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Lore

The Knight and Lady of Fortune

Myth tells of an ancient knight who was very dear and loved by Olladra, the Goddess of Good Fortune. A Wood Elf, this Knight found a human woman in distress deep within the Somna Forest, her caravan ransacked by a band of marauding bandits. He saved her, and brought her out of the forest, leading her back to the grove his people lived. However, upon bringing a human to his people's grove, he was banished. Wandering along the lands, the Knight of Fortune eventually found across a deep cavern. While resting, the Knight was onset by bandits from the Underdark, followers of Llolth who bound him and dragged him into the shadows.

After being dragged into the depths, he prayed for something good to happen, to escape with his life. The human woman also prayed for anything, a sign from the gods that he was alive. They both were given a sign, with two stones appearing to both of them, flat squares with six divits on one side. These stones were warm.

Once the two had these stones, thier luck seemed to immediately turn around. The followers of Llolth were attacked by thier own spiders, and the Knight began to run from the caverns, miraculously finding each path. The woman held her stone tight, and its warmth eventually led her to the entrance of the cave where the Knight found himself stumbling out of.

When they brought thier stones together, it formed a marble domino, the symbol of Olladra. The two became Her devout, and were blessed together. It was then that the human woman, known as the Lady of Fortune, began to hone her craft of enchanting, creating up the Luck Forge.

The Luck Forge

The Luck Forge was the ancient workshop where the Lady of Fortune would make weapons, armor, and, of course, the famous Crown of Olladra. Most were used by the Knight of Fortune and his followers, but some were sent far around the world, to the other temples to Olladra. The location of the Luck Forge is lost to history, and it is theorized that it was destroyed when the Crown was stolen centuries later, or perhaps it was lost to another dimension. Many avid scholars still search for the Forge, however, to see if they can recreate the powerful enchantments that the Lady of Fortune was known for.

The Crown of Olladra

The most powerful item which the Lady of Fortune forged in the Luck Forge, the Crown of Olladra was a silver crown upon which several incredibly powerful gemstones were placed- the Pure Diamond, the Rose Ruby, the Emerald Heart, and the Black Sapphires. These items create the Divine Gemstones, a coveted seiries of magical items.

The Planesunder and Deepbringer

The swords Planesunder and Deepbringer were forged using techniques learned in the Luck Forge. Planesunder was forged first, enchanted by the Six Wizard Kings, Malkare the Teacher, Sur the Flametouched, Iaga the Wanderer, Colt the Inventor, Vex the Brilliant, and Coraline the Lost. True to its name, the Planesunder has the power of the Primordial Elementals- to cut through the Astral Sea into other planes. It was used by the Wizard Kings to expand thier respective kingdoms into the Planes of Fire, Earth, Water, and Air. It even allowed them to glimpse the veil of the edges of the Nine Hells and the Far Plane.

However, an apprentice of Malkare, Morgoth, stole the knowledge to enchant a blade similar to Planesunder, but with a far more sinister application- to open a rift into the Abyss. Hence the evil blade Deepbringer given life, and creatures of the Abyss poured onto the land. Deepbringer and Planesunder were recovered by a group of Relic Hunters, and they shattered the blades and scattered them across the lands, entombing them in the Elemental Planes. It is thought that only the fires of the Luck Forge could reforge such blades even if all the pieces were recovered.

Olladra's Inventory

After the Deepbringer incident, a large temple devoted to Olladra was created to hold the items created in the Luck Forge and anything else of incredible strength. The temple, known as Olladra's Inventory, is known to travel between places, never staying in one place for very long. It is said to take the blessing of Good Fortune to find the Inventory.

However, Olladra's Inventory is likely extremely dangerous on the inside. The temple, made primarily of platinum and steel, has never been pierced by any man-made weapon. It can only be accessed through the entrance at the front of the building, and no adventurer has ever come out of the Inventory. Perhaps the valuable magical items they bring with them are coveted by the Inventory itself, and they are entombed there as offerings to Olladra. Or perhaps there is a great sentinels or traps to ward robbers. Whatever the case, the inventory has never been acessed before, so the exact contents are impossible to know for certain.