Delmah Phor

The scroll reads thusly:

The owners of the land this lance has pierced have been invited to glorious challenge, to risk all to gain all in triumph or defeat. When the challenge is at an end, if the lance remains buried in the earth, whoever claims that earth will lose all they own to the contract should they fail in the tasks presented, or gain all of the one they challenge.

The first test is simple. Among many identical Tokens, seven have been marked, and up to seven champions must be chosen. One may be of those who own the land, the others must be proxies chosen to act on their behalf. Find these tokens, and select those worthy to complete the tasks. There must be one, three, five, or seven champions, and they should stand before the lance come the height of the next day to receive their tasks. If none appear, then the challenge ends and no risk, nor gain will be had.


Seven indentations, marked with seven inlayed carvings that would hold seven different coins surround the top of the lance. Places for the tokens, if they're found. With how many drow have turned opportunistic in collecting the sudden surge of sky-birthed wealth, the chances grow slimmer and slimmer all the while. While the scroll is massive, only the outermost part has unravelled, and bears only those words of challenge for the time being. The rest seems welded to the shaft, and trying to pry or pull it free is more likely to damage the shimmering paper than extract it.