“ So you’re from another world?” questioned ,my lovely companion, Feyelle for the umpteenth time. It has been a little over 2 months, at least the equivalent of 2 months, since I stumbled onto the lovely (not) world of Lamundas. “ Yes, C’mon Fey you’ve asked this same question for like the last 2 months Every.Single.Day and before you ask no , we didn’t have magic. I mean I get that you think it’s weird but consider the fact that I also am somewhat disturbed at giant muderous trees trying to eat me (how does that even work? Okay). Especially since I know for a fact that this is the next stage of the vegan agenda!” I responded somewhat heatedly , okay the last part may have been personal—don’t ask. “ Okay okay I’ll stop, for now. Anyway we need to go to the adventurers guild , get you joined up. I’ll also be meeting my team there for a bit so hurry up,” said the fair skinned beauty. Feyelle Vignealbe is a tallish woman with porcelain like skin, her hair a lustrous strawberry blond. She’d definently be an instagram celebrity back on earth, especially when you consider the fact that she would be earths first elf or at least the first one that I know of. Yeah,Fey is an elf. Which makes sense considering that this is a magical world with all sorts of weird things going on.
It’s actually quite interesting that our (Earth’s) version of elves is actually quite accurate so maybe there have been some elves that have gone to Earth.
Feyelle and her team , the Almond Swords, had saved me from what I would consider certain death after they ran into me while exploring the Forests of Wilinia. The Almond Swords’ are a team of adventurers and at the time they had been hired to investigate sightings of a Mogbath which had been spotted on the outer regions of the forest. Mogbath’s generally tend to loiter near the center of the forest where they’re not likely to be disturbed. The fact that one may have been moving out is concerning as the outer region of the forest is pretty close to the city.
Mogbath's’ are large bushy or maybe leafy creatures that look like trees from a far. They’re absolutely massive and probably just as heavy considering how much tree’s tend to weigh.
I’m not sure how I ended up in Wilinia's’ forest considering that 2 minutes prior I had been about to clean out my oven after a pizza experiment gone wrong.
Instead I ended up literally in another world (universe? Dimension?) Or maybe the pizza experiment had gone really wrong and this was me just hallucinating in a terrible coma.
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“ This is the Guild,” said Fey as she panted slightly. We ended up having to run here after she realized her meeting started an hour earlier than she had thought,
Was 20 minutes ago. “ Listen , you don’t need to be an adventurer to join the guild. Which is a good thing because joining the guild gives you certain benefits, benefits that will be explained to you by the guild workers. Sorry I have to go , I’m really late. Just ask for directions and they’ll sort you out, the people here are really kind.” She continued as she opened the brass tinted doors and entered the guild. I had to stop for a moment and appreciate the building. The guild is an impressive place. It’s a massive structure made of the famed eleven wood, Thintel, which seemed to glimmer and glow in the sunlight.The wood itself is a deep brown with light green streaks which would shift and change position every few seconds, almost as if they were leaves fluttering in the wind.
The front area of the guild was divided into 3 sections. Registration , Appraisal and Travel. Heading over to the Registration section I joined the queue, waiting to be helped. Glancing around, I noticed the variety of races, clothes and colors in the guild. It really reminded me how far away from home I was.
“Can I help you?” Questioned a young blue skinned woman with fiery hair, she kinda looked like Monique from the X-men if Monique had gills and extra eye that is. I read her name tag answered “Erm yes Gressalia , A friend of mine recommended I join the guild so I’d like to do that today.” I said the Neptine. Neptines are a race that used to live on the ocean floor, that is until they were driven out by some high level monster or something. I’m not really clear on the story considering I was barely paying attention when Fey told me all this. But back to the guild. “ Easy, just fill in this form and pay the fee at bottom — here’s your guild card and as a new member you get the standard Adventurers Guild Guide book for free, if you want any of the more comprehensive versions you have to pay extra but I wouldn’t recommend that right especially since those only become useful once you reach level 40+” she rambled on as she handed me a leaf-bound book and a flat piece of wood which I assumed was my guild card.
Zeysk Feinthart
* Membership type: Basic.
* [Class] : unspecified.
* Benefits: basic
* //card issued at the Lalif Guild, in the country of Eldahaven.//
“Thanks, enjoy your day” I said after reading the information “ You’re welcome and may the currents flow in your favor.” She replied as I moved away from the desk. I found an empty bench where I could read through the book while I waited for Fey to finish whatever it was she was still doing. *The Adventurers Guild Guidebook*has a dragon flying at what I assume is an adventurer on the cover page. Paging through the book I read.
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Adventure Guilds ‘All You Need To Know’ guidebook
Treasure ! Fame ! Power!
So you want to be an adventurer huh? Well, before you go raiding the tombs of Dar or try exploring the Malden Dunes, there are a few things you need to know.
1. You will die (probably , maybe) adventuring is a very dangerous occupation. You are more likely to die a very gruesome death being simultaneously eaten from the inside whilst slowly being suffocated by a Lindreon until it can take over your body and relieve you of your extra luggage ( heart , liver , kidneys etc) than to make it out middle , NOT make it out big ( cash out big) but to acquire a substantial amount of wealth which places you firmly in the middle class ( respectable, I guess)?
2) The Adventure Guild has your back! Sure this life is dangerous but MONEY , lots of it (if you’re extremely lucky and don’t die a gruesome and humiliating death). Gold , Artifacts , relic-grade weapons and potions as well as Tomes of knowledge can be found in this gig. Adventurers find cool stuff all the time , the only thing Innkeepers and Bakers find are cockroaches and old pieces of bread
( Like really what Innkeeper or baker would know where to find any relic-grade treasures?)
This is the life, live young and die even younger!
For the small fee of 30 silver to register and a level adjusted yearly fee, you can become an official member of the Adventurers Guild! Which includes cool perks like discounted portal travel at any Adventurers Guild, Discounted Gear appraisal and Free tea!
Non-Guild Affiliated individuals pay 20 silver per trip through the portal
While guild members only have to pay 5 silver per trip.
Gear appraisal fees vary from guild to guild.
The guild also has a tax of 20% on all loot found ( IGNORE THAT!) Still worth it right?
Wow okay so maybe being an adventurer was perhaps maybe a tad bit dangerous, which isn’t too shocking. Regularly fighting magical beasts that want to eat you can’t be safe after all.
Speaking about magical face eating beasts I was curious what the book had to say about Mogbath's’
Mogbath
A tall creature made of bushes, shrubs and tree branches, akin to Sasquatch or Bigfoot in stature and like but green. Mogbath's' are commonly found in the forests of eldahaven, They are a silver to low gold rank threat. Although Mogbath's’ are lumbering giants , they posses surprising speed and agility , many teams have died due to underestimating the abilities of a lone Mogbath.
Mogbath's’ are giant creatures with a sturdy constitution. Their bark like skin acts as armor, protecting them from most physical threats. Mogbath's’ pack a lot of power in their swings and punches as they weigh (on average) over 2000 kg!
If you do spot one , contact the adventures/mages guild immediately. Mogbath should be avoided by all individuals/teams not at the second stage of silver. Do not try be a hero, you will likely perish.
Okay the Almond Swords really saved my bacon.
Before I could read further I noticed Feyelle was making her way over to me.
“ Nice, you got the book so I’m assuming everything went well. We’re going to the training ground, we need to get you a [class] so you can be //independent//or whatever. My teammates said I was stifling you by keeping you ignorant. So come, spring waits for no one. “ she said before briskly making her way to one of the areas at the back of the guild. Okay? I thought before jogging after her.
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“So, what are classes?” I asked as we walked towards the training ground, I was still classless but Fey was determined to change that today. “ classes are what we are or what we do but they’re also what we wish to be. Classes are like an affinity with a certain philosophy, job , hobby , etc. Our classes define us just as much as we define our classes. For example 2 level 20 [king]’s might have skills which are drastically different from each other. The one king might be extremely fond of violence and his kingdom might be built on making war on other nations, therefore he would likely obtain skills like [Bloody Reign] or [Violent Subjugation]. While the other king might favor diplomacy over violence and he might receive skills like [Royal Contract] or [Prestigious Relations], “ Answered Feyelle , I had to take a moment to process the information before I asked my next question, “ So what do I have to do to get a class and how do I tell if I have an affinity for something. I’m pretty average in most regards, I’ve never been exceptional at anything. I guess being a student would count but like I wasn’t an amazing student , I just put in the hours also there’s no way there’s something like a student cla-“ I choked on my words as something dinged inside my head
[student] class obtained
Lvl 2!
Lvl 3!
[Learned Repetition] skill obtained
Lvl 4!
Lvl 5!
[academic focus] skill obtained
Lvl 6!
Lvl 7!
Lvl 8!
“ What’s wrong ?” questioned Feyelle seeing my flustered face. “ I got it, my class I mean, I got the [student] class. I’m a level 8 [student] now.”
“ Level 8 How? You don’t just get to level 8! It takes months sometimes years to get to level 5, how did you do it?” questioned Feyelle clearly confused and perhaps even a little annoyed. But if I had to take a guess maybe this level system applied the levels retroactively based on my time on Earth. Which would make sense considering level 8 was pretty fair , I wasn’t a prodigy or anything but I did get good grades most of the time when I put the work in. “ Huh , I guess that makes sense? Well, did you get any interesting skills? “ said Feyelle after I had told her my theory “ yeah I got [academic focus] and [ Learned Repetition]. You never explained what skills are by the way.”
“ Those sound like okay skills for a student I suppose,” “ why does it sound like you’re not impressed?” “ I mean I was surprised when you told me you were level 10 already but other than that the [student] class is pretty, I don’t know , lack luster especially considering you’re from another world. I thought you were going to get a [hero] or [archmage] class like in the stories “ “ stories?” “Yeah, someone from another world summoned to beat an evil dragon or something but I digress. Skills are abilities were receive as we level up, sometimes you can get a skill without leveling up. Some skills are stronger than others , like [meteor shower] is stronger than [prodigious dish washing] but all skills are useful or at least their tailored specifically to you. There are no useless skills,” said Feyelle with that detached tone she used whenever she started lecturing me on how the world worked. “I guess we can go home now,” she said before turning around before heading home.