The first peaceful day

[Anastasia]

It does indeed seem to a filter, designed to remove any impurities from the waters.

[Nephrite]

Moore will proceed on past it ... or try to!

[Anastasia]

It's like your teeth rattle and your bones feel weird, but you pass through. Nothing seems to have happened to you otherwise.

[Nephrite]

Moore will continue on!

[Anastasia]

There are several more of the filters to go through, each like the last. When it's done you feel rather shivery, but you can also see a widening opening ahead.

[Nephrite]

He proceeds!

[Anastasia]

Ahead is a cave - worked on. Stone pillars support the ceiling, wrought glass keeping veins of molten gold at bay. The water flows in carefully directed rivers here, levees ensuring there are dry lanes to walk on.

Sitting here and watching the waters is a dwarf - one with wings of the purest gold, an aura of peace and calm around it. As calm as the eternal caves, waiting with an expression of gruff joy, as if trying to keep a smile off his face. His hair is coal black and long, a matching beard with it. He wears chain armor and greaves as well.

[Nephrite]

Moore rises out of the water and dries himself with magic to raise a hand in greeting. "Hello and good day to you." Moore calls out.

[Anastasia]

"A traveler down here?" The dwarf eyes you, "Well, come on up and have yourself a nip." He withdraws an iron flask. "It'll banish the water chill from you."

[Nephrite]

"Thank you for your kindness." Moore says. "I'm actually looking for something... I guess that's probably not much of a shock. It's called the Eternal Well." He says.

Moore will take the offered drink -- hopefully prepared enough for the strong stuff. He did drink with Dana...

[Anastasia]

It's not too bad, warming more than anything else. Strong but mostly tasteless.

"I've heard of it," he says, "Follow that river there and you'll be on the right path." He points over to one of the rivers going deeper into the mountain. "It is dangerous, and you will be challenged."

[Nephrite]

"Do you know why the water has such restorative properties?" Moore asks. "I'm rather curious, after seeing so much of it."

[Anastasia]

"It's obvious to anyone with sense. Why, Moradin once hammered the waters and stones themselves here, that's why," The dwarf says, "What other reason could there be?"

[Nephrite]

Moore smiles. "That makes sense." He says with a bit of a grin. "Well, if you're ever on Lunia, please stop by Hope's Landing."

Moore will continue on!

[Anastasia]

This tunnel is at least not underwater. It is a well designed river instead, an underground aqueduct. As you go, you see exquisite stonework - engravings of dwarves at work, working the stone here. It's lifelike, each carving with a level of detail only reality would have normally. At times they are intersected with other images, images of dwarves injured while working stone - broken bones, bloodied bodies and the like. Others show a woman, inlaid with purest, shining silvery mithral, blessing the waters around those that are injured.