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You try your hand at the puzzle and try as you might, you can't open it.

"It really is a hard puzzle!", you say, giving it back.


You accept their offer to do a ritual. You ask to discover the nature of the soul within. You offer some of your own blood as sacrifice.

The tribe takes you to a secluded glade, with just the mages, the chief and a few trusted warriors from both of your clans.

The mages give you a concoction to drink.

After you drink the concoction, you convulse and enter the land of the gods!

You are in a tunnel of light! You see an evil spirit, a rakasha, blocking your path.

"Pay the toll!", it says.

"T-the toll...", you say. They give you a dagger. You cut yourself with it!

The rakasha drinks your blood.

"Follow me!"

You travel through the spirit realm, seeing psychedelic images!

Then you are brought to the hilfort of Velmora, She of the Iron Veil.

"Good luck!", says the rakasha, disappearing.

An Iron Golem guardian is at the doorsteps. His eyes glow and he looks at you.

"You must pass through three challenges to see Velmora! First, tell me which animal is the most sacred!"

> The Owl
> The Boar
> The Serpent
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"Second, answer this riddle. Fail, and you shall not pass!"

“I have no tongue, yet speak.
I leave no mark, yet change all paths.
Ignore me, and be broken.
What am I?"

> The Wind
> Time
> A Thought
> A Spirit
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"Third, which goddess of the underworld is the most beautiful and powerful?"

> Velmora
> Phlegna
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