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There is some modest elevation on the island as the land turns to low rolling hills. At night, over a central dinner than many of the Sybar citizens come too, a local bard tells the story of a local legend, where two people, one a local south islander brown skinned person and another a swarthy olive skinned one from Chance found each other near Sybar, and established an estate a few miles from here, where they loved together in happiness and love. They created a magical garden as a symbol of their love. It was enchanted by their magic into one of the greatest sights you could see. Then the local lady died after a long life, and her wizard husband placed new enchantments on the garden to protect her and it from the outside world, and to preserve what they had. And to this day, the garden lays untouched, just a few miles away from Sybar. Everybody in Sybar holds the garden as sacred and in reverence.
Alzar mentions that he would like to see it. One of them agrees to take him, Estaish and Aleigha tomorrow to the garden so that they can see it for themselves.
In the morning, their guide mentions that a young couple from their village ran away to visit the garden, a few years ago, and were never heard from again, so be careful.
The hike here takes about an hour and a half. The garden is on top of a small hill, and in the shape of a giant ellipse, about half a mile long and about a third of a mile wide. There is a very large wall, about 20 feet tall, around the whole thing (Alzar can see from the sky by his flyers), and there appears to be an invisible wall on top of the wall, because Megala and Dryshik cannot fly into the garden, they hit something that prevents them from doing so.
They check along the whole garden, and find it similarly shielded and walled in from above. They fly around and fail to find any sign of an entrance or exit, or any flaws in the walls. Looks airtight! Alzar orders them to fly up high and get another look, and as they do, Megala sees something odd over to the size, and quick fly down finds an old cave opening at the base of a hill two hills away from the garden. Just a cave? Or something more?
Alzar thanks the guide and tells her she can go back home, but they’d like to spend a bit of time here looking over and thinking about the garden. She agrees and moves off. Alzar tells Estaish and Aleigha what he saw through Megala and they agree to see what’s there. They grab torches and light them (Bag of Holding)
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