Darqi waited impatiently in line for use of the World Gate. She was
located in Dominda, a new planar metropolis on a new world. She couldn't
wait to get through the Gate and discover where she ended up. Darqi was an
adventurer, and adventurers are supposed to adventure, which is what she -
as an adventurer - was going to do as soon as she passed the Draconian Gate
guards. Draconians were recently discovered, and many still felt
uncomfortable around them. The line moved forward a bit. Darqi was one of
the few centaur adventurers in the whole entire multiverse. She mulled over
this as the long line slowly inched towards the Gate. Finally, after more
that an hour in line, her turn had come. She was suddenly overcome by an
uncertainty about going through the World Gate.
"What am I going to find on the other side?" she thought, "Will it be empty and devoid of life, with a burned-out sun? Or will I pop up in the middle of some epic battle and become shish-kabob?"
She stepped through the magical portal and found herself in the ruins of an enormous city. "Lovely," she thought, "Just my rotten centaur luck to end up on a world that has been decimated by something. Now what?"
As she explored the ruins, Darqi found many odd objects with weird- looking runes and symbols written on them. As she continued to explore the surrounding area, she saw a forest to the south and water to the east and west. She was on an island with no visible means of getting off it besides going back through the World Gate. Darqi continued to look around the island, collecting a few samples of flora, fauna, and artifacts as proof of this world's existence. She spent a few more days mapping it out and then returned to Dominda, to show her finds and map to the Cartographers Guild.
"What am I going to find on the other side?" she thought, "Will it be empty and devoid of life, with a burned-out sun? Or will I pop up in the middle of some epic battle and become shish-kabob?"
She stepped through the magical portal and found herself in the ruins of an enormous city. "Lovely," she thought, "Just my rotten centaur luck to end up on a world that has been decimated by something. Now what?"
As she explored the ruins, Darqi found many odd objects with weird- looking runes and symbols written on them. As she continued to explore the surrounding area, she saw a forest to the south and water to the east and west. She was on an island with no visible means of getting off it besides going back through the World Gate. Darqi continued to look around the island, collecting a few samples of flora, fauna, and artifacts as proof of this world's existence. She spent a few more days mapping it out and then returned to Dominda, to show her finds and map to the Cartographers Guild.