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Menace Under Otari - Getting Started

The small seaside town of Otari is known for its fresh fish and skilled sailors, but above all, it's a big logging town, providing valuable wood to nearby metropolis of Absalom. But for you, Otari is home. You grew up playing on the docks, getting lost in the nearby woods, and hearing the fantastical stories of travelers from faraway lands, tales of terrifying dragons and virtuous knights. Such adventure always seemed so distant - until today!

Words has begun to spread around Otari that there's problem down at the Otari Fishery. Some are saying that some sort of beast is lurking in the basement, feeding on the stores of salted fish. Folks are worried whatever is eating the fish might get hungry enough to eat the fisher next!

You have received a letter from Tamily Tanderveil, the owner of the fishery. Inside is a desperate plea for help. With the town guard busy protecting the loggers, she needs a few brave souls to venture down into the basement of her warehouse and put an end to the beast that's feasting on her fish! Do you have the courage to face the menace under Otari?

Words

menace

men·ace1 /ˈmenəs, ˈmenɪs/ noun

  1. [countable] something or someone that is dangerous SYNthreat
    • menace of
      • It’s the only way to deal with the menace of drug dealing.
    • menace to
      • That man’s a menace to society. He should be locked away.
      • the growing menace of oil pollution at sea

metropolis

me·trop·o·lis /məˈtrɒpələs, mɪˈtrɒpələs $-ˈtrɑː- / noun [countable]

  • a very large city that is the most important city in a country or area:
    • The city has become a huge, bustling metropolis.

virtuous

vir·tu·ous /ˈvɜːtʃuəs $ˈvɜːr- / adjective

  1. formal behaving in a very honest and moral way OPPwicked:
    • a virtuous man
      • Sue considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked.

lurking

  1. to wait somewhere quietly and secretly, usually because you are going to do something wrong
    • lurk in/behind/beneath/around etc
      • She didn’t see the figure lurking behind the bushes.

venture

venture2 verb

  1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to go somewhere that could be dangerous:
    • When darkness fell, he would venture out.
    • She paused before venturing up the steps to the door.
    • children who lack the confidence to venture into libraries

Chinese

奥塔里是一个位于海边的小镇，以新鲜的鱼获和技艺高超的水手闻名，但最出名的还是它的伐木业——源源不断地为附近的大都市阿布萨隆提供珍贵的木材。对你来说，奥塔里更是你的家。你在码头边玩耍，在附近的森林中迷路，也常常听着来自远方旅人讲述那些奇幻的故事——恐怖的巨龙、正义的骑士，那些冒险的故事总是那么遥不可及——直到今天！

最近镇上开始流传一个消息，说奥塔里鱼厂出了问题。有人说有某种野兽潜伏在鱼厂的地下室里，正在吞食储存的腌鱼。镇上的人开始担心，这怪物吃完鱼后，可能就会盯上渔夫了！

你收到了一封来自鱼厂老板塔米莉·坦德维尔（Tamily Tanderveil）的信。信中充满了绝望的求助。由于镇上的守卫正忙着保护伐木队，她需要一些勇敢的人，进入她仓库的地下室，消灭正在啃食她鱼货的怪物！你，是否有勇气面对潜藏在奥塔里之下的威胁？