[b] Outside Relin [/b]

Even though the gate was covered with ornate inscriptions, none of them matched the ones drawn in the book. However, as Axel flipped through the book, light began to shine from the symbols covering the gate, the brightest towards the center. It was an apathetic light - neither good nor evil. It had no feeling, but it was a reaction to the presence of the book. The remaining workers left in a hurry when they saw, not wanting to find out what precisely they had uncovered. Those that knew any bit of lore knew that there was only one, supposedly, Black Gate. The presence of another unnerved a few of them, the light scaring off the rest. It would just be Axel in the frigid tundra around Relin.

The tree from earlier seemed to laugh at him again, now perched directly above the pit, a few of its roots visible in the excavation's walls. The tree, however, was just a normal tree. There was absolutely nothing remarkable about it other than the fact that wind seemed to always blow through it to create a laughing like sound.

Snow began to fall slowly as well, creating a light dusting all around the pit, with a seemingly higher concentration falling around the gate in front of Axel.