City Of Towers

After my father was taken by the Shah's police I wondered for a time what I might accomplish to rescue him. I felt sure that, because of his amulet, he would survive the tumble down the crooked but endless Well of Forgetting. The reasons for his falling out of favour were unclear. In truth the Wizard had served as the ruler's mouthpiece for a time, planting mistruths and propaganda supporting his reign in public predictions. But once he was taken I knew I had to act quickly. Even if he reached the bottom of the Well alive he could not last for long in its Stygian depths. I had heard from childhood tales of how Con-ah the Cimmerian had survived when cast down into the pit. He had been discovered by his friends in the catacombs beneath the Temple District, having fought his way up through endless caverns. A path then existed- through the city's Thieves' Passages under the poor quarters, into the lower catacombs, and then through the caverns that lie under the palace mount. But who might I find who would undertake such a journey?

My father at least was rich and had stored his wealth carefully. If found, he could pay his rescuers handsomely. This led me to locate adventurers who had interest in money even there was great risk to their lives.