For the last day or so, you had been beset by feelings of uneasiness that you could not put a name to, so you searched through the rooms of the Main Hall for an itinerant seer by the name of Oracle Jones.
You find him seated at a table near the back bar, and after a few stiff drinks his oracular powers unlock.
"I see it!" he cries. "It's a message from ol' Tokas! He's in a mess o' trouble an' he needs your help! He says to come to the city of Lumen where he's set up shop! Look for him near the south gate! Hurry, he says!"
That's good enough for you. You set the bottle on the table in front of Oracle Jones, then hurry away.
You throw a few weapons together and force a quick march to the city of Lumen. It looks peaceful enough from outside, but when you pass through the open north gate you are instantly plunged into pitch darkness! You cannot move, but are held by an unseen, dark power! You can feel it pawing though your things.
Though you cannot hear it, you can sense its thoughts: "Gold! You bring me gold, my pretty one! And what's this? Magic weapons? Oh, ho! Ho! Hoho! Hohohohohoho-"
In that instant you feel the familiar presence of the mind of Hokas Tokas. Your senses reel...
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