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Be cautious as you approach the Beast, stoically crouched upon it's rocky pedestal. It has no less than 8 legs and EEVIL square eyes. You cannot outrun it nor hide from it. It sees all from it's lofty perch.
STOP!!! Dare NOT CONTINUE where narrow & crooked becomes LONG & STRAIGHT! If the passage is easily traversed to the next realm for it is ... EEVIL!
The Beast placed it here only to tempt you to wander forever into the Waste trea..er land that is far in front of you...And it smells bad down there.
The Beast must be distracted for you to survive the passage. It's been known to devour people and their steeds whole with it's huge mouth. If you are lucky, it may be still be busy eating the last traveller and their ride. Then and only then, will you have a chance to escape it's clutches. If not, you will be foresaken...and a snack. A paltry, stinky and yet flavorless snack.
Here you must be brave! You must turn your back upon the Beast, face the setting sun, and venture forth unto the path less trodden yet wide; where great monsters rise from the EEVIL underworld.
DESCEND bravely from the mountain's ridge into the valley of death. Again, DO NOT be fooled by an easy wide flat yet long trail. GO DOWN into the depths. Be sure of YOUR LEFT foot. (This is the part where typically a female will go the wrong way to the right, trip, scream, and lose a shoe. For our plot twist, we will try to avoid this trope but feel free to do your best SCREAM QUEEN impersonation.)
Do NOT enter any areas that can be covered by dark shadows or forests as you approach the lower realm. EEEVIL lurks in the dark shadows.
Nor continue into the watery abyss where scaly creatures abound, hungry for your flesh; your tired, leathery, pockmarked flesh.
You have now entered the Realm of the Devil's Magical Serpents. At least 3 are known to inhabit these lands, two large green and one stealthy grey. They will twist, climb, and then lie still; waiting to attack their unsuspecting prey from above. Slowly they will digest their victims alive. Feeding off of their victim's life force so they may live forever. Be most wary of the EEVIL grey snake. It is the most deadly. It hides. Only revealing it's head to strike.
If there is an area they all protect together then they must be guarding something most valuable. It must be the talisman that will free you from this EEVIL. The ground is littered with the destroyed parts of those who came before you and no trace of any survivors.
Be ever vigilant as you approach the serpents' nest above you. Again, be sure of foot as to not awaken them. Any injury here could surely mean your demise. Insects and worms will feast on all of your rotting organs; your putrid, disgusting, infected organs.
The EEVIL magical grey snake guards the talisman closest of all. Remember, he is vigilant and immortal! How will you have time to search for the talisman and not perish you ask? Ahh, you must remove the head of the grey snake. Only then will you have time to perform the Ritual of the Aapeefayss before the snake recovers to unleash his wrath on your flabby waste of human skin; your sad, weak, chewy and salty bag of bones.
To escape this HORROR successfully you must do 2 things:
1. Scribe your mark into the Book of Protection. This will ensure the power of the talisman will work for the rest of time.
2. Transfer only the symbol from the talisman to take with you ensuring a better and brighter future.
The talisman itself must remain in this god foresaken place so others may find their way out. Less their undead corpses will continue to roam the land endlessly.
Bearing the talisman for one's self will beseech the most EEVIL of EVIL omens on all of your family and your descendants for all eternity.
A CURSE upon all your lineage!, your dog!, your neighbors!, and your neighbors' dog!
But not cats. Cats are already PURE EVIL so that would just be silly and redundant.