The First Meeting

The 13th of Zincyth marks our first meeting with Desillarus Trevor. While I haven't fully gotten the hang of this whole nonlinear timeline thing, I figure it would be important to mark the date. According to this odd old wizard, we've all met before. Or rather, he's met us before. But that's in his past, and in our future.
 
You have no idea how long it took to explain that to Gargax. It was horrible. His nose started bleeding, I could see smoke coming from his ears, it was a whole thing. But Trevor was extremely patient with us, even allowing Gax to give him the name "Trevor". Desillarus is just too complicated. Oh, and Kevin and Tyler, the guardian statues, they were pretty chill too, allowing Gax the same liberties. Although... they do live in a magically teleporting house that only appears when a musically inclined butterfly summons you. So I could have imagined the entire thing due to my hangover.
 
The old man claimed to have had our help in a quest before, in his past. He had another one available for us, if we were willing to pursue this relationship. I was having a hard time believing any of this, but then I remembered that silly old tarot card reading back in Tebrook. Maybe this was the offer I was supposed to accept.
And the thought of being led towards this exciting adventure, I just couldn't refuse.
 
Where: Penthill - Drunken Albatross
What: Splendiferous Bauble
How: The Challenge Dungeon
Who: Igor Larionov
Why: ... Trevor said so, and so did that skyrim courier
 
Note to self: Sometimes the cloaked figure at the bar is just a broom
 
The people of Penthill are a wonderful bunch. Except Testicles. Screw that guy.
The gnomes who built the challenge dungeon, Igor, the famous inventor, and most of the travelers who came from all over just to show off their skills; the whole crowd was welcoming and merry. But they were no match for the Blue Man Group.
Even after we were separated, even after solving most of the puzzles through pure luck, we came out on top!
 
At first I was nervous about Gax becoming separated from Misht and I, but soon I was overwhelmed with babysitting the warlock. He almost fell down a ditch, and then I had to drag him through a room full of basilisks to avoid getting petrified, and then we had to change our course because the useless man can't fly.
Nevertheless, he did show his prowess in the end. He helped me stay strong when I was tempted by a corridor filled with gorgeous blue gems. And he also technically solved the final puzzle that earned us our winnings.
 
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No matter how many times Trevor says the Splendiferous Bauble is a pinecone that only looks like my deepest desire, I swear to you it's a sapphire. A sapphire that gives you some weird ass visions of the past. Visions of the original Masters, the burning of a building, and the end of ... something.
Trevor says that we're getting close to understanding the whole story; whatever happened to the original masters. During his first meeting with us, Trevor was tasked with unraveling the mysteries of the Masters and finding evidence of foul play. I can only wonder... what future do we have before us?