Crest Quest '87

"And so we traveled around the world. And what a wide world it is. And what an empty world it is.

DragonHeir had a World Map on his castle, and we took that off him. We had leads of where the other four crests are but no clue where those locals are. But we found one nearby. There's a Lighthouse south of Alefguard. It's a vertical maze, which we thought was fun, at least for a time. It's such a giant structure that Paul got a bit altitude sick. After camping out at what we thought was floor 7000, we kept heading up. Eventually, we found an old priest near the top. He offered to escort us to the crest that's hidden in the Lighthouse's depths. He kinda sucked at it, and there was only one path anyway. He took us to an enclosed room with a single chest. It was empty!

The trap was sprung, and the old man turned into four advanced gremlins. They may have been stronger than their cousins but not even remotely strong enough. One of them dropped the Star Crest.

And so, we traveled the world. Akina kept getting scurvy. Yes, you can get it multiple times. I had no idea, either. We sailed until we found everything near the sea on our map. Nothing was helpful in terms of crest hunting, but we did land at a strange, underground village. A merchant there had a hidden item. It was a key, a jailor's key. It's a skeleton key that opens every prison cell in the world. With this in hand, we returned to some old haunts. There was also an escaped convict living in a hallway, and he gave us a Floodgate Key. So many keys!

Why was there an evil demon in my castle's dungeon? He was really weak, but that might just be because Paul hit him with a Stopspell. But how did dad put him there? Akina took his Lightning Staff!

Hamlin was in a similar situation. There were two gremlins in the basement of the north house, and they held on to the Water Crest.

Back in the fisherwoman village, the massive church has two secret jails. Why was the floor so painful? Why did these people imprison a loom?

Anyway, we found another river delta south of Moonbrook. We had to take a few paths to reach it, but the village of Sluce was deeply hidden in the middle of the continent. We found a weaver who made a flowing dress for Akina, using yarn from the North Dragon Horn and the jail broken look, and the north led to a dam. Unlocking the place let the river flow south to a large tower.

The Tower of the Moon was a nice enough location. We found a fragment of the moon at the top. The legend around this is it opens a cave in the ocean somewhere. We ended up sailing for a hundred and eighty years until we landed on a small island. Paul took a nap under a tree near some teleportation orbs, and the Sun Crest stabbed him in the butt. Cool. That's for having a sword that he can swing twice in a round!