21-Dec-2016 - ND - Warriors ND: I fight two guys wearing nice clothes, one is wielding a big axe __________________________ 22-Dec-2016 - No written record Several short ND and LD - Didn't write anything down so forgot them __________________________ 23-Dec-2016 - 1 ND + WILD - The Shadow world WILD: Many elements look influenced by Skyrim - environment, town, houses, Necromancer, skeletons 6:30AM, ~30-40 mins HI, several short scenes, then stabilize LD in my tower, touching walls' stones and looking at objects In the tower, on a shelf, I find an open matrioska, several pieces, the smallest is tiny, like a hair I compose it, then look a it, take it with me and step into the portal I am in a tundra, at night; see several bare trees, little snow, no grass. I choose a direction and walk After a bit I find a small village, made up of some wooden houses. I also see couple of horses in a stable, very few people around. I enter a house, meet a girl inside. We exchange few words, then I ask if I can help with anything She mentions that lately, at night, some villagers have noticed dark creatures. They don't know what they are and have no clue where they come from I tell her I could take care. Is she available to provide any reward for it ? She answers yes I am clueless where to start looking for the dark creatures, hope for some guidance, and see a glimpse of a light path pointing NNW I take a compass, walk following that direction, reach the woods again The environment is very similar to where I ended up out of the portal However, near some trees I notice some "bubbles" of darkness floating mid-air I understand those are portals out of which the dark creatures are coming The dark portal closest to me grows in size, and a shade comes out of it It's looking very similar to some videogame monster I cannot identify during the LD, but which I recognize as Guild Wars 2 shades at wake-up LINK I shoot a fireball to it, but it just passes through the shadow. Hmmm, no way the sword can do anything to it either. I give up the chances of fighting with just DHL selected powers, and I invoke some sort of "light" power. A white light fills the blade of my sword, which now shines in the darkness. With this light-infused blade, I cut through the shade, which drops to the ground cut in half. Good ! I notice it's kinda solid inside. I think this should already count as DHL mission, but I also feel there is more work to do. The portals are still there, threatening villagers. I need to close them, understand the root cause so they won't open again. I approach the portal, put my right arm through it, I get no harm from it. The arm is looking like immersed in a pool of dark, liquid smoke I also put my left arm through it. Then I use both hands to enlarge it enough that I can pass through it with my entire body. Then I cross the portal and reach a place I've never seen, dreamed or read before: The Shadow world It's a dark world, but its darkness is hard to describe It has trees, made out of shadow, like a thick, solid black smoke shaped as a tree I look up to the dark grey sky and see a totally black sun "shining" darkness A thick fog is shielding my far sight I start walking, then look back to see the portal I came through, shining bright light Inside of it, I can see the forest I left before I think it will make for a good reference point After some walking I see a structure gradually emerging from the fog It's a high, flat wall. I walk toward my right and see its side is open. Approaching it, I notice it's built of the same substance of the trees, a thick shadow, although it looks more solid I also see it's shaped as a tunnel, it has the two long walls, a roof, while the two short sides are open I enter it and see the interior is covered in "stone" slabs, each engraved in characters I only partly know It looks like a burial chamber. I exit it and walk some more I approach a tree, and stop thinking that my mind has built all of this I take some time to be appropriately amazed at this impressive fact Then, the tree grabs me with its branches. I take some time to look down at the ground Then think I had enough sightseeing, so I take my light-infused sword and swing it a couple of times A diagonal cut to the tree trunk makes the top slide down, allowing me to touch the ground again Then I examine the tree roots and branches, but after some interaction, it dissolves to a thick, shape-less black fog I understand I again need some direction. I raise my sword, which shoots a straight ray of light towards a certain direction, ending up between some rocks I walk that way, pass a river made out of flowing black water, thanks to a black wooden bridge After some more walking, I reach a wooden house. It looks like solid wood, although very dark, definitely man-made I enter the house. Ground floor looks empty and uninteresting. Looking better I notice a staircase going to the upper floor I climb it and explore the first floor. The last rooms contains a bed, a man with a dark robe is sleeping in it I point my sword to him, he quickly gets up I ask him who he is, he answers he's the Necromancer Antonius I also question him if he's responsible for the shades invasion, he says of course, shows me an amulet he's wearing, which allows him controlling the shades I would like to avoid killing him, if possible He attacks me summoning two shades, which hold me by my arms, I cut them with my sword I prepare a fireball in my left hand, feel the fuzziness / warmth in that hand, then launch it towards the Necromancer The fireball hits him, he goes up in flames, suffers a short time, but then summons at sort of shower, which extuingishes the flames At this point, recall is kinda messy He orders his helper, which I had not seen before, to do something that would hurt me (what?) She's a girl, walking at a table, after his order she looks at me She's dressed with drab clothes, an old ankle long gown I ask her not to hurt me because I want to help her, she seem not to hear me I telepathically ask her if she's deaf, she answers yes I ask her name, she answers "Autière" I tell her if she's captive here against her will, I will save her, she accepts my offer I summon a skeleton behind me, he's got a greatsword in his hands Don't know why I think about this, but I take some time for fun, exploring the space among his bones I put my finger among his ribs, then my arm inside its rib cage I put a hand inside its mouth, it bites it, I feel a mild sting in my hand After that, it's time to be serious again; I summon a second skeleton and focus Necromancer Antonius again I quickly approach him with my sword drawn, and point it to his chest I tell him not to move otherwise I will not hesitate to kill him I take the amulet from his neck It looks like a bronze clock, opens as a shell When I open it, dark shades flows out like a fog I close it back and store it I tell Antonius I will abandon him here without his amulet, guarded by my skeletons, he will never have the chance to come back to Earth He protests, I tell him the only other option is dying right now by the sword Then I take Autière with me, we walk down the stairs and exit the house While walking to the portal I ask her if Autière is her real name, she tells me no I provide her paper and a chalk, she starts writing some letters, I clearly read "VELE", then I understand my mind is making up the rest I try to let my mind go of the control in some way I ask her to write while I give her my back, but I still feel I'm making it up Anyhow I read a name, I memorize it, will look it up in the morning We reach the portal, then the town. I go to girl's house I was before, we enter it. I tell the girl I managed to take care about the shades, they will never be a problem anymore Then I ask her for the reward, which she dutifully provides - no details I summon my tower again and store the amulet there Then I return to my body, gradually move it and wake up