So ends the path that honor paved
upon this somber ground.
To be traveled once and ne’er again
by ones not lost but found.
A passage to the darkest place,
the source of fear unbound.
Measure the reason for which you come,
against the risk you take,
Tread lightly upon this accursed ground,
if this be the choice you make.
Who dares trespass into this space,
beware the demon’s hound!
Let it rest, awake it not,
no harm will come to thee,
but when the time to flee is nigh,
be sure to set it free.

GemQuest, Book III, The Shards