[CENTER][color=598527][h1][u]Chapter 2[/u]

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[color=00746b][h2]Queen's Way[/h2][/color][/CENTER]

The party find themselves falling and tumbling over themselves until finally...they hit a solid surface. Upon standing up and looking around, they find that they stand at the edge of a raised and broken causeway under a hazy, twilit sky. The causeway, which is built from pale stones that glow faintly from within, towers over the surrounding landscape, but large sections of it have crumbled away. The parts that remain in place are separated by large gaps where portions have collapsed.

A fog-shrouded swamp spreads out below them in all directions, and up from its murk wafts the smell of rotting plants. Also rising from the swamp is the music of nature—a discordant symphony of croaking frogs and singing birds.

When they try to look further than the swamp, all they see is a thick and vast fog. 

Out of the entire party...Gabriel is the only one who feels something. He feels a painful tug at his heart. It's a nagging sensation. He instinctually knows what this means: 

The item he lost at the Witchlight Carnival...It's here! Somewhere in these swamps! But he can't tell where it is exactly.