Arriving in the Ego Desert\, the adventuring pa
rty discovers a huge sandstorm in the desert. Their royal escorts drop the
m off at the Not-A-Mirage Inn\, where the owner\, Gav\, welcomes them desp
ite an aggressive greeting from the wild card of the group\, Mike the Mino
taur. The group passes some time at the inn - Sapphire receives a pair of
goggles from an elf she played cards with\, Nox and Serra work together to
win a game of flaming darts against two sorcerers and win some goggles\,
Mike the Minotaur and Neil-the-All-Knowing win goggles in an arm wrestling
contest against a trio of gnome artificers with a mech arm and a wizard w
ith a boosted mage hand\, Cadmus discovers a book of dark magic in the inn
's book nook\, and Lynx and Collava survey the area outside the inn using
their druid shapeshifting. Gav speaks with them again\, explaining that th
ey had previously helped Mort travel to the lost temple through a sandstor
m when he came here to investigate the missing mages - Gav offers to do th
e same with the adventuring party.
As the group nears the lost tem ple on Gav's skiff pulled by two dire lions\, they're suddenly ambushed by a group of bandits! The bandit leader casts a spell to raise a huge rock wall\, blocking the party from continuing towards the temple. The group fi ghts their way through the bandits\, using the goggles they received at th e inn to improve their eyesight amidst the sandstorm. Spells are cast\, dr uids turn into all types of creatures (including a penguin) to attack the bandits\, and the bandit leader is dispatched quickly. As the last bandit is defeated and the marauders retreat\, Neil-the-All-Knowing claims the le ader's helmet as a souvenir. Gav recommends they move on towards the templ e\, as the bandits are likely to come back in greater number. The party ap proaches the lost temple\, and Gav gasps in shock: the temple is almost co mpletely buried in the sand\, with only the once mighty spire visible abov e the dunes. The party will have to find a way into the temple to continue their investigation! \;
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