A young human explorer named Fasken arrived in the dark, mountain cave. For eight years, since he was eleven, he’d studied the myths and tales. He slowly walked into the room in admiration. It was at least forty feet in circumference, and completely round. Massive stone plates covered the walls, depicting battle against a long gone foe. In the center, there was only a pedestal, and upon it, a single gem. Fasken took a swig of water from his water skin, his heart racing. Almost running over to the pedestal, he inspected the gem. It seemed almost to be a mix of Topaz, Jet, Lapis Lazuli, Ruby, Emerald, Opal, Obsidian, and lastly, Diamond. A gem for every country… The young man put a single hand on the gem, then after feeling it’s smoothness, he picked it up, placing it in his bag. ‘Just… imagine how much it’s worth!’ He thought, quickly rethinking. ‘No… this is something I must keep to myself… tell them of the place, but say the gem wasn’t there… I’ll still be famous!’ Suddenly the whole mountain began to rumble… No, not just the mountain, the whole wasteland! As the man heard cracking noises beneath him, he soon found himself falling through the thin rock.<br/>________________________________________________________________________<br/>Aikiden let out a soft gasp as the man picked her up. She felt one of her spinal spikes impale his arm, but he simply moved his arm and said nothing. As the other woman who helped came over, she introduced herself as Kathwyn. Moving a stray hair out of the way of her face, Aikiden sighed, realizing she should probably introduce herself. “Yes… I am De’rosovian. My name ees… Aikiden.” She was about to listen to hear the man holding her introduce himself, but the mountain began to shake. Rock fell from the walls, and then from above as a man fell about twenty feet, landing directly onto Kathwyn. He quickly jumped to his feet, reeling in pain. He was a human, young, blond, and muscular. He also has a ton of equipment on him. “Ah…” He sighed, feeling his ribs. “Wh-what the hell… I’m really sorry miss… To be fair though, I didn’t do that on purpose…” He then looked around, the cave still rumbling. He took notice of Aikiden, rushing over to her. “Oh, wow! A de’rosovian! Are you okay? I’m Fasken, an explorer.” Aikiden was about to reluctantly respond, but she heard something… odd… “Is… that? Eaos? Err… wa…water?” She said, mixing up her words.<br/><br/>But indeed it was. What was once a dusty wasteland was now a thin marsh, peaceful looking and cool. But the marsh was far from the most interesting addition to the wastes. A massive castle sat in the middle, water running off of it. It wasn’t close, but they could still see it clearly. The architecture was beyond any imagination, with twists and leans impossible for most buildings.<br/><br/>Fasken, upon seeing the castle, shouted out in joy. “Yes! After all these years! I’m finally going to find it!” He looked directly at Isk’Karra. “That right there, my Starscale friend, is the Djela castle!” His eyes were bright with joy and excitement. “I-I don’t think I should go alone though… You should all come! For one, it’s a good place to rest and give that girl some medical attention. But imagine all the treasures! You’ll never have to lift a finger again! What do you all say?”<br/>