Ash Heap



This is a Volcano exploration event.

Inspect
You see an enormous hammer stuck into the ground. It's richly decorated with runes and carvings.

You can't help but think that its handle is very short... Not very practical.

Check The Ashes
You linger around those ashes, they may have something to reveal to you...

1.Inspect the ground (Wisdom)

The ashes might not have anything specific, but they're covering something much more interesting. By scattering some of them, you notice traces on the ground: there are some runes written with chalk and laid out as a circle. In the centre of it, according to the ashes, there must have been a burning fire. Could this be some sort of ritual place?

2.Search the ground (Scavenging)

You spread the ashes and you end up finding remains of cut stone. Moreover, a slight smell of fish comes to you, probably due to a meal that was cooked here before. +Stone

Light The Fire
The writings on the ground intrigue you and you decide to light a fire to reproduce the aforementioned ritual. So, you place the wood at the centre of the runes circle. After grabbing two stones, you hit them against one another until you make sparks that ignite the tinder fungus. A strong fire appears in no time at all! What kind of witchcraft is this? You feel the air densify around you.

Perform The Ritual
Relevant skills: Cooking

Now the the fire is burning, you have to complete the ritual, but truth be told, you have no idea what you're supposed to do. You're just going to have to experiment until something happens.


 * Throw a fish (Needs 1 Fish)


 * You take a fish that you throw into the fire. Nothing special happens, but after a few minutes a nice smell comes to your nostrils. You may not have succeeded the ritual, but now you have fried fish!
 * +Fried Fish.png Fried Fish
 * +Cooking


 * Throw a stone (Needs 1 Stone)


 * You throw a stone in the fire. It starts to crackle greatly, and blue sprays of flames quickly appear before they disappear right away. Clearly, you're on the right track, but that doesn't seem to be enough. You need to add something else.




 * Throw some fabric (Needs 1 Fabric)


 * You throw a piece of fabric in the fire that consumes it greedily. Nothing special happens...


 * Throw nothing



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(After throwing a stone)


 * Throw some wood


 * You throw a piece of wood in the fire, that gets hungrily eaten by the flames. Nothing special happens.


 * Throw some salt


 * Although it's a crazy idea, you decide to add some salt to the fire. New blue flames, way bigger than the first time, rise up in the fire. Then, all of a sudden, the fire dies abruptly, for no visible reason.


 * Then, in the ashes, you notice the appearance of a small tablet with some runes written on it.


 * +Ancient Knowledge.png Ancient Knowledge