2. Visions in the Desert

Having escaped the collapsing sands of the resting place of the Star of Agar Pelar, the first of the 5 gems said to activate Martek's sphere of power, we return West toward a stone dragon and glimmering pyramid. After defeating a desert witch and her jackalweres we stopped to camp. Early in the morning my watch was interrupted by a strange man wandering the sand dunes who named himself Amun-Re, the pharaoh buried in the pyramid. He told a tale of a curses, one laid by him upon this land's water should he be slain by his rebellious people, the other by Osiris upon the pharaoh to never rest in spirit until water again flows between Pazar and Turbacar. He asked me and my companions to brave the dangers of his pyramid and recover his staff and a gem - the Star of Mo Palar - to break this curse. I agreed as the gem was another of the 5 we sought, but made clear I do not do this task for the spirit of a tyrant. We do this to return the life-bringing waters to this desert and her people.
 
We found the outer walls of the pyramid inhabited by Dervish - deeply religious folk that were reluctant to admit us. At the request of a man named Barak, we entered the pyramid under the auspices of seeking his lost brother, a man named Kasil who would know who sent us by the phrase "we know what happened to Allandria".