The Three Rings of Power Part 1: The Ring of Promethius By Cyclone49

The Three Rings of Power Part 1: The Ring of Promethius By Cyclone49

Chapter 1:

Shingo, Zhakk, Quintin, Clouder and Keeran all got to Penzai sometime in the morning. As soon as they got there, an Elf came rushing up to them.

"Hello! Are you the 5 warriors sent to recapture Mariana?" the Elf asked.

"Yes," Clouder said, "But we aren't all warriors."

"Whatever!" the Elf said, "As long as you can recapture my Daughter I don't care."

"So, you're the Mayor of this town?" asked Keeran.

"Yes. Now, it is impossible to get to the Cave of Promethius before dark, so why don't you guys have a look around." Said the Elf. The 5 "warriors"(I will refer to all of them as warriors from now on) went to different places around the town. Shingo went to a black smith and got poisonous blades put on his Quartrestaff. Zhakk hid in the shadows of dark alleyways and pick pocketed unsuspecting civilians. Clouder went to the local gym and trained until dark. Quintin "turned" into a dragon a few times, scaring people. Keeran went around looking for trouble, but he found nothing but Quintin causing trouble, and tries to stop Quintin. He had a suspicion that Zhakk might be up to something, but could never find him!

At around dusk, the 5 warriors gathered around the cave entrance, with just looked like plain rock, waiting for it to open. As soon as the sun began disappeared from the sky, an opening appeared in the rock. They all went into the cave, being very careful not to run into a Yuan-Ti or any other creature. They snuck around, Zhakk hiding in the shadows, Quintin putting an illusion around himself to make him look like rock, and Clouder, Shingo and Keeran had their weopons out, ready for any encounter with anything. Suddenly they heard a crashing sound, and Shingo and Zhakk went to investigate. As they were gone, Clouder and Keeran started talking(very quietly of course) while Quintin listened to them, now disguised as part of the wall.

"So?" Clouder asked, "What's a Yuan-Ti? I've heard of them but I'm not really sure what they are."

"Yuan-Ti a humans who's blood has turned bad. They look like a hybrid between a human and a snake. They geniuses and are pure evil." Keeran replied, his voice dripping with disgust.

"Hmmm… don't really think I want to mess with them. Hey, what do you think of that Shingo guy? I'm getting a few bad vibes off him." Said Clouder, changing the subject.

"Well," Keeran said, "Since I'm a paladin, I have the power to sense evil, and this Shingo guy definitely seems evil, but if he is, why was he summoned to go on his mission. And why is he doing it? He isn't getting paid, and he doesn't seem like the sort of person who would just help people for the sake of helping them! The only explanation I can think of is that he is looking for the Ring of Promethius!"

"The what?" Clouder asked, but before he could answer, Zhakk and Shingo came back, holding the dead body of something that looked like a human, but with skin that was very wrinkly stretched tightly to the bone. It had a head with no hair, and it had very large, evil looking eyes and sharp, snake-like teeth. It had a skinny body, and long skinny arms and it had a tiny 10 centimetre long tail stacking out from it's behind.

"What is that?" Clouder asked.

"It's a Histachii, a slave of the Yuan-Ti!" Shingo replied, "The Yuan-Ti are definitely here!"

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