<div align="center"><strong>Dungeon World: A Fertile Crescent</strong><br/>The First Session<br/><br/>Starring:<br/>Amelia Allbright the Wizard<br/>Hedenabi Zhuga-il the Bard<br/>Queluna Kilurden the Fighter</div><br/><div align="center">(http://i.imgur.com/K8nob0H.jpg)</div><div align="center"><em>The Buried City of Shub-Ishur</em></div><br/><strong>Amelia, Hedenabi, Queluna</strong><br/><br/>It hadn't been easy to reach the city; it took a team of dedicated miners and archaeologists to breach the sands and dirt and dust that had buried the ancient place, and more time yet to close the distance of the wide cavern between their entrance and the wide open entry.  And that had been the easiest part of the trip.  There were only the three left of what had begun as an expedition of eleven: the sage Amelia, the storyteller Hedenabi, and the elf from across the sea, Queluna.  Most of the others had turned back before they'd reached the cities.<br/><br/>A few had died.  Most of them died inglorious deaths born of sloppy delving, poor climbing.  Those had spurred the others on, but it had also stirred dissent among the ranks of those explorers, convinced them that this was too dangerous to continue.  As they delved deeper into the city, more of them agreed, until only the esteemed explorer Ninsunu had maintained with the adventurers.  "There is wealth here, and power," he'd said, trying to rally the remainder, but to no avail.  After they'd gone, to the three women who remained, he'd cackled, "More for the rest of us, yes?"<br/><br/>Now he was dead, too, ground into the dust of the deep tunnel city.  That wasn't some time past.  That happened just a few seconds ago.<br/><br/>The trio stands in a throne room, long since abandoned -- or that had seemed to be the case until mere moments ago.  Now the room was quickly becoming populated, and Ninsunu, once a lively and somewhat obnoxious soul was split between a stain on the ground and a stain on a massive steel club, clutched in the hands of a creature that towered some nine feet tall, with a bull's head and hooves.  It happened with a shriek and then a crash.  The bullman was big enough all on its own to block that entrance, the only entrance into the royal throne; there might be another exit further back, behind the throne and the decorated wall that rises up twenty feet to the ceiling behind it, decorated in pictographic stories of past heroics, but who knows?<br/><br/>Its hooves clack on the sandstone floors as it walks, and it's walking toward our three heroes, and yes, there is ill intent in the eyes of the beast.<br/><br/><strong>EVERYONE</strong><br/>What something did you touch, take, pocket, or break in Shub-Ishur, the buried city?  Also, everyone, you're in a pretty dangerous situation, so<strong>what do you do</strong>?  Feel free to expand on the scene to make things exciting.  Don't be shy; you've got the authority to make things up, especially to add life to the scene.  Always!  Also: I'm going to ask you all questions, all the time.  You should feel free to ask me questions whenever you want, too.<br/><br/><strong>AMELIA</strong><br/>Hedenabi is here for the story of the place, and Queluna's practical: she just wants to make money off the trip.  I think there's more to it, and I think you know what it is: Amelia, what's really worthwhile here in Shub-Ishtar?<br/><br/><strong>HEDENABI</strong><br/>What's something interesting about this place that none of us know?  You know better than anyone else here.<br/><br/><strong>QUELUNA</strong><br/>Who's to blame for the lack of warning here?  Who told you the city was abandoned?  Are there going to be consequences for misleading you, for getting people killed?