d20 Pony

nopony

Ask them about the Crown they were talking about.

Heeding their advice, you decide to let the knights escort your party to the nearest town, and begin to travel northward alongside them. On the way, you ask about the Crown that they mentioned earlier.

Grey knight: "The Crown of Midgard, King Empyrius, is the great ruler of this land."

Brown knight: "The High Throne of Elysia has been his since it was founded, over five centuries ago."

Apple Basket: "Five hundred years? D'you reckon he and Princess Celestia know each other?"

Grey knight: "For the Crown opposes sorcery, he and the Princess of Equestria may not be on the best of terms. Nevertheless, we are to treat our lawful visitors with due honour and integrity."

You follow the knights across a wooded valley with no beaten path in sight. Despite the rustling of the golden leaves in the wind above, you somehow feel as though the air around you stands still.

After about an hour of walking through the unusually quiet hinterlands, you reach a small fortified town surrounded by farmlands. The knights stop at the gate, then stand aside, and gesture for you to enter.

Grey knight: "Welcome to Astora. Keep your weapons stowed."

You thank the knights, and make your way inside. As you step through the gate, you suddenly feel a strange emptiness, as though a part of you was left behind.

Shaking off the feeling, you take a moment to look around. You find that the town encloses only a few dozen houses, all built along the thick, circular stone wall. In the centre, a modest temple towers above the rest.

The road north leads to the temple, and the north gate.
The road east leads to the marketplace, the chemist, the laboratory, the toolsmith, and the farrier.
To the south is your sailboat.
The road west leads to the hostel.

	Yoshimon1:
	Let's visit the marketplace first. There should be lots of vendors and adventures around that could give us information about the island and town. Maybe even some "lawful visitors", as the guards called it, that can tell us what's different here compared to Equestria.
	#147012 Aug 2019

	37212513:
	Let's just get this over with. Go to the temple and ask if they know anything about destroying the remnants of the philosophers stone or the seeds of the tree. Start with destroying the stone, as shards found across the land are still doing great harm to the populace. Any info on the seeds would be good, but don't piss them off if you can help it. It may be a matter to take up with the king. (One way or the other.)
	#146912 Aug 2019

	Borg:
	Let's go to the temple and find out what they believe around here. That could tell us a lot about the lay of the land, and it should put us near the north gate if we want to duck out of town to retrieve money from the sidereal bag before going shopping. (But don't push too hard when talking to any clergy we might meet; I don't think accidentally saying something sacrilegious would be to our benefit.)
	#146812 Aug 2019

	Krazylec:
	For those of you who are curious about the "part of you left behind," check the Status tab. You'll see that all characters have a "Magicless" status effect and a "Void of magic" debuff that apparently cancels all item enchantments... But seemingly not innate racial abilities and modifiers (like the Cutie Mark ability) or stat boosts from items. Wait, am I tripping, or is the Philosopher's Stone no longer on our person? For that matter, where is our stuff? I can see Moonflower and Apple Basket's Items, but not Trailblazer's. Am I missing something?
	#146612 Aug 2019

	Borg:► Krazylec (#1466)
	We must not be able to access our sidereal bag in this anti-magic field.
	#146712 Aug 2019

	nopony:
	Go to the marketplace and check if they sell seeds of Yggdrasil there. The temple could be an interesting place too, we should find out about the religion they follow.
	#146512 Aug 2019

	Hariman:
	Hmm. We need information, and a map, and possibly to check the market for supplies... but reasonably quickly. That feeling of something left behind is rather ominous, as is the presence of Nevele... who we shouldn't mention in town. But... supplies and easier directions than "the tree is that way!", some forewarning about monsters that might lurk on the way, and paths to use. We can talk with Moonflower and Apple Basket about the strange missing part feeling later. Something is off in Elysia, and it's probably worth staying clear of the trouble, for now.
	#146411 Aug 2019

	Inferno:
	Let's ask Moonflower if she would like to go to the laboratory or chemist, to possibly find out if she could find more interesting, unknown equestrian plants.
	#146311 Aug 2019