since he thought that he knew what this red stuff was: Alchemist's Fire!

He then decided to throw his torch into the red liquid and ........

WHOOSH!!!!! CRACKLE!!!!!

......the fire from his torch ignited with the red liquid and burned very quickly and very brightly. So quickly that the fire's flames climbed up Kasas' sleeve and started to burn his arm. He quickly put out the fire, but was shocked at the power of the Alchemist's Fire. Everyone else rushed over to see if Kasas was alright, after their eyes adjusted to the bright light that they were now in.

The fire continued to burn in the fountain. As this was going on, Ropin was searching around the room and found another secret door - he was getting better at finding those doors!

He opened the door and looked inside. He knew the other adventurers had not gone in here since he did not see any footprints. In fact, he thought that no one had been in here for a very long time. He must be careful!