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Upon the morning of what was an intense night of drinking and fighting, Marz awoke to begin work once more. The group having seemed to have different ideas on what they should do, Marz had a thought as he slapped Nazih on the back, [color=#933A16]"
Oi, let's head off to the Golden River. I wanna see what's at the Collapse"[/color]. Nazih seemed to have agreed as he followed Marz towards the wreckage of the town. There Marz spotted something very familiar, a Blacksmith.

Upon opening the door, the two Biros seemed to have been greeted in a cautious manner. There was the old stout and balding smith who seemed to have been aged beyond his years, a young woman with a strong body seeming to share a resemblance with the smith. Then finally a small Hegelan boy who ran towards Marz and seemed to start calling out to him in Hegelan, "Hello! Have you found my father?" A confused Marz seemed to look to the smith whom pulled the 2 outsiders in to see what they seemed to have came in for. The students spoke to the smith, the small boy, and the daughter to find that Hegelans used to frequent the area. Seeming to be mostly novices and journeymen in crafts as they were brought here for some reason before they dissappeared.

Upon learning this and being asked by the boy to find his father, Argor Halghivan, a very renowned jeweller within Hagh Ramorghand, who seemed to come to find someone who had dissappeared like the many others. From what Marz learned, there are 2 possible areas of suspicion, the caves the short long foot spoke of having entered before. The other is the church, as the daughter believes that they might have been involved somehow, both seemed promising, yet they needed to choose one, so Marz chose the closest of the 2, the strange blocked off caves. Once the two students made their goodbyes, they began to head off to the caves Esmii spoke of, there they were met with a sign that possibly said "Dangerous" and "Do not Enter", yet a sign would not stop Marz, it meant nothing to him, especially one he couldn't even read. As the two young men ventured into the cave, they slowly began to feel their magic slightly returning to them, meaning as they move they must be moving away from whatever is stopping their magic, yet as they move they begin to see the many strange things this place has. Rocks seem to float, the ground is slipper, even the air seems to be strange as it pulls against them and almost moves them. 

Yet, just like Esmii, this cave seems to almost be alive as it seems to wish to kill the 2 students who are now deep within it. The cave begins to shift and shake, shuttering as pulses of energy overwhelms the students and nearly knocks them on their ass while the rocks around them seem to get vibrated violently and begin to fall. Large rocks come falling as Marz and Nazih begin to run, Nazih began to take the lead while using his shield, charging forward while setting his shield over head to cover himself and Marz from the falling rocks, as they throw themselves from the rocking path to this crevasse. Upon their fall, they notice their magic returns and they can see for just a moment, light, with the use of kinetic and magnetic magic the two young mages launched themselves forward and onto the supposed path that was lit, there they scrambled to their feet and ran another minute until they felt the rumbling stop, there they found themselves on a path with torches and that seems to be travelled, a good sign, yet it was short lived as they heard from behind them:

"You shouldn't be here, this place is dangerous."

Marz seemed off guard yet somewhat not afraid as he yelled out, [color=#933A16]"By the gods!"[/color] Marz jumps back as he spins on his heels to face the figure.
Nazih on the other hand was ready to fight as he spun around and swung his shield like he aimed to cut whatever was behind him in half. Yet like a child his attack was stopped with such ease it looked as if he wasn't moving at all. Once more the figure being spoke, now being shown to be a black cloaked person, "One of you, I can save. The other, I cannot."

[color=#933A16]"Who are ye? What are ye doing down 'ere?"[/color] Marz asked confused of what was just stated.

"We are the Traveler," the figure responded, "and your service is needed."

[color=#933A16]"What does that mean? What was with the veiled threat?!"[/color] Marz demanded

"Not a veiled threat, but merely a warning. I cannot save you both."

"Why should I serve someone who attacks me?" Nazih demanded, not having any of it. "I serve nobody," he snarled.

The black robed figure smiled and shook his head. "It was you who attacked first, wasn't it?"

Nazih narrowed his eyes. "A bit weird for the 'Traveler' to ask someone to serve him, isn't it?"

Marz speaks up once more, now more emphasis, [color=#933A16]"Who are ye?"[/color] Now bringing his hand to his hip, placing it on the handle of his hammer.

"I am the Traveler and you are in grave danger should you continue forward."

"Bullshit," spat Nazih.

With that, the figure backed away. "Good luck surviving on your own," it warned, face still obscured. "This place is sacred to these people and it has been disturbed."

Marz begins to ask, [color=#933A16]"Why is it that you can only save one of us from what seems to be down here?"[/color]

"Because the other one, I [i]need[/i]."

Marz' eye narrowed, [color=#933A16]"What for?"[/color]

"You shall see." With that, the figure looked up, seemingly startled, as the cavern let out a deep rumble.

Nazih raised his shield, gathered a massive amount of kinetic energy, and attempted to ram the shadowy being aside. Yet he was stopped in his tracks once more by the shadowy figure, and it was right then that the ceiling came down. Stalactites began falling like missiles from above, the ground shifting beneath them, water spraying in. With rocks coming down Marz and Nazih began to try and use magic to protect themselves as they tried to move, yet the moment they tried the earth underneath them opened up and had them fall in as rocks and water came in, and darkness soon consumed them.

Marz woke up some time later with a woman crouching over him with a rag in one hand and a bucket in the other. She seemed to be dabbing his head as he slowly came to, now seeing that she was dabbing the blood from a wound away. He found himself within a old stone room with 2 people standing at the door inside the room seeming to keep guards. Marz spoke up to the girl as she noticed he was awake, [color=#933A16]"Ah, what happen'?"[/color] She answered quickly, "You 'er pulled from the cave in a bad way, they threw you in 'ere". He then asked the next question, [color=#933A16]"Where are we?"[/color] The woman then got close to him and spoke quickly, "'At is the prolem, we don' know". Now with her being so close, Marz' blurry eyes were able to focus for the first time, being able to see she was in a rough state. Bathed enough, her hair and beard however seemed in much disarray, her beard seemed to be very frayed and sloppily cut, most likely from wear and an inability to properly care for herself. Then there were her wrists, large blocky bands on her arms, and then he noticed on her legs. He rose his hand and noticed the same as she seemed to nod in confirmation as Marz could feel again, he could not use his magic.

Soon they both heard the sound of another man speaking off in the distance, she seemed to rush to her feet quickly as she said, "'Urry!, to yer feet". She extended her hand as Marz took it and stood up. There he saw the door open, where a tall man in dark robes stepped in and spoke with fluent Hegelan, "Welcome, I'm sorry we could not meet in better circumstances". Marz looked at the man curiously as the man continued,  "I would wish to let you go, yet we need your help. Only you can help us".