The Dread Fort killed another twelve parties over the next several weeks.
Most did not reach the inner gate. Two found the burial tunnel and failed to silence its bell. One reached the gatehouse passage, saw the portcullis, and spent too much time searching side chambers for a mechanism that did not exist. The undead trapped them between the closed gate and reinforcements from the crypt.
None of the attempts taught the Sanctuary as much as Golden Axe's first journey to the throne room.
The line recorded in the Hall of Achievements did not change.
Kildra, Warden of the Last Threshold: Undefeated.
Matthew read it every morning.
On the twenty-third day after Golden Axe's defeat, he rented the Sanctuary arena for a private party session and selected an encounter no one else could choose.
