other clues, the torch lighting the tapestries as he did so. He noticed some writing on one.
"The book of light will not see the day, with out the key of light and a price to pay."
"A price to pay? How dangerous could a book be?" he thought.
There had been old wives tales passed down through generations of the elder magicians spell books that carried curses for anyone besides the magicians who tried to steal the secrets from their scripts. Sean never thought this to be true, he just figured the elders made the rumours themselves as a defense mechanism. Use peoples fear against them. So he wasn't phased by the phrase, but he began to look around for clues on what maybe the key of light. Brushing off dust from the tapestries he found much of the History of the planet. He decided that whoever made this place walked the soil before the foundations of the Land of Light. They spoke of creatures as if they were gods, many of which must have been extinct long ago because Sean had never heard of some of them. He found this foolish that creatures held more awe than any humans and that we used to bow down to animals on a planet that his own species owned. He also found it amusing how the elders saw it fit to give the creature Gods, human attributes. Often the head of the creature and the body of a human, or vice versa.
Brushing off yet another tapestry he came across a depiction of Arcai, the God of predators and decider of the catch. Arcai had the body of a man and the head of a Tiger, and in this depiction he was standing on a mountainside holding a key that glowed with a brilliant light up to the sky, as a hole in what seemed to be heaven broke through the clouds. In the next tapestry it was the exact same except instead of the key he held a blue gemstone about the size of a fist. There were many gemstones in the room but none were blue. He began brushing off the next tapestry which was that of the God of war, Beltos. This god was also linked to Arcai but was said to be more vindictive and indiscriminate. He was a man with a Hawks wings and eyes and was said to be one of the founding Angels of heaven. Again Sean laughed at this concept. He was very sceptical about the whole religion subject and the thought these half human half beast concepts created Earth, heaven and hell was too much. He burst out laughing. The noise echoed through the room and out into the Cavern. The extra breath he exhaled caused some more dust to be blown up from the tapestry and in turn made him sneeze which threw up even more dust. As it did so though he noticed some writing burried underneath.
"The key of light quest. Press here, only the best."
Sean pressed and the a door creaked open behind the tapestry. He lifted up and shone the torch. Another spiral staircase. Being sceptical, this time he was even more careful than the last. The stone wasn't as wet, but taking no chances he still went down on his ass. This one was much shorter than the last and after about five minutes he made it to another corridor. The torch showed Sean the treacherous path before him. There was a line painted in faded white saying "Begin, beware," and scattered out before it were remains of previous adventurers that had been killed in a variety of ways. The smell of decomposing flesh was wretched.
There was a large pit about Ten strides in front but he figured that was the least of his worries. Many of the bodies had arrows embedded in them or been sliced perfectly by what must have been blades of some sort, yet he couldn't see where any of it had come from. Traps were obviously set and he saw no reason why he should attempt to walk out there without knowing what he was in store for. He picked up a stone and threw it. It clanked down the corridor and then echoed off as it fell into the pit, but nothing happened. He figured he need more movement. There was a skeletal remain pinned against the wall about Five strides in front of him. It was balancing precariously on a ledge out
"The book of light will not see the day, with out the key of light and a price to pay."
"A price to pay? How dangerous could a book be?" he thought.
There had been old wives tales passed down through generations of the elder magicians spell books that carried curses for anyone besides the magicians who tried to steal the secrets from their scripts. Sean never thought this to be true, he just figured the elders made the rumours themselves as a defense mechanism. Use peoples fear against them. So he wasn't phased by the phrase, but he began to look around for clues on what maybe the key of light. Brushing off dust from the tapestries he found much of the History of the planet. He decided that whoever made this place walked the soil before the foundations of the Land of Light. They spoke of creatures as if they were gods, many of which must have been extinct long ago because Sean had never heard of some of them. He found this foolish that creatures held more awe than any humans and that we used to bow down to animals on a planet that his own species owned. He also found it amusing how the elders saw it fit to give the creature Gods, human attributes. Often the head of the creature and the body of a human, or vice versa.
Brushing off yet another tapestry he came across a depiction of Arcai, the God of predators and decider of the catch. Arcai had the body of a man and the head of a Tiger, and in this depiction he was standing on a mountainside holding a key that glowed with a brilliant light up to the sky, as a hole in what seemed to be heaven broke through the clouds. In the next tapestry it was the exact same except instead of the key he held a blue gemstone about the size of a fist. There were many gemstones in the room but none were blue. He began brushing off the next tapestry which was that of the God of war, Beltos. This god was also linked to Arcai but was said to be more vindictive and indiscriminate. He was a man with a Hawks wings and eyes and was said to be one of the founding Angels of heaven. Again Sean laughed at this concept. He was very sceptical about the whole religion subject and the thought these half human half beast concepts created Earth, heaven and hell was too much. He burst out laughing. The noise echoed through the room and out into the Cavern. The extra breath he exhaled caused some more dust to be blown up from the tapestry and in turn made him sneeze which threw up even more dust. As it did so though he noticed some writing burried underneath.
"The key of light quest. Press here, only the best."
Sean pressed and the a door creaked open behind the tapestry. He lifted up and shone the torch. Another spiral staircase. Being sceptical, this time he was even more careful than the last. The stone wasn't as wet, but taking no chances he still went down on his ass. This one was much shorter than the last and after about five minutes he made it to another corridor. The torch showed Sean the treacherous path before him. There was a line painted in faded white saying "Begin, beware," and scattered out before it were remains of previous adventurers that had been killed in a variety of ways. The smell of decomposing flesh was wretched.
There was a large pit about Ten strides in front but he figured that was the least of his worries. Many of the bodies had arrows embedded in them or been sliced perfectly by what must have been blades of some sort, yet he couldn't see where any of it had come from. Traps were obviously set and he saw no reason why he should attempt to walk out there without knowing what he was in store for. He picked up a stone and threw it. It clanked down the corridor and then echoed off as it fell into the pit, but nothing happened. He figured he need more movement. There was a skeletal remain pinned against the wall about Five strides in front of him. It was balancing precariously on a ledge out
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