Day 1.
First day of my adventure to The Great Barrier and I have just left Noxus. Many think Valoran is fully explored but it definitely is not. This land is thousands of years old and yet I can feel that there are many treasures and secrets to be found. I have a lot of ground to cover.
Day 2.
I'm nearing Mogron Pass , I'm at the base of Mount. Gargantuan. I have found some forgotten trinkets along the way. An old gilded pipe and a piece of a clay pot that has an inscription on it. "...under the mo…..on light falls through…" That's all I can make out. Maybe I can find another piece somewhere.
It's been a few hours and I have found another piece of the clay pot "...tunnels….nt follow the li…" This must be a hint of sorts from where I'm headed. I have read stories and myths of a secret passage within The Great Barrier Mountains, something other than Mogron pass.
After carefully inspecting the side of the mountains I have found a small crawl space, almost dismissible until I saw a small glimmer of what was a crystal. The space was too small for me carrying my equipment so I had to drag my belongings behind me so I can squeeze through. The small opening lead me ten feet underground. It was so dark I fell through a hole in the ground. It seems I'll be needing to find another way out.
Day 3.
So the fall took a little more out of me than expected. I estimate I've been out cold for a good seven hours. I pick up my shield and sword and continue forward.
I found this really interesting tunnel system. There are veins of crystal imbedded it the walls of the cave. Although some of the tunnels lack this crystal and the others have this clay pottery lining the floors. Most have been broken from the times but they are still here. I relooked at the clay pieces I had already tried to piece together what they say. Hmmm "li….." Follow the what? The little something? The living? List? Hmmmm follow….the light? Maybe that's it. There are lights coming from the crystals. But "nt" …..couldn't , shouldn't, can't, rant, pant….hmmm don't, won't, ….hmmm maybe I should follow the clay pots and not the crystal. But I will take a sample of this material for later. It might be useful or it could fetch for a good price.
Someone else has been here. Some of the traps laid down have already been triggered , recently too. Someone else is here with me. Fresh tracks and small almost unnoticeable traces of blood are on the cave floor. Looks like whoever was here barely got out of here. I must thank this person for setting off the traps. It makes my life so much easier.
Day 4.
I've been wondering around these tunnels for awhile now. I barely got any sleep last night. There were strange echoes throughout the cave system. They were faint but unsettling. When I got to a new opening I was nearly out of food rations. I also found a bunch of dead, almost wolf sized spiders on the ground. Seems like whoever was here put up one hell of a fight. Spider venom and fangs can go for a nice price on the black market. I'll go ahead and collect some.
The room , despite the damage done to it had some riddles lining the walls. Hmmm puzzling. But I think I know where to go next, I just need to find a way out of here.
Day 5.
It's been almost twelve hours of searching for an exit. I was so hungry that I had to eat some of the dead spiders I found. It's disgusting and very foul but good protein. It's better than starving to death. I was wondering why I didn't have any more rations. These spider monsters must've stolen them when I fell through the hole at the entrance. Annoying little devils.
I was almost giving up hope but I found an exit. Someone had blown a hole through a wall, creating their own path to the exit. I felt the walls. It wasn't blown up by any explosives, it's like someone dug their way through using magic.
Day 6.
The next location that'll bring me the closer to the treasure is Fyrone Flats. Thats just south of here. It won't take long to get there. But the flats is just one long flat land. What can possible be there. I would have to find something that looks like a huge building. A palace. But something like that would stick out immensely in such a place. There is only tall pale grass and blazing hot sun.
I have been looking through the grass for hours but I haven't found anything that looks like a palace.
It's almost dusk and I was looking for a good place to set up camp when I tripped over something. I thought it was a rock of something but when I looked closer it was some kind of cone. I dug around it and a few feet under the earth was a window. I opened it and there was a huge room, at least a fifty foot drop. So I used my grappling hook to get down. When I reached the bottom I saw several skeletons. Some idiots seemed like they could jump from this height. I found some notes on them.
"I thought I could just jump it and be fine. I was wrong. I broke my leg, it definitely could be worse. I'll just rest up a bit and see if i can move on in the morning."
"I was able to swing down by rope but the wound I suffered earlier has given me a fever. It'll pass soon and I can keep going. I can find this lost island and get that treasure."
Those are only a few of the notes on these sad explorers. I kept going forward. For this place being underground for so long, I'm surprised it's still intact. This palace is so huge. It's been awhile and I've found some trinkets. Nothing of real value.
Many of the rooms were locked so I broke into them. There was this one door that seemed to be barricaded from the other side. So I looked for a new way in. There was a vent in the room next door. Due to my luggage I couldn't fit into the vent so I had to leave it behind. I'll come back for it later. So I crawled through the vent. In the room was a skeleton dressed as some kind of captain holding a cutlass and a gun. He was facing the barricaded door. He had a bag next to him. I picked it up and looked inside. It was two gold coins with strange patterns on them. And a map of Ironspike Mountains. Wow this map is really old. Noxus is not nearly that small anymore. Anyways near the mountains next to Noxus there seems to be some kind of secret. At least that's what the map says. I should make a quick sketch of the map just in case. And I'll trace over the coins markings. Surely it'll be useful later. What was that? ...I don't remember that chair being on its side like that… Someone is here I must leave. I didn't want any trouble. So I got out of there.
Day 7.
What the.. Oh my Swain, whoever has been exploring near me stole some of my belongings! One of my maps, the one of the castle is gone. Along with my sword. Oh they will pay. I will get them back for this. I also noticed I must've dropped one of the coins I found when I got startled by that chair falling over in the barricaded room. Anyways I found what I needed at this palace. I've rested up a bit . Now let me get out of here before I run into that other person.
Day 8.
Still headed to Ironspike Mountains.
It's dusk and daylight will soon vanish. I can see the mountains in the distance. I'll pick up the pace in the morning.
Day 9.
I've recovered some of my energy and am now at the bottom of the mountain. The map shows that what I'm looking for is at the top of the southeast side of the mountains.
It's been a few hours and I'm still trying to reach the top. These hunts are like wild yordle chases I swear.
Okay I'm finally at the top but I don't see anything. Maybe the map or coin will help. Hmmm the strange patterns on the coin kinda look like old rune markings. Maybe there is an inscription somewhere in these rocks.
I found it. It was under a pile of stones as if someone was trying to hide it. There are the same Rune markings. Hmmm on the other side of the coin there is just one marking. So maybe if I can find that same rune on this carving.
Ah hah! I got it. I pressed the marking and a passageway opened up. I'm in a room now. There are symbols of balance and equality all over this cave. In the middle is some kind of golden scale. It's pretty big, too big to put in my backpack. The floor is a compass pointing slightly northwest of here. Hmmm. So I'm sketching down all the symbols, pictures, diagrams, words and runes that are written and drawn all over the wall. That's when I noticed something. There was a pattern. Everything was written in a dark blue color but there were a few runes and symbols written in black. You wouldn't notice unless you were looking at the colors closely. So I decide to write them in order in my journal. They may come in handy later. But there must be more to this room than this. I examined the scale. It's pretty balanced. There is what seems to be some keys on one side and coins on the other. If I take a key, it'll tip the scale. Maybe if I put the coin. Yes. I may not have the coin anymore but I have a key. And a staircase leading downwards opened up. When I got to the bottom step it triggered the opening above me to reseal itself. Again with the traps. I need to find yet another way out of here.
Day 10.
I've been wondering through this long tunnel. I found some gems around. They were all the same. I took two with me. No need to be greedy.
Wow this place is so huge.
What was that. There was a large noise from where I came from. I need to continue forward. I'm surprised the sound can echo through this small long tunnel for such a long way.
It's been a few hours and I have reached the end of a tunnel. A large room depicting the southern side of Runeterra, saying there is something off the coast southwest about three days boat ride away. But no one goes down in that location. There is nothing there. Just ocean. I'll think about this later. I sense that other explorer is not far behind me. I should wait for him, ambush. I'll hide above the only entrance.
Day 12.
Okay so I haven't written in awhile and that's because I've getting to know my new company. There is lots I have to cover. First off I am currently in Demacia. Thank Swain that I like to keep my explorer identity and my Noxus fighter identity separate. My new partner in adventure and explorer is named Ezreal. He wanted to know where I was from but to me it doesn't matter your origin. What matters is the name you make for yourself. He told me the story of how found his gauntlet and how it amplified his magical ability. Okay I'm getting ahead of myself. I ambushed him when he was entering the room at the end of the very long cave hallway. His small pack held my sword. I could see it. I forged that sword with my own two hands. And that map , I found it. So I decided to do to get my items back. So I caught him by surprise , I took my sword back. He seemed to teleport or flash forward. He held his gauntlet towards me, I held up my shield and sword. And then "STOP FOLLOWING ME!" we both shouted at each other. Shots were fired, shots were shielded and my sword was swinging. Then silence. We started to talk. We learned that we each traveled here on our own accord. That we were both brilliant enough to decipher the clues and riddles to get here. Something just clicked and we just laughed. We put our weapons away and just talked. Talked about our adventures and findings. Our theories and discoveries. We decided to work together and travel to that point on the map. But first we had to get a boat and supplies. That is why we are currently in Demacia. We are buying some more supplies and purchasing a boat. We decided to take a rest in an inn. Sharing a room because it's cheaper. Unfortunately it only had one bed.
Day 13.
A little sore from our adventures and sparing. We went in town to get a boat. We needed a decently sized ship. It cost quite a bit of gold but we each put down half. We put a down payment. We put a down payment of half the boats price. We'll make monthly payments later. We thought about just renting a boat but maybe we'll need one again so owning one seemed best. We restocked on supplies,we are gonna be out at sea for awhile so just in case we packed five days of food and water. We even bought a fishing pole and a water filter just in case things go bad. So we shipped off at noon. We decided I was gonna take first shift at the wheel while Ezreal gets some rest. Every three hours we'll change shifts.
Day 14.
We've been sailing for about a day now. We can't see the shores of our land anymore. Just ocean wherever we look. All around us just water. I'm getting a little sea sick. I think I need to lay down.
Being at sea is so boring.
Day 15.
I see a storm brewing in the distance. Lets hope it passes us by. I'd hate to get stuck in a storm out here.
Day 16.
The storm. It finally passed. The ship is rather damaged, it'll take awhile to fix. Half our supplies went overboard with the massive waves that plowed our ship. It's still intact thank Swain.
It's late in the day and the sun is about to set in the horizon. The ship has been patched up so we decided both of us should get some rest. Ezreal will take the first shift in the morning.
Day 17.
We should've been there by now but the storm delayed our expedition.
Day 18.
We are where the coordinates sent us. There is nothing but rocks. Not even an island.
So Ezreal and I did some brainstorming. The treasure and adventure we have been searching for must be underwater. It's strange that the drawing on the wall showed an island.
Day 24.
Lots has happened. Let me bring my journal up to date.
We decided to anchor our boat and take a dive. I had to leave my shield and sword behind as they were too heavy. Along with our backpacks. He was able to take his gauntlet and I was able to take my grappling hook. I had to leave my notebook behind. I also took a bag of air, I wasn't sure how long it would take to reach whatever we were looking for. Some kind of entrance.
We dived deep down, Ezreal must have some impressive lungs because he lasted longer. I had to take the breath of the bag. I saw bubbles of air escaping from my friend. Seems like his lungs couldn't hold out much longer. I already took the extra breath from the bag. He would pass out before making it back to the surface. I did the only thing I could to keep my friend going. I gave him some of my breath. We found an underwater cave and we just barely made it to a pocket of air. We took another breath and kept swimming. Next thing we know we are falling down a huge waterfall, there was greenery and bright glowing birds flying around in this massive place, and when I mean massive ...it was huge about the size of Bilgewater. Maybe a tad smaller. Imagine a huge rock sphere and inside is a large pocket of air. At the bottom of this sphere is an island surrounded by water.
At the northeast side of this island was a lake. Now imagine there is a small crack in the top of the sphere leaking water. Yeah that water is where Ezreal and I were falling. I quickly used my grappling hook to snag onto the crack. I was holding onto Ezreal as we dangled a mile above the island. I held him tightly so we wouldn't plummet to our death. I swung to the far right where there was a side of the rocky sphere. Ezreal and I grabbed a ledge before climbing down. I guess I was gonna need a new grappling hook. At the sandy shore of this underwater island there were some stone pillars of some kind of captain pointing in certain directions. We followed. We followed these statues all over the island. It took hours. We ended up at this marble structure. There were a great number of runes in a neat list. Each rune in an equal distance from each other. Some of these runes are familiar. I think I saw some of these. They were written in my journal...which I left on the boat.
Luckily Deus ex Machina Ezreal had a list of the runes. He asked me to give him a lift. He got on my shoulders and pressed the runes on his paper. Then the great stone doors opened. We entered. There was a so many rooms. Like it was just made of rooms, stairs and hallways. It took awhile to look through all the rooms to find a hole in a wall. I had an idea. I still had the crystal I picked up a few days ago. I pushed it into the opening. The floor beneath opened up. We walked downwards. And after hours of walking we found what we have been looking for. The treasure. It was piles of gold and gems. It was beautiful. We decided to keep this place just between us. It'll be our little slice of paradise. Now we just had to figure out a way to get here without dying. We worked together to create a warp pad. The other half of the pad will be tucked away in our boat.
For now we'll have to take the hard way out. So we decided to come back later when the warp pads are both active. So to get back to the boat. We had to climb back up to the top of the sphere then swim and push our way through the current. It was a tough climb. I had the bag of air with me. We had to share a breath before we got to the small pocket of air. Fighting against the current took a toll on our strength. I refilled the bag at the pocket. Then we just had to swim upward towards our boat. We again had to share a breath before we got to the surface of the ocean. I have to admit, I'm getting kind of fond of our shared breaths. Anyways I fixed up the other warp pad in our ship. We took our stuff with us and teleported back down. We loaded our bags with some of the gold we found. We decided to relax for a bit on this underwater island. It seems that the water that falls from above is then send out of the sphere once it reaches the lake , like magic. This place is just filled with strong magic. I sketched out a map of my findings on this island. I'm sure there are more secrets here on this paradise island. Ezreal and I decided to name it, "Lahus" . We teleported back on our boat and shipped off. This will be our little secret. Just an island for Ezreal and I. I'm sure we'll join forces in another expedition soon. He is a great ally and partner. We work well together. Perhaps I will join him in the League of Legends.