The LightRaider Test Player Briefing

Three weeks ago, you graduated from Lightraider Academy. You traveled south through Ravencrest and east along the Dayspring Highlands to the seashore near Harbour Joy, where you’re enjoying a much-needed vacation. You’ve worked hard in your studies, and you’re enjoying a carefree time on the sand. But you are also eager for adventure. You wonder if there is any on these safe shores. You think of the exploits that await you far away when you are allowed to step into one of the Passage Lakes and enter The Dragon Lands.

It is now late evening, and your group is out for a peaceful walk on the beach, watching the waves glisten in the moonlight. One of you spots an object bobbing in the water. Wading out, you discover a bottle with a note inside.

The note reads:

*I have found you all trustworthy and true. Through me you have been become Keledan, credited with righteousness and counted among the twice-born. Now, after much study, you are prepared for adventure. But first I must make certain you are worthy of the title Lightraider. You are invited to The Lightraider Test. Will you go?*

As you readily agree amongst yourselves to face this test, you notice the writing on the note changing like wisps of smoke. The letters take a different form. You turn the paper to the moonlight and see a new message. As you read, the words disappear and new writing appears, creating a long message for such a small piece of paper. It reads as follows:

*You are all my workmanship, each recreated in the power of the Rescuer through his Great Rescue. You have been recreated in me to do good works, and I planned long ago for you to do them.*

*My assignments often come as walks of faith. I purposefully leave details out, to exercise your trust in me, to delight in seeing that you love me above all else, and to see that you will follow my wishes whether or not you can see the end of things. I am he who watches over your welfare. You have a choice: Do it for yourself, or have me do it for you. I hope that you will let me lead you one step at a time.*

*As you have been instructed at the Academy, I would like you to go by faith into Highland Forest, a large forest in The Dragon Lands. To get there, you must first return to the slopes of the Celestial Peaks and seek a lake called Mt. Challenge, west of Ras Telesar. Once you are ankle deep in this Passage Lake, I will transport you to a Hollow Tree in the northern part of Highland Forest. As you know, this is path I created in order to bring my Lightraiders into the dangerous land of the dragons.*

*Go, feeling my hand on your shoulder and my love covering your spirit. Though you will not see me, I will be with you. I am everywhere, in all places at all times.*

There is an outpost of the Lightraider Order at Harbor Joy. There, you borrow horses for the ride to the Vales of the Passage Lakes, far to the northwest. You have only to ask for the horses and state your purpose, and they are freely given.

After obtaining the horses, you rest for the remainder of the night and set out the next morning. The journey is uneventful. Five days later, you cross into the Western Vale and ride down the path to Mt. Challenge Lake.

A man is there to collect your horses. He has also brought supplies. “They’re all full and ready,” he says, opening the tailgate of a horse cart to reveal new packs. “Except we’re completely out of rope just now. Trust the Rescuer. He’ll take care of that if need be.”

Investigating the leather backpacks, you find that they each contain a traveling cloak, a change of clothes, a large knife, a tinderbox, a scarf and hat, a roll of bandages, five candles, a week’s provisions, and a couple of cooking utensils. You each also have a bedroll, a hatchet, and a water skin. You shoulder your packs, put your bedrolls on top, and hang the hatchets and water skins from your belts. You are ready to go.

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