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Portal Story

The desire to travel great distances in the shortest possible times is not an entirely modern phenomenon. Ancient sorcerers with urgent errands also wished to transcend the physical limitations of horsepower or dragonflight, and so we read in the Western Book of Mages that they created a magical web of unseen tunnels, astral highways that freed the traveler from the bonds of time and space and conveyed them to their destination in the blinking of an eye.

The enchanters who used this hidden network had their own private entrances; each portal designed for secrecy, the manner of its outward appearance limited only to the ingenuity of its creator. Some were round daises of carved stone, others mirrors, windows, cupboards, urns or even modes woodland pools.

However, the one thing the enchanters could not conceal was the aura of magic that emanated from the disguised doorways, and creatures that were sensitive to these powers, such as dragons, were irresistibly drawn to them. If the portal was situated inside a castle or deep cave, this would not normally present a problem, but if it was out in the open, say in a forest clearing or barren heath, the would-be magical tourist might find themselves having to drive away a fearsome dragon from the enchanted site before embarking upon their journey. Wither that or forcibly sending the dragon on an unexpected jaunt of its own.

Imagine the chaotic scene of an enraged dragon suddenly emerging from a portal that might be situated anywhere from a village well to a wizard's bedchamber.

The verbuMMagus ruefully observes; as ever with wizards, the desire for invention always outweighs the concern for consequence.