Gibbon had been on a quest from the time he had arrived in Imythess. The quest for the Fire God(dess) or ascend to the thrown as the god. His journey now has taken him to a place known for it fire and magma. The Volcano called Therab. He thought that if any questions were to be answered it would be here.

Upon entering a cavern in the mountain containing the volcano, he saw the red amber light that he grew to love in his time serving the goddess of fire years ago. He walked towards the light and saw a lava flow and it flowed up rather than down. He found this odd and walked along the path next to it. As he walked he heard some sounds up ahead. He wondered who or what it was.

Jasmine had been in the heart of the volcano for days now. She was praying to the gods to grant her the position of the Goddess of Fire. Her prayer was intense and long. The room she was in was hot and smelt of ash and hot rock. Jasmine was sitting on her fire elemental, Balthezar, praying away. Her forehead was begining to sweat heavily and her breathing grew heavier. She slowed down and stopped to take a breack form praying. She turned to Balthezar and asked,

"Do you think the Gods will let me become one of them? Am i worthy to sit next to them? ........ Answer me Balthezar."

Balthezar looked at her with a blank expression on his face. He seemed to be looking past her and then said,

"There is some one lurking in your territory. He seeks something. I will scare him away if you wish."

Jasmine turned around and looked. She saw nothing but the path that led down into path that was lighted by the magma. She stood up and wondered to her self what this man was doing so far into the volcano. She walked toward the entrance and heard his steps on the rock. She went back behind the elemental and kneeled on the ground.

"Balthezar, do not harm or make him feel uncomfortable in anyway. I want to know what his motives are."

Jasmine created a smoke that surrounded her and the beast so that they could not be seen. Only shadows of their bodies could be seen but no specific features. She waited for her guest.

Namilek has been on the run for days, away from the dwarfs that was chasing him. He had a run-in conflict with some dwarfs in the mines of the deep city. The warmth of the air seem to be increasing awfully fast as he draws near Therab. Only knowing that he was being chased, and not knowing that the entrance ahead leads to the caverns of the volcano, without thinking, Namilek ran into the caverns.

Namilek slowed down as he got into the cavern. "It's so hot in here, I wonder why." Namilek thought to himself. Deciding to continue forward anyways, he had come to a cross road, which in front was a river of lava flowing. Now he knew where he was. "How unfortunate, o well, maybe I'll find something interesting in here." Namilek thought to himself again.

Thinking that he is probably going to need help getting through this place and away from the dwarfs, he decides to yell for someone: "Hello? Is anybody in here? I think I need some help!"

Gibbon went on further to see what or whom it was. Upon walking further he saw what he thought was a fire elemental and a women with fire red hair. HE then heard a voice back along the cavern yell. "I wonder what that was?" he said to himself. His concern was more on the women and the elemental than whoever was down below.

He walked toward the woman, with a determined look upon his face. He wanted to know whom she was and if she was the goddess of fire. He was a good fifty feet from the target and stopped to converse with the women. "Hello, I'm Gibbon. I seek for the god or goddess of fire. Would you be the one I seek or are you just a fellow follower of fire?" he stop and peer behind him to see if the one behind was still there.

Adsero popped her head out of the small pool of lava and climbed over the ledge. She shook some of the lava out of her hair and brushed it off her clothes. The stuff was thick and dripped slowwly off and onto the floor. She wipped off her face and started to wander through the caverns, trying to remember how to get out again. A swim was nice but it wouldn't do to stay here too long. Up ahead she heard voices and as she rounded the corner she saw a man talking to figures in the smoke. She listened to what he asked and raised an eyebrow. "There is no god of fire anymore. He got kicked out for one reason or another. I'm not sure if anyone took his place yet but I don't think they have." She yawned and picked lava out of her ears with her pinky. "Why do you ask?"

Jasmine looked at the stranger through the smoke that surrounded her. She saw another that came along as well. She stood up and walked out of the smoke to reveal her self. Her elemental stood up and watched all of them. Jasmine noticed the one who came out of the lava was Adsero, her fire guild leader.

"Hello Adsero. How are you this day? Do you know who this stranger is?"

Jasmine looked at the man. She eyed him down and smiled. She admired his bravery for coming down these tunnels. It was not a very bright thing to do if you were not aquainted with the place. She continued to gaze at the stranger.

"Hello there brave one. What is your name?"

Gibbon saw out of the corner of his eye, the woman emerge from the lava. He hadn't seen such in a long time. He was either happy that he found fellow followers of fire. Or concerned that he was now surrounded. He also saw the woman emerge from the smoke and ask him his name.

"My name is Gibbon and I seek the god or goddess of fire. If there is no such one, then I seek to be such. And who might you and your friend be?" he meant to cause no trouble, but was on a divine mission to find or become the god of fire. He knew that these two were highly gifted in the element of fire. He once was the guardian of fire back when he lived in another land. Now he seek the same or better. He only hope these two were of the good nature. "Do you live in this mountain?" he asked the two women.

Adsero smailed and waved at Jasmine and proceeded to straighten her hair out with her fingers. It didn't do to let the lava cool on her head. It was always a devil to get out. "Nice to meet you Gibbon. I'm Adsero and I don't live anywhere at the moment, mostly by choice though." She got her hair under control and braided it before glancing behind her. "Was it just me, or did someone call out earlier?"

Namilek waited for awhile, to see if there was any response to his yelling. He heard no reply, but instead he could hear mumbling coming from a tunnel far ahead of him.
"Well, just walking over there probably wouldn't be a good idea." Namilek thought to himself. "I'll try it again i guess."
"Hey! Hello? Is anybody in here? I need some help!" Yelled Namilek once again. Feeling impatient this time, instead of waiting for a response, Namilek said to himself: "Aww, screw it. I'll just walk down the tunnel." As he started walking through the tunnel.

Jasmine looked at Gibbon and was going to answer his question but was interrupted by the yelling down the tunnel. She closed her eyes and summoned her demonic being. This was the first time she had ever summoned this creature. The ground split and a horrible stench came from it. It was an opening to the Abyss. Black smoke and fire was coming out of the split in the ground and then the beast came out. Fear stuck the area that Jasmine and the other two were in. The beast was a fiery hell hound with a foul and menacing groul. The creature looked at Jasmine as though it was annoyed, seeming as though it was interrupted from its business in the Abyss. Jasmine thought to her self that she had never given it a name and it needed one. The placed her finger on her lip and thought silently to her self.

"I shall call you...... Neyitalak. Yes. Go and bring the one who yells. Do not harm the being. Go now."

The beast jumped up into the air and laned on the roof of the cave they were in. It was walking upside down and started its run to the being down the tunnel.



Neyitalak came upon the stranger and jumped behind him so he could not get away. Neyitalak looked at him with his red eyes and grouled at the stranger. The fiery hellhound moved toward the stranger and spoke. Its voice sounded as though it was forcing it self out, so it sounded like a scratchy whisper.

"Walk. Go to the people. I was called to bring you. Go now!"

A small fire in the form of a cat sprung up, curled atop the lava. It had felt the demon's presence and decided to appear. Seeing it walk away, the cat peered through fires near a stranger, obviously the demon's target. The cat opened the two red ovals that looked to be it's eyes, though in truth it did not need then, and hissed.

Adsero looked down at the fire shaped like a cat. She knew it was Cremo, a companion of hers who less then liked her. She raised and eyebrow at the hiss. "Elf." the cat replied. Adsero raised the brow. "Oh. I wonder why an elf would travel into the volcano and then call for help..." The cat did something similar to rolling it's eyes and rested it's head on it's paws. "You say that like I care." The cat yawned and shut it's eyes though far from asleep. Adsero shrugged and turned to look where the demon dog had left, waiting for the stranger to come.

Gibbon look at Jasmine as she summoned and set the creature on it way to retrieve the elf. He wanted to know if either were the goddess of fire. "I still want to know if either are the goddess of fire, and if not who is? For I am seeking for the one who is. And any help would greatly be appreciated." he then turned to see who called to be brought forth.

Jasmine looked at Gibbon and frowned. She looked down to the ground and was sad at the thought of there being no fire goddess or god. She looked back up to Gibbon and said,

"There is no Goddes of Fire. Ironicly, he was fired. I hear the gods did not like his activity. I do not know what he was doing to upset the gods, but they cast him down from their level of godliness. Now many are seeking to become the new diety of fire. Only one will come about, but a new one of fire will born."

Jasmine smiled and looked past Gibbon. She was waiting to see if her summoned demon got a hold of the wanderer.

"So, the fire god throne has been vacated. Interesting!" he now knew his chances of being the god of fire were open now. But he had a feeling that this lady was seeking the same throne he seeks. He would not fight over it but respect the gods will and hope they favored him. "I feel you seek to be goddess fire. I seek the same. That is why I came here, for it seemed to be the fieriest point in all of Imythess. I knew my questions would be answered here. You and your friend seem to be well endowed with firepower. I must say I'm impressed.” He then looked at here and thought he knew here for a second. “Are you Jasmine from Orodreth Ancalimë? I have heard of you from my love Finduilas. She is in your guild. I have seek to join it for some time." he wondered if he was correct in guessing who she was. If so this was good news. He dearly wanted to join the guild to be closer to his love.

Jasmine smiled at him. She closed her eyes and unsummoned Balthezar. She opened them and looked staraight at Gibbon. Jasmine walked down from the small chamber like room she was in and met Gibbon. She out stretched her arm and opened her hand for a greeting hand shake.

"You are right in saying that I am Jasmine of Laurudy. I am one of the leaders of that guild. I do know your Finduilas. She is a good person, perfectly fit to be in the clan. As for you. I do not know who you are completely, so you must wait in order to be accepted. I am sure you will be closer to your loved one. I am seeking and praying to the gods of Imythess to become a Goddess of fire. I have not yet recieved an answer, but I will soon. I do pray that I become the diety of fire and magma."

"I wonder what Bahumut did to get kick out by the gods. I always thought he was a nice guy, if a little crazy, but then my defintion of nice is a bit different from other peoples. Oh well. Good luck to both of you if you seek to take his place. Be sure not to let the power go to your head if you do become the god or goddess of fire." She looked down the hall but didn't see the stranger anywhere. "You think someonething happened to him?" That would be such a bad thing she thought. But I suppose it doesn't matter. "So are we going to stand around and talk all day or was there something anyone wanted to do?"

Jasmine looked down at Adsero and laughed. What were they going to do now that they were aquainted all with each other. The setting was odd and they just met. Jasmine came downnext to Gibbon and looked past him. That starnger had not yet made a sound ever since she sent her summoned demon to fetch him. Jasmine was worried for the person, as she did not yet have ful control over the demonic being. Maybe it had gone berzerk and murdered the poor wanderer. Jasmine looked back at Adsero and said,

"Perhaps we should go and look to see what happened to the wanderer?"

"Sure. If he's not dead though, would anyone mind if I killed him myself? If you'd rather I didn't that's fine. I can always kill him later if I see him again. I was just wondering." Adsero smiled, resting her hands on her head, and proceeded to hum to herself. [i]Wandering through the halls of flaming doom, going to find a stranger in the next room. The cat followed her rather unhappily. Could you stop humming? it asked. You're horrible at carrying a tune. Adsero shrugged and continued to hum.

Gibbon had a feeling the wandering stranger had left, but he went along with the other two. "To be honest I hope that someone becomes the god of fire soon. I am a bit lost without one. If it is you Jasmine, then I will be sending my prayers to you. As for the guild, I am seriously interested in joining. I can bring much to the guild and am willing to provide any information you need to join." he had a strong feeling that she would be the one he would follow in the future as the goddess of fire. He still left a speck of hope that he would get it, but was no longer worried.