Last Gate - New Characters Introduction

OOC: There are many reasons your character may arrive to the mountain citadel of Last Gate, where this gameworld "legend" is based on and being played out. Perhaps your character looked for it because of rumours, perhaps your character got there by accident? Your character may have the following reasons:

- Looking for riches (for the darkmetal, gold, gems, and other such rumours)
- Looking for fame & glory (for the rumours of heroism being forged there)
- Looking for magic (for the rumour of arcane magic waiting to be discovered)
- Looking for a new destiny
- Being lost in the mountains
(And the list may go on)

The Rumour (In-character):

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An old horn blows in the distance
Somewhere is a story with a timeless existence
Where are the heroes of the past?
Will they be forgotten or recast?

Victory and fame blaze the trail of the dead
Unweaved memories linger in a shapeless thread
Ghostly whisper silenced by crows
Rekindling faith be hushed as wind blows

A beginning to come, a future to be had
Carried by ancient spirits upon the lily pad
The promise shall come to light, so the saying goes
And thereby begins an age, so ends the prose

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High up in the Great Peaks of Ghoul Mountains, the highest range of mountains in the Midlands, far deep within the fog and mountain mist, in the very edge of forgotteness within an uncharted territory of the Midlands, lies a citadel called "Last Gate". Many rumours enshroud the citadel, that here the new dawn of humanity shall begin, and heroes shall be forged within the deep cold of the mountains. There are promises of ancient magic and whispers of a metal known as darkmetal. That fame and glory wait to crown those who seek it, and that the snow orcs, the foulest enemies of The Midlands shall perish in a great war. Indeed, many promises and rumours enshroud the citadel, and one of them is not the least known, that once you arrive, you never leave...