About the Mountain of Holes
This book can be found in a chest in northwestern Av'Sal. Poetically, it tells the story of the discovery, conquest, and exploitation of Mt. Yavhlix by Avsohm, ending on an ominous note.
Coordinates¶
| X | Y | Z |
|---|---|---|
| -399 | 107 | 1461 |
Transcription¶
It was the survey drones who found it, I heard.
Everyone knew the rumors. Featherless birds, twisted and three-eyed.
Fish that sought the land and rotted where they landed.
Fields of reeds with underground maws to swallow the feet of passers-by.
And yet there it was: the lilting song of energy for the empire.
The expeditionary force rode north as far as the land would go.
But were stopped by the proud and foolish northern clans
Unswayed by Drehn, the clans barred the path
But later perished at the hands of their hero
Along with all life in that endless plain.
An eternal fury of malevolent ice
Spiraling and spreading like ash from a pyre
Yet serendipitous! For passage to the mountain was found.
And collection began its frenzied refrain.
But rumors from that place persist, of oozing stone
And tumors of alien tissue.
Though comfortable now in fair Av’Sal
Maybe we should not have gone there at all.