2/21/2019 – The rangers spoke to Shamino about Jonny’s advice to seek out Geoffrey to help with the situation with Jhelom, and Shamino mentioned that while he had not seen the great warrior in some time, he was aware of a recent finding in the Stygian Abyss, a so-called “Trial of Courage” whose apparent purpose is to test the resolve of those that dare to enter it. As for Geoffrey, Shamino stated, he was one to seek out these kinds of trials to test himself, and thus there may be a reasonable chance that the rangers would be able to locate him there. Shortly thereafter, Shamino and the rangers departed for the Stygian Abyss to seek out the Trial of Courage.
Upon finding the entrance, Shamino warned the rangers that whatever they might find within would bear great risk and peril, and should not be taken lightly, before leaving to pursue a separate matter that he was involved with. As soon as the rangers entered the forgotten halls they heard the booming voice of Geoffrey echoing throughout the corridors once he realized that others had entered the Trial. He warned them at first to turn back, but when they refused he said that if they wished to speak with him, they would have to make it through the three tests to catch up.
The rangers took on the harrowing challenges of the Trial of Courage, beginning with the Panic Room and its many levers, and then doing battle across the Bog of Fear against mysterious entities that took the form of the rangers, and finally through the Test of Persistence, where the rangers had to push through a freezing corridor engulfed in a blinding blizzard. At the end of their journey they encountered the final room, wherein Sir Geoffrey stood gazing upon an ancient skeleton sitting upon a throne – the skeleton, he said, of the mage that had constructed this maze out of sheer cowardice. In truth, the Trial of Courage was not a true test of courage but rather one mage’s killer puzzles to separate him from a world which frightened him, and where he died alone.
After speaking with the rangers, Geoffrey agreed to help them with the troubles in Jhelom, as it was a town he loved. Before parting ways, Geoffrey said he would call to the rangers once he would need their assistance.
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Upon finding the entrance, Shamino warned the rangers that whatever they might find within would bear great risk and peril, and should not be taken lightly, before leaving to pursue a separate matter that he was involved with. As soon as the rangers entered the forgotten halls they heard the booming voice of Geoffrey echoing throughout the corridors once he realized that others had entered the Trial. He warned them at first to turn back, but when they refused he said that if they wished to speak with him, they would have to make it through the three tests to catch up.
The rangers took on the harrowing challenges of the Trial of Courage, beginning with the Panic Room and its many levers, and then doing battle across the Bog of Fear against mysterious entities that took the form of the rangers, and finally through the Test of Persistence, where the rangers had to push through a freezing corridor engulfed in a blinding blizzard. At the end of their journey they encountered the final room, wherein Sir Geoffrey stood gazing upon an ancient skeleton sitting upon a throne – the skeleton, he said, of the mage that had constructed this maze out of sheer cowardice. In truth, the Trial of Courage was not a true test of courage but rather one mage’s killer puzzles to separate him from a world which frightened him, and where he died alone.
After speaking with the rangers, Geoffrey agreed to help them with the troubles in Jhelom, as it was a town he loved. Before parting ways, Geoffrey said he would call to the rangers once he would need their assistance.
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