The Path Untaken, by Mazewalker Isom Ushanak We are trapped in a maze of darkness. Some call this the underdark, I call it the maze of Eshowdow. Eshowdow is a splinter, a sect, a thought of the great Ubtao. Eshowdow is the darkness, and the path of Eshowdow leads away from the enlightend maze of Ubtao. This city, your Sanctuary, is an obstruction in your escape. It is a barrier. The very fact that it has trapped more then a thousand "free" people, is a testament to its danger.

You are here in this city for many reasons. Yet many are the people that have given up hope of seeing the surface, and escaping the maze of Eshowdow. It is this mental construct that Eshowdow has cunningly placed in your mind that I am here to examine. I am here to examine why this city is filled with those that have given up the maze, have given up the light, and are content to languish, and finally die in darkness.

The maze must be learned. One cannot languish, or retire in any one place, one must keep probing the challenges of the darkness so that they may be learned. Ubtao provides a way. That way has been found by the Mazewalker Fredrick Bresely. That way has been lost and the corruption of Eshowdow has blanketed the city and halted hope.

I ask: Have you given up hope? Do you feel that the surface, the end of the maze, is too distant to reach? These are the thoughts that Eshowdow has placed in your minds. Recognize them. Know them. Dispel them.

I ask: Who has placed these ideas in your head? The Spellguard? The Watch? The Council? Your fellows? These are the thoughts of Eshowdow and they are proliferated by Eshowdow's followers. These followers are damning you to darkness. Find them, change them, or if you have to, break them.