<strong>Ellen</strong><br/><br/>"Just for a minute." He answered, "We have to deliver our permit to the High Priestess of this city."<br/><br/>Ermon reached into his breast pocket, "They don't have any place for us to dock, though. So you'll have to deliver it." He added, producing some more paperwork that he presented to Ellen. It was an envelope bearing the seal of Aeune over it; A sword penetrating into a cloud.<br/><br/>"The Gobbos have territorial claim to any old ruins we find." The captain explained, "But we can still host adventures there, so that's just fine by me."<br/><br/>Rath landed atop the deck with dissapointment, "Heeey. Why're we slowing down?"<br/><br/>Ermon sighed, "Hey, you're going with Miss Ellen, alright? Just... do as she tells you to, okay?"<br/><br/>The half-celestial tossed his head to the side with a smile, "Alright."<br/><br/>The older man sighed, "Just look for the biggest and brightest building down there and that'll probably be the main temple."<br/><br/><strong>Ivette</strong><br/><br/>"Not you, specifically." He replied, tilting his head at an angle that almost seemed uncomfortable, "The observatory allows sight of only those within the dungeon walls."<br/><br/>"Ewon tells me that... you are very far from your home. The flying city place." He continued, making his way across the room towards her. The captain of the guard remained with Ivette, but aside from that, she was alone with the man.<br/><br/>"Tell me." He said, his body completely inert, "What did you do back in your homeland?"<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Will save! Even if you fail, you can continue talking as normal and will only notice a slight mind-effecting ability.<br/><br/><strong>Dexter</strong><br/><br/>Dirae took his advice with a thoughtful moment of silence, "This thing's full of surprises... I'm not going to risk anyone else. It'll just be you and me, kid." She said with a lusty wink, departing back upstairs to the study.<br/><br/>From his brief skimming of the text, he found a description of the catalyst of Ongwyn's destruction.<br/><br/>'I suspect the beast was slumbering in the far depths of the ocean until the civil war broke out. The terrible powers that we brought to that conflict may have awakened the creature and enraged it. When it departed from the sea, it was as if a great mountain arose from the ocean floor. The ascent sent out a tidal wave that wiped out entire settlements. Our soldiers, tense from the bloody battles against the rebels and fearing it to be some sort of super-weapon summoned by the enemy... In their terror, they attacked with all the fury our army could muster. Weapons designed for the destruction of an entire castle were hurled upon the unwitting creature.<br/><br/>Covered in moss and aquatic flora, I could not truly see what sort of being it was underneath the plant life, save for two glowing emerald eyes and its' long hare-like ears. It had four legs as large as towers, and a long tail that swayed as it moved.<br/><br/>If only I had been there... They could not harm it in the slightest. The creature meandered, assaulting in retaliation all of our attempts to turn its' course. Not even I could not stop it, and I surmise our constant assault only led it directly to our home.<br/><br/>I watched from my tower the destruction of Ongwyn. At the very walls, we detonated a massive runic bomb in one last ditch effort to stop it. The creature just fell atop the castle, seemingly dead... but it brought down the entire island with it. It did not seem like it was even trying... The creature exerted only enough force to thwart our harassment.<br/><br/>I have been studying it these years following Ongwyn's demise-'<br/><br/>The pirate returned at that moment, "Alright." She said with a hand on her hip, "The hatch just closed again. D'you know how to work this thing?"