Vantage point
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 84299
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Lord Fred decides to continue up the path to the peak of the mountain
range in order to get a wide view on the whole area deciding that this
would be the best way to locate the entrance to the dragon's cave and
figure out which way would take him there. After a short couple of hours
walking, he reaches the highest point of the mountain. He situates
himself upon a craggy cliff, looking down at the lake. From this vantage
point, he can clearly see that he is in fact not exactly at the top of a
mountain, so much as at the apex of the edge of a gigantic, ancient
crater, the lake being at the bottom-centre. He guesses, due to the
amount of vegetation and forest, that the crater must be many, many
thousands of years old, and musingly wonders if perhaps the dragon was
the cause of the crater, perhaps by being forcibly thrown out of Heaven
by one of the gods. He daydreams for a while about such possibilities,
and a few hours later, finds he's woken up from a light sleep he must
have drifted into during his musings. The moon is nearly full and
illuminates the area quite well, but not quite well enough to make out
the specifics of the crater's geography. Still, this does not stop him
from looking around, and in doing so, he happens to notice an orange glow
underneath a thick plume of smoke in the distance. Sensing danger, he
immediately raises to his feet, clutching his sword in its scabbard. He
reaches into one of the pouches attached to his armour and begins groping
about for his spyglass. Finding it, he raises it to his eye in order to
gain a closer look at what could be going on. Unfortunately, whatever's
burning in the distance is just too far to see. Fred's mind begins
racing with thoughts. There's definitely a fire in the distance, and
then a thought jumps to his head...
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Stan Phylipth
11/22/2008 3:10:32 AM
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