The Great Pyramid of Xuthalhotep, Lost City of Khemsa, Forgotten Kingdom of Verulia
Great Eastern Desert, the World of Hyboria
19th day of the month of Ublez, 1280th year of the Age of Aquilonia
A new future dawns.
Months have passed since the fall of Zargoth the Demon-God. Garrin, Loche and Mako departed weeks ago and now the remaining heroes, Amethu, Cruloc, Kiri and Zahra, are bidden to meet with the triumvirate of once-feuding
sects that now lead the newly reborn civilization of Verulia.
Ghorum of Osorus...
Dendara of Sekhmet...
and Usemhotep of Uthoth...
...humbly request that they go forth into the world, a world strange and mysterious to Amethu and Zahra, on an undertaking of crucial importance.
The wicked priests of Zargoth had destroyed all records of the Old Kingdom. To recover their lost history, the four heroes are asked to seek the ancient ruins of a mainland colony of Atlantis: Thracia, which lies near the Western Ocean.
In vaults deep beneath the city of Thracia was once the greatest library on Earth. Verulia's lost past would be found there. Maps of the old kingdom might locate sister cities and more Verulian survivors. Recovery of the royal lineage of Pharaohs would ensure that the rightful heir sits upon the golden throne of the Great Pyramid once more.
Atlantis was destroyed
six millennia ago, swallowed by the ocean in a global cataclysm.
A contemporary of Ancient Verulia, it was of the ancient world; an epoch of strange magic, creatures and wonders the likes of which are not to be found in the world today.
In preparation, the Grand Magi of Uthoth teach Amethu the dead language, Atlantean.
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On the vernal equinox, with Xorzen staying behind to help his people, the heroes say their farewells and set out to cross the Great Eastern Desert, laden with maps, treasure, and sustenance enough to survive the wastes. By charts and by stars, scholarly Amethu can navigate to the last known location of Thracia of lost Atlantis.
Their vital quest will take the better part of a year.
To be continued in... Chapter 19: Civilization's End