Chapter 1: The Fissure of Woe
Savon walked from the beach, his Chaos Axe dripping with the green blood of the spiders he had just killed. As he walks toward the forest where Shiva is hunting spiders as well, he encounters the biggest Shadow Beast he had ever seen.
"Oh Crap!" he screams as he draws his Axe and Shield. The beast casts the elite spell Spiteful Spirit on Savon, which makes anything he does hurt. He slashes the beast with his Axe, and then slams into its face with his shield. The beast tries to swipe his claws into Savon's face, but Savon deflects the blow with his axe and slams it straight into the heart of the beast. The beast falls and Savon tries to walk away, but falls unconscious, helpless in the hell that is the Fissure of Woe.
Shiva fires her last arrow into the Armored Cave Spider and it falls in a heap of bloody juices. After she collects the Spider Legs and Obsidian Shards that the creatures dropped, she heads back toward the beach. As she walks threw the dark canyon, she knows something is wrong. Savon usually meets him here. She uses her elite skill escape, which makes her run faster and have a chance to dodge attacks, and runs threw a group of Shadow Creatures before they even notice her. As she draws closer to the beach, she spies the corpse of an incredibly large Shadow Beast.
"My lord" She states, "That must have been hard to kill." She notices Savon's unconscious form on the ground near the beast. "Savon! Savon! Wake up! Crap… he's unconscious. Don't worry Savon; I'll get you to Wanda! She can heal you!" She puts him over her shoulders and starts walking back toward the entrance to the fissure.
As Wanda casts her healing spells onto Savon, Drizzt approaches Shiva.
"What on earth happened down there? He's never come up in such bad shape before!" Drizzt is visibly angry.
"I don't know!" she replies "I found him near the remains of a huge Shadow Beast. Maybe he was fighting it."
"Damn Spiteful Spirit. What was he thinking! He knows to run from those things when you're alone."
"Well, maybe he thought that he could do it. After all, Mez does it all the time."
"Well, maybe he's a moron! Mez only kills them because she has some god-forsaken power that she won't share with us. And even then she almost kills herself." As he says that, the statues of Balthazar and Grenth shift back into their original positions, blocking the entrances to the Fissure of Woe and the Underworld.
"It seems the gods have lost their favor in us." Wanda says as she finishes her healing breeze on Savon. The Temple of The Ages changes back from the hellish looking temple back into a grassy plain. "Come. Let us head back to the Guild Hall." They exit the temple, while unknown to them a small man eyes them.
