The Frozen Key

"The light keeper suggested going west, but we went east from the ghost town to find Lancel. The townsfolk speak highly of their shrine, but none of us could spot it. And it wasn't just us either, so we're not just four idiots trying to save the world. But they did have something fun, the invisible herb. Rubbing this yourself will make you invisible. We had no need for this at the moment, but we all saw a possible use for it if need be. And it's a good thing we did.

North of Portoga is Edinbear. It's home to snotty prudes who think we're hicks! All four of us are well educated people. One speaks for god, I'm a writer, and Arusu is the chosen one from a knightly lineage. She was also Queen once! Tryton does exhibit traits from time to time, I'll give the Edins that, but there's no way this guard could know that. Regardless, the front gateman would not let us through. So we used the recently acquired herb to sneak in. The effect doesn't last long, but it got us in. Once inside, everyone accepted us well enough. But we were spurned. The basement had a rock puzzle, and we had to push three of them onto three squares. Doing so revealed a secret passage. Hidden there was the Thirsty Pot. Legend has it, the Pot can drain the ocean. Others in the castle tell about a sunken island hidden in shoals somewhere in the North Sea. Guess where we went!

Between a frozen straight, where Mor and the Shrine we got the Echo Flute are, was a series of corals. Tryton threw the Pot in, and an island emerged from the frigid waters. There was a shrine that contained the Final Key! We can now open every door on the planet, even jail cells. We went around the world to where we knew we could now go and found some new things.

When we started going to new places, we found the castle of Samanou. We witnessed a funeral, and parishioners informed us the local King had gone mad. We were allowed into the keep and snuck around to get deeper in, but we couldn't get to certain places. We eventually said screw it and got captured. We were thrown into jail, but we had the Final Key, so we easily escaped. We freed the others who were imprisoned under questionable standards, and we even found the real King. He warned us about the Change Rod, which an imposter is using to rule in his stead. Something is located in a cave to the south that can help us.

But it was tough going. Mobs kept reviving themselves and stealing our magic. They weren't strong, but we're not equipped for such attrition. We eventually left and decided to get a lay of the land. We found several groups of metal slimes! We couldn't defeat all of them, but we learned a lot from killing them. It's time to return to the cave."