Alzar teleports with Thassil and his group back to Evenarrow and has his Magist begin to search to see if she can find anything about Phelzaron. Thassil stays behind, and Alzar teleports to Spearhold and then flies south and west.
About 13 miles away is a odd looking construct. Alzar lands. In front of him is a large, grassy clearing, out of which rises a spiral flight of white steps – steps without railings that glow faintly, and spiral up, up, to…..nothing. Just empty air. On the turf round are several old and weathered skeletons.
Alzar flies up and around it. There are 300 steps, and they are in good condition, totally dry. There is nothing at the top, nothing hiding invisibly or anything else. There is nothing between the stair and the area around it. Alzar tosses a coin onto a stair without any issues from his flying carpet. Alzar casts Mount and gets a Griffon. The Griffon will shadow him, in case he falls or something, and will catch up. He still has his Stalker, Too. The star of mo-pilar won’t work at all, it sees nothing no stairs, nothing else.
Alzar steps onto the first stair and nothing happens. Then #2 and #3. He walks up the Endless Stair.
When he reaches the 8th step, there is a shimmering curtain of force that’s between himself and step #9. He steps through and takes 4 damage and is affected with a faerie fire. The Stalker took 2 but is not fire’d.
More steps pass, the Fire fades after 9 rounds. The 23rd step occurs and a another pair of those eyes appear from the steps and move to follow Alzar and his Stalker. More steps follow. When the 40th step is reached, the step itself begins to glow. A puff of white vapor rises from it. Out from it steps a creature, a malfera, that moves to attack!
The Malfera is a creature from the Nightmare Dimension that is only encountered on the Prime as the result of a powerful summoner.
Alzar’s Axe is out and…9 vs 5. The Malfera’s poisonous breath misses Alzar (immune due to Necklace of Adaptation). It attacks and misses with claws. Then Alzar uses his axe and…16, 18, and 7 – two hits for 34 damage. 3 vs 7. Alzar kills it with a 3rd Axe hit and it dies. Alzar gains 6k XP