I exited the palace, and went straight to Baban’s Quality Weaponry Store to sell some things. I sold the man 3 bucklers, 2 round shields, and 2 staffs. I used the money to buy myself a war axe. I left the store and went to the front of the town to leave. I went outside the town wall and to the stables. My horse was there, he seemed to be happy enough. I tipped the stable boy, and took my horse from the stable. I led him by the reigns for a bit and then mounted him to ride to Fang Lair.

It took me 19 days to finally arrive at the old door. I placed my hand on it, and attempted to push it open. But, instead of simply swinging open, my hand went straight through the wood. It must’ve been amazingly old. I tore down the rest of the door, and walked through the hole I had made.

It was very dark inside, but once I entered the larger room, light was everywhere. I looked around and found a pile of… stuff. It was very dusty, and I only managed to find a bit of gold. As I was walked around the room, I fell into a hole in the ground. I hit my head against the gorund on the other side of the hole and then fell on my bottom as I hit the ground below. I took off my helmet and rubbed my head. I was very lucky that I had it on, as it probably kept me from getting knocked out.

I stumbled around for a second in the darkness of this tunnel. I guessed it was a mineshaft judging by the tracks on the ground. I climbed out of it after a little bit, and a whole in the ground, and happened upon another loot pile. It had a bag of gold. As I was putting the gold bag into my larger, loot bag I can carry on my belt, a skeleton ambushed me.

It was holding a knife, in some way that I don’t know. Seeing as it didn’t have any sort of muscle to do so. I took a swing, but missed. It managed to land a cut on my arm, but it didn’t get through my armor. I took my hammer, swung it over my head and smashed its bloody head off.

It was carrying some amount of gold, in its head apparently. About 60 pieces, perhaps more, but I didn’t know where some of it went. I walked into a room to try to find some more loot perhaps. Or at least some sort of clue as to where I should go. As soon as I entered, an orc ambushed me. Reminiscent of the skeleton, no?

Anyway, I managed to dispatch him easily, but he was carrying nothing on him. And I don’t touch orc weaponry, so I left it there. The room I had entered had the motherload. About 4 piles of dusty old loot. More gold, a flail, a silver helmet (probably worth quite a bit), and another amulet.

I turned, and exited the room, where another skeleton attacked. Once again, I smashed the head off the thing, and took its staff. I was injured by now, and needed to rest. I went near the hole I climbed out of, so if need be I could escape quickly.

I lied down and fell asleep, after bandaging my wounds. I only managed to sleep for a little bit, before I heard someone’s footsteps approaching me. I woke up, but didn’t move so as to keep this thing thinking I was asleep still. As he got closer, the nightblade that is, I leapt up and grabbed my hammer from its position on the wall. He was so surprised, he barely moved before I smacked him in the ribs with the hammer. He crumpled to the ground in a broken pile.

There were two rats that had accompanied him, but they caused little trouble. After I had killed them, I collected my things from the ground and jumped back down the hole into the mineshaft. I headed southeast, or at least thought I was. I found an exit, and climbed up through it. The corridor was rather dank, and a little bit darker than the others.

I ran straight for the other side of the corridor. Perhaps there was another hole over there. I was getting better at identifying them from afar. As I ran, I saw two minotaurs coming after me. I kept running, trying to avoid their attacks. I was unable to avoid it all, as they hit me twice in the arm, and leg. I stumbled down the hole that was luckily there.

I headed straight through it, most likely west, though I don’t know how I knew. I followed it all the way to the end, and then exited the mineshaft. I ran straight through until there was a turn in the corridor, which I turned down and then through a small door facing south.

The room was large, and there were doors along each of the sides. I went straight through. This definitely seemed promising, but I didn’t want to see what was in each room. What if something was in there that could actually kill me? I didn’t want to take the chance.

I found another corridor in the room, and went down it. There was a large, steel door there which I felt I needed to get through. However, when I tried to open it, the door itself seemed to speak to me.

Listen to my puzzle, foolish mortal and prove that you are worthy of my service…

If cell 3 holds worthless brass, Cell 2 holds the gold key

If Cell 1 holds the gold key, Cell 3 holds worthless brass

If Cell 2 holds worthless brass, Cell 1 holds the gold key

Knowing this brave fool, and knowing all that is said

cannot be true, which cell contains the gold key?

This was a puzzling riddle this thing wanted me to answer. I thought it over for a second. If Cell 2 holds the key, then Cell 3 would hold worthless brass. If Cell 3 held that, then that meant Cell 1 would have the key. This meant that then, Cell 2 would hold worthless brass, and not the key. So Cell 1 would have the key again. But Cell 1 can’t have the key, because then Cell 3 would have worthless brass, and Cell 2 the key. So, logically, Cell 2 would have the key.

I told the door this. I felt rather silly speaking to a door, but it spoke to me again.

Thou art correct mortal, the gold key within Cell 2 is yours

I tried opening the door now, but it said nothing, and would not open. I left the corridor and opened cell 2. I took the gold key from the room and went back to the door. I stuck it into the keyhole and it popped open. There was only a ladder in there however, which I slid down, to another level of Fang Lair. A rather large corridor was laid out before me.

Hopefully this would be the last level.