Allegedly, this temple was once devoted to a being that had the strength of a god, and the sacred artifact is imbued with that being's power. Surely that will be enough to end this...
The temple's entrance looms ominously in front of you.
After a bit of walking, you reach a crossroads. The left passage seems dark and ominous, whilst the right passage seems bright and inviting. The right one definitely seems safer, but perhaps the left is more likely to lead to the artifact...
The figure yelps, letting go of your wrist. Now that you can see them, they appear to be illithid. A female, and an important one based on her clothing.
"Jeez! There's no need to get so violent!"
"I am Teresa Alejandra Mordova, Lieutenant Colonel of the illithid army. And I am getting you out of my way so as to prevent you from getting the artifact. I am the only one who gets to have it!"
"Try as we might, my team has been unsuccessful in trying to open the seals on this door. So why don't you give it a try? Perhaps you'll have some unique perspective."
The new passageway is incredibly dark, but eventually leads to a large room with an altar in the middle. Behind the altar is a large, ominous statue of some deity. Sitting on the altar is a transparent black sphere, with some sort of dark mist swirling about inside it.
After a bit of walking, you reach a crossroads. The left passage seems dark and ominous, whilst the right passage seems bright and inviting. The right one definitely seems safer, but perhaps the left is more likely to lead to the artifact...
The right tunnel eventually opens out into a large room. Immediately upon entering this room, you accidentally step on a pressure plate and an electric cage appears around you, leaving you trapped.
There doesn't seem to be a way to deactivate the trap...
A robot suddenly approaches.
"[It would seem a third party has gotten involved in the search for the artifact.]"
["I am Purity-184. Rank: 003 Officer in the Legion. And I shall be the one to acquire the artifact in order to put an end to this conflict and annihilate the illithids."]
The female illithid scoffs.
"A fleshie, hmm... are you some sort of spy for the robots? Or are the neutralists finally taking a stand, trying to grab the artifact for themselves?"
"It is illithid tradition to state one's full name before a fight or challenge, so that our opponents know exactly who they're losing to. And you cannot possibly find it first! You are one likely untrained fleshie against a group of trained illithid treasure hunters!"
You live on a world that is trapped within a planetary battlefield. Two factions, one of robots and one of illithid-like creatures, have warred for what seems like eternity. Hoping to find a way to end the war and bring peace to your world, you sought out a long-abandoned temple rumored to hold an artifact powerful enough to do such a thing. You now stand before the entrance...
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