Nova's Adventures in the Archeology Guild - Chapter 2

This story contains spoilers for the Lost Spires mod.

This story has been edited to change the name Luna to Nova and change she/her pronouns to he/him.

Nova's Adventures In The Archaeology Guild - Chapter 2

After resting for the night, Nova headed back to the Archeology Guild to talk to Teave. Upon showing him the crystal fragment, he became very excited, but was unhappy with the rock surrounding the brilliant blue shard. To remedy this, Teave sent Nova off to see Tumyr, another member of the guild who was studying a large fossil not too far away. Apparently, Tumyr had discovered a dissolving agent that would remove the outer rock without damaging the inner crystal matrix. So Nova headed out to see Tumyr, and hopefully get a good look at his fossil, as that wasn't something one sees every day. Tumyr had Nova gather five samples of Green Stain Cup Caps to mix with the slime from a strange cocoon he had discovered to create a new batch of the dissolving agent, and sent him on his way.

When Nova returned to the guildhall, Teave took the dissolving agent from him and told him that the guild master wanted to see him. So, with his curiosity peaked, Nova headed to the library to meet with the guild master, Kal Rythor. Rythor sent him on yet another errand, this time to a mine, literally in the middle of nowhere, to ask the miners to dig a tunnel. Apparently on his latest expedition, they had found another spire but were unable to get inside, and so Rythor wanted the miners in nearby Bloodvein mine to tunnel into the spire from within the mine. Nova set off and reached the mine just as the sun was setting.

This seemed a simple enough task, but when Nova entered the mine, he found all the miners in a state of panic. Speaking with the foreman, he learned that they had apparently tunneled into a vampire's lair, and two of their men had been taken captive. Nova volunteered to go in after the two men, which was a good thing, as the foreman then informed him that he wouldn't be digging any tunnels for anyone until the vampires were dealt with.

Nova cast a night-eye spell and delved deeper into the mine, heading for the entrance to the vampire's lair. Only one vampire was within the mine, and Nova quickly dispatched it and entered the ancient lair, only to find the two miners sadly strung up and quite dead. Upon reaching the inner part of the lair, Nova was shocked to find huge tanks of human blood waiting to feed the vampires living there. A bit shaken, he finished off the last of the vampires and headed back to the foreman, who then agreed to dig the tunnel. With this agreement forged, he headed back to the guildhall once again.