Post by Gamemaster on May 17, 2005 8:28:32 GMT -7
When the tremors started weeks ago, they were so faint that Nalv hardly noticed them at first. But as the nights grew longer, the upheavals gradually increased in their intensity, threatening to destroy the sacred shrine entrusted to Nalv's care. For weeks he searched for the cause of the tremors and soon discovered a hole in the rocky hill near the shrine where the force of the earthquakes seemed to originate. Summoning all his strength, Nalv tried to enter the hole, but the heavy stone around the small opening resisted his most diligent efforts.
At first Nalv thought he could wait until the High Holy Days for help, when pious pilgrims would throng to the secluded shrine from the nearby trade routes. But the Holy Season was months away, and judging by the shrine's increasing damage from the regular upheavals, there would be nothing but a pile of rubble to greet the pilgrims this year if Nalv waited much longer.
At first Nalv thought he could wait until the High Holy Days for help, when pious pilgrims would throng to the secluded shrine from the nearby trade routes. But the Holy Season was months away, and judging by the shrine's increasing damage from the regular upheavals, there would be nothing but a pile of rubble to greet the pilgrims this year if Nalv waited much longer.