doracle

DIALOGUES

The Oracle

Character profile:

Very little is known of this breathtaking creature. This woman of incredible beauty seems no older than 24 winters, yet what little is known of her tale has been told from generation to generation. The legend claims an ethereal warrior found her on the shores of Reg Volom. How she landed there was a mystery. No travelers had been seen in the fortress in days, and no ship had been seen sailing through Ilshen's Lake. So where did she come from? Queen Silvani was apparently quite taken with the child and took her under her wing. She grew up playing with the fairies and became the keeper of Queen Silvani's sacred unicorns. As the years went by, she started displaying incredibly strong magical powers. Not only did the animals in the forest follow her unspoken commands, she could read into the heart of men, heal the most severe injury with a simple stare, and more importantly, the future, the present and the past had no secrets for her. Because of this gift of sight, she became known as the Oracle. She never talked much. She didn't care for the language of men. She often said: words are a useless and inaccurate burden. If you open your mind and open your heart, all the questions you may have will be answered. One day, she went to Queen Silvani, thanked her for the kindness she showed her through the years and bade her goodbye, for the time had now come for her to follow her fate, which laid elsewhere.

Dialogue

Greetings travellers. You have come a long way, faced many challenges and fought bravely to have come this far. You have proven you have the courage, the strength and the determination that was needed to accomplish the difficult task that was lain before you. Now the question is, do you have the mind to reach your goal? The object you seek is on the altar behind me. Within lies the answer that will free the maiden from her prison.

Behind me, there are four pentagrams. To each of them, a symbol has been assigned. I will ask you a riddle. Take your time to properly think about your answer. Once you are confident you have the correct answer, step on the pentagram which symbol corresponds to your answer. If you answered correctly, you will be taken to the golden chest and seconds away from obtaining what you came here for. If your answer is wrong, you will be expelled from this fortress. If you're still intent on finding out the answer to your question, you will have to battle your way back up here.

Before we proceed, this chest requires a special key to open it. Do you have it? [if yes, take the key from them. If no say: Very well, you will need to answer a 1st riddle then. Should you successfully answer this one, then you will be allowed to attemp pentagram riddle]. Are you ready?

Discretion sits, held far aloft
A knightly strength, and a cowards loss.
Melodious songs, by wispy bards,
Speak of a hero’s deeds, his rise and fall.

[If they don't have the key, ask them the key riddle. If they give the wrong answer, use the context menu on each of the chars to eject them fom the house. If they answered correctly, tell them: "Very well, I shall unlock the chest for you, should you properly answer this next riddle". Ask them the pentagram riddle. If the answer is correct, they will be teleported to the chest. If they chose the wrong pentagram, use the context menu again to eject them. ]

Congratulations, Travellers. You may read the word of power you were seeking. Your quest is nearly at an end. Go back to the Maiden, and wake her from her restless sleep. Few perils await you now. But be swift. Time is of the essence.

Goodbye, and safe journey