…first, find somebody who needs a shitload of rotting vegetables
The Doclopedia #281
Things Found Underground: Popping Rocks
Popping Rocks are strange things, really. Toss one about the size of a walnut into a campfire and within two or three minutes, there will come a load “POP!” and the bloody thing will expand to the size of your head. Once they’ve popped, they are very light, very porous and quite easy to crumble in your hands.
For the first 20 years they were known about, Popping Rocks were used merely as an entertainment for children. Lord knows there were plenty of them about, since they are a byproduct of mining for Blue Silver, which we use to build His Majesty’s Aerial Armada. But some years ago, a scientist found that crushed popped Popping Rocks could me blended with other chemicals to create a cheap and very efficient fuel that burned much hotter than coal. Suddenly, Popping Rocks became quite valuable.
Popping Rocks are found in various locations throughout the Empire, Europe and North America. Strangely, neither Blue Silver or Popping Rocks have ever been found in the southern hemisphere.
The Doclopedia #282
Things Found Underground: Tiger Fungus
And now, My Lady, we come to the study of fungi. What? Oh no, I assure you it is a most important subject for one destined to lead brave parties of adventurers into the deep catacombs and underground cities of the Ancestors. Why, in those places, a very large number of different fungi abound. Many can be used to great advantage by the well informed adventurer, My Lady.
So, let us start off with the rather commonly found, but very useful Tiger Fungus. As one might guess, it gets it’s name from the orange color and black striping. You can see that it is a largish fungus and one of those commonly called a “shelf fungus” because of how it grows, resembling small shelves.
While it is edible and somewhat nutritious, the real value of Tiger Fungus lies in its healing properties. Simply crushing it into a paste and mixing it with a bit of water and a pinch of dried blood will yield an excellent product for healing small wounds of all sorts or, if need be, effecting a cure for stomach ailments caused by bad food or light poisons. It is always advisable to take along a small bag of dried blood and to gather up some Tiger Fungus early in any underground venture.
The Doclopedia #283
Things Found Underground: The Altar Of MuGaGri
The Altar of MuGaGri is located on the fifth and lowest level of the Dungeon of the Brain Eating Dead. It is a terrible thing to behold and has driven more than a few explorers insane. Descriptions of it vary, but we do know that it is perhaps 6 feet tall, 5 feet wide and 15 feet long. It seems to be made of some sort of huge bones, from which foul substances leak. Carved these bones are runes in an unknown language, plus representations of horrific creatures.
So terrifying is the Altar and its surroundings that no group of adventurers has ever spent more than 10 minutes there before making a hasty retreat.
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