Hunt for Shards of Power

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A 15 ft wide, by 10 ft deep by 45 ft high monolith is located beside the ruined oak portal  #ro-town-limits-and-portal

Level: 5+
Party size: 4-6 characters
Time: 4 to ∞ hours.
Risk Level: 8 Multiple Deaths are likely.

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H̴̛̘̭̟͔̲̯͚̮͚̘̪̀̓̌̐̉̅̀̋̈́́̊̌͂̽̀̋͒̍́̀͑͑̈́̀͆̕̕̕͝͠͠͝͠͝ȩ̵̧͕̹͎̳̟͔̥̜͙̘̩̊͗̐̈́́̄̆́̄̈́̉̀́̈́͋̐̓͊̉͌͊̋̏̽̍͐͂̏̚̕͠͝ͅ ̷̡̛̛̬̳̟͓̤̼̺̟̙̩̘̰̼̪̎͗́̈́͊̍̀̽̉͛̇̈̂̇̀̈́̉͘͘͜͝i̶̡̖̪̝̞̹̼͋͠s̶̢̡̢̧̠̹͇̫̪̩̻͙͚̱̙̫̮̯͔̖̮̠̪̦̰͕̣͈̙̝͖͎̱̪̪̦̔̎̍͊͂͒͛̔͊́͑̆̈́̑̉̀̚͝͝ ̶̜̼͓̹͚̺̻͖̐̀̽̋͗͝ẅ̸̡̛̞̦̞̜͔͔̣͔͔̘̘̗̞̙̝̞̖̹͍͇̖̬͚̝̼̫͍̯̠̖̙́͋̓̔̒͑͑͐̆̋̽͐̏̆́̈̀͘͠a̴̖̲̼̫͔̞̖̬̤̒̾̏̓̄̈́̍̈́̊̃̽̈́̌͐̕̕͝i̶̢̡̢̡̹̱̬͎̬̟͇̫̪͎͍͙̫̺̙̳̳̬̮̮̻͚̟̟̻̤̖͎͖̍͑̇̓́̂̃̍͗̂́̉̍͒̽̐́́̃̌̿͂̎̊̎̐̀͑́͛̚̕̕͝ͅţ̵͔̭͍̹͖͓̥̺̤͔͈͒̋̅̃̈́͐̄̓̓̍́͌͌̽́̚̕͠͠͠͠i̵̢̢̧̛̳͈̰͙̱̹͓̘̗͔̰̥̹͎̪̓͋̓̉̄͛̎̔̏̄̉̉̇̊͂͂̔͐̉̈́̏͋̈̚͝n̸̖͛͗̑̔̃̍͆̓̆̕̚ģ̴̹̘̝̝̲̩̤̲̟͉̥̩̬͇̮̦̳͎̖̟̜̗̫̍̆̈́̅̄̒̑͠