Steep Steps -

A sudden clatter echoed from below. Another player, desperate and frantic, had accidentally (or perhaps intentionally) knocked your ladder into the abyss. You watched it tumble, a small wooden stick falling thousands of meters into the clouds.

The "five stages of grief" the legends spoke of hit you all at once: denial, anger, and finally, a grim acceptance. You descended, step by grueling step, to retrieve your tool. When you finally returned to the summit and spoke to the Blacksmith once more, he handed you the , its dark surface pulsing with a dull, fiery glow. Steep Steps

In your hand, you gripped the only tool that mattered: a single, battered wooden ladder. It was the only thing standing between you and the , the first true milestone at 100 meters, where the stone walls were said to be crumbling and the snowy floors whispered of those who had fallen before. The Ascent Begins A sudden clatter echoed from below

"You want the Obsidian skin?" he grunted over the roar of nearby lava. "Then you must prove your worth. Take this ring to the volcano’s peak." The "five stages of grief" the legends spoke