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  • The Hidden Temple

    It wasn't long after the conversation in the Second Wind that Tyranus began collecting the necessary supplies needed for his trip into the Spine. After collecting his winter and mining gear he finished some paperwork that needed to be completed before his trip North. He then met with James, explained the arrangement to send his mail to James while he was away and that if any trouble came up to contact him with his boogaloos. Tyranus left Mirakus shortly after, leaving with his supplies, equipment and his faith that he would be successful.

    The beginning of his trip lead him through rising beauty that is Aquor, which was still recovering from the last battle in and around its streets. Like a Phoenix, it was slowly being reborn from the ashes of the past. It wasn't long after passing though the gates that he was once again reminded about the recent events with his dear friend Sandro, the same person he fought beside to save the city. Tyranus, still pained by the recent betrayal from his friend, didn't know how he should feel when he lied to him about the sword. He hoped Sandro would say sorry soon and not give him mean stares from the Enclave windows.

    Leaving the city behind him, Tyranus made his way up the slow climb North. Following the path towards the caravan post, he made the trek in no time. Seeing it as a good place to rest before setting out again he watched as the hard working dwarves and Blackwood mercenaries kept the caravans in motion. He was proud of the young lads that kept those caravans safe in such a dangerous climate and commended those he saw hard at work and drank with cousins on break from the return trip from the Hold. Re-energized and in joyful spirit, Tyranus set out in the afternoon before it was to dark to continue deeper into the Spine.

    Tyranus journeyed for the rest of the day, determined to find a suitable place to start his work.

    He had heard rumors of grand temples in large caverns, of great sacrificial fires that burned for Abbathor. Before setting out he knew that he easily could have found a cavern to his liking and killed whatever inhabitants laid inside, he was the Hero of Viridale after all! A challenge was what he sought. Though finding a cavern might have been the proper thing to do, nothing about Tyranus nor his madness for greed was proper! He saw no challenge in doing something he had done a dozen times! He accepted the challenge of creating the cavern with his own hands, a temple to Abbathor made into fruition by his desire for treasure and the respect for the God that kept it bountiful. In the end, the temple would be the embodiment of everything that was Tyranus and his character. And the added possibility of coming across treasures deep in the mountain through careful mining were just as encouraging.

    After finding a location he believed hidden well enough off the beaten path and in the shadow of a great mountain Tyranus said a prayer to Dumathoin and began his great work, creating the entrance way. . .


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    After the outrageous marriage denial to Tyranus saying his muscles were too big and was always really loud and too rich, he left the Temple of Sune and quickly left the town to the mountainside. Dalian's want for weak sheepish men who ate mud filled him with rage.

    "Who would want to marry weak scum who couldn't even defend ye? Everyone knows power and wealth are the most important things in a person!"

    His memories of living out his childhood on the streets of Waterdeep as an orphan enraged him further. He was weak and pathetic then, abandoned by his own kin. True he didn't know his parents or clan or how he came to be in Waterdeep but living alone gave him plenty of time to think.

    His rage got the better of him though, he began killing everything in sight as he made his way to the temple. If it moved it ended with either arrow to the back of a axe to the front. The trip that took him no less than half a day ended taking him three as he laid waste to anything that crossed his path. Eventually his rage was sated, with every creature killed and anything worth coin claimed he felt a little at peace.

    As Tyranus closed in on the dark side of the mountain he calmed his mind. He moved the set of boulders that hid the entrance of the tunnel. As the boulders parted he appreciated the amount of work it had taken for the tunnel to get to the state it was in now. He remembered every fall of his pickaxe as it cracked the stone and made way for the temple. He paid close attention to the words he marked into the wall in Dwarven and then common: "Warning to any who would steal from The Great Master of Greed." Once inside he moved the boulders back into place, closing the entrance behind him.

    The sides were filled with small trinkets, common enough gems, and loose stacks of coin left behind on his visits. Towards the center in the back was a flat raised slab with unlit red candles at the corners. Tyranus removed a pendant tucked deep in his beard and set it down on the slab. He noticed the space he carved out in the back that still remained empty and sighed. There was almost enough mithril and adamantine for his next project but to be sure he would need to save up a little more. Good things took time and he was in no rush when it came to the completion of the small temple.

    With the pendant centered and the candles lit Tyranus sat back and calmed his mind. He waited until he was calm enough and began giving prayers first to Moradin then Abbathor and down the list of the rest of the Dwarven pantheon.

    Time passed an so did the pain. After a days rest he cleaned up the space and made his final offering to Abbathor before leaving the temple behind for another tenday. As he closed the tunnel behind with the pair of boulders he looked up at the not-so-bright sky and rubbed his eyes to readjust them and moved on back to home.

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