STORIES A
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. JOU RNAL ENTRIES. --------- ------..1. A MIRROR MAP FROM THE HIGH WA LL..2. THE BLACK-ROBED RIDERS..WE BACKED UP AGAINST THE STONE BUTTRESS AT THE EN D OF THE BRIDGE, WAITING TO SEE WHAT FRI GHTENED EVERYONE SO BADLY...A MOMENT LAT ER THEY APPEARED, TWO RIDERS IN LONG, BL ACK ROBES WITH HOODS THAT HID THEIR FACE S. THEY CAME AROUND THE CORNER BEHIND T HE TEMPLE OF TYMORA, CROSSED THE TOWN SQ UARE AND POUNDED PAST US AT THE GALLOP. WE TURNED AND WATCHED THE GUARDS STAND BACK AS THE TWO RACED THROUGH THE GATES AND OUT OF THE CITY...SLOWLY, THE PEOPLE IN THE SQUARE RESUMED THEIR ACTIVITIES. ONLY NOW, THEY WERE ALL IN A HURRY TO BE SOMEWHERE ELSE...3. THE BOAT REPAIRMA N'S STORY.."WELL, FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK. SEE THESE THREE BOATS OVER HERE? I FOUND THEM JUST LAST WEEK, ONE BY ONE, WASHED UP ON THE SAND BAR OUTSIDE THE TOWN..." SEE THOSE HOLES IN THE SIDES? I PATCHED 'EM UP. THERE WERE ARROWS IN THEM, LOTS OF 'EM. PLENTY OF BLOOD ON THE FLOORBOAR DS, TOO, BUT I CLEANED THAT ALL UP..."HA VEN'T FOUND ANY BOATS LIKE THAT NORTH OF TOWN, BUT I'VE BEEN LOOKING. MAYBE GOI NG NORTH ON THE RIVER IS SAFER THAN GOIN G EAST..."I'LL FIX'EM UP AND SELL 'EM. I T GIVES ME THE SHIVERS THINKING ABOUT WH AT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN ' EM, BUT... THE PEOPLE WHO BUY 'EM WILL N EVER KNOW. WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW WON'T H URT 'EM."..4. THE FISHERMAN'S STORY..THE LARGE FISH MARKET WAS ALMOST EMPTY, ALT HOUGH THE LINGERING SMELL OF THE PLACE T OLD OF BETTER DAYS..."HOW D'YOU LIKE MY SIGN?" THE FISHERMAN ASKED US, PROUDLY. "CARVED IT M'SELF, Y'KNOW! 'COURSE, COUL D DO IT BETTER. MAYBE NOW'D BE A GOOD T IME T'TRY. WHAT WITH ALL THE TALK O' TRO LLS AND ORCS AND ALL, FISHERMEN AIN'T GO IN' FAR UP RIVER. AIN'T BRINGIN' BACK M UCH, NEITHER..."GOOD TIME FOR WOOD CARVI N', HE SIGHED SADLY. "BAD TIME FOR SELLI N' FISH."..5. THE STOLEN REWARDS..A CURS E UPON THEIR FILTHY HEADS! THEY'VE TAKEN ALL WE HAD, STOLEN EVERYTHING SAVE THE CLOTHES ON OUR BACKS!.."MORE! MORE FOR E VERYONE!" THE WAITRESS CRIED OUT AT THE TAVERN LAST NIGHT. WE LOOKED AT EACH OTH ER, SHAME-FACED AT HAVING FALLEN FOR SO OLD A TRICK. SOMEONE SLIPPED A LITTLE SO METHING IN OUR FOOD AND WE SLEPT LIKE CO NTENTED BABES WHILE THE BANDITS STOLE US BLIND!..ALL THE GOLD EARNED ON OUR LAST MISSION IS GONE. WE ENDURED THOSE DANG ERS, DID OUR JOBS AND NOW ARE LEFT WITH EMPTY POCKETS! OUR HEADS COULD HAVE FES TOONED THE END OF AN ORCHISH PIKE... ALL FOR NOTHING!..THEY EVEN TOOK MY FINE MA GICAL SWORD WITH THE GOLD BRAIDED HANDLE , THE ON I USED TO SLAY THE GRIFFON AT L ONGSADDLE LAST WINTER. WHAT I WOULD GIV E TO HAVE IT ONE MORE TIME, IF ONLY TO S KEWER THE SLIME WHO COMMITTED THIS ATROC ITY!..WE STILL HAVE THE TINY PURSE OF CO INS I KEPT BENEATH MY PILLOW. THERE ISN 'T MUCH, BUT IT WILL BE ENOUGH TO BUY NE W WEAPONS AND A FEW SUPPLIES. WE NEED T O FIND A NEW SPONSOR OR A NEW MISSION QU ICKLY, TO EARN THE MONEY WE NEED TO LIVE ...WHATEVER MISSION WE NEXT ACCEPT, WE W ILL HAVE A SECOND QUEST TO COMPLETE AS W ELL: TO CATCH THOSE THIEVES AND EXACT PA YMENT FOR LAST NIGHT!..6. THE GUARDS AT YARTAR.."WE'VE BEEN ORDERED THAT NO ONE BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE CITY FOR THE RES T OF THE DAY. TRAVELLERS FROM THE NORTH REPORT THAT MANY BANDS OF TROLLS HAVE BE EN SEEN THERE, AND SOME HAVE BEEN OBSERV ED CLOSE TO YARTAR".."THESE ALERTS NORMA LLY DON'T LAST VERY LONG. IF THERE IS AN YTHING YOU NEED TO BUY AT ANY OF THE STO RES HERE IN TOWN, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO DO IT...7. MAP OF THE ISLAND FORTRESS.. 8. THE STORY OF THE PRIESTESS OF WAUKEEN .."I NEVER KNEW THAT A SECRET DOOR LED I NTO THE BACK OF THE TEMPLE LIKE THIS! I' M ONLY GLAD THAT YOU ARE FRIENDS INSTEAD OF ENEMIES!..I'M SURE THE PEOPLE WHO AT TACKED YOU IN THE OUTER ROOM WERE GOING TOUSE THE SECRET DOOR TO ENTER THE TEMPL E AND KILL US ALL! AS SURE AS THE MARKET HAWKERS GATHER IN THE MORNING, THEY WER E SENT HERE BY THE BARBARIANS, AND LONGT RESSES HERSELF. ALL SHSE WANTS IS CONTR OL OF THE CITY, AND SHE DOESN'T CARE WIT H WHOM SHE ALLIES HERSELF TO GET IT!"..9 . THE WATERBARON'S WELCOME:.."WELCOME, A DVENTURERS! I REGRET THAT ALL OF YOUR TR EASURE AND POSSESSIONS HAVE BEEN STOLEN. IF THE CITY GUARDS SHOULD RECOVER ANY O F YOUR ITEMS THEY WILL BE RETURNED TO YO U..."I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE LOOK ING FOR A COMMISION, BUT I HAVE NOTHING FOR YOU AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, YARTAR IS A BUSY TOWN FILLED WITH MANY PEOPLE FRO M ALL CORNERS OF THE REALMS. PERHAPS IN THE STREETS YOU WILL FIND SOMEONE IN TH E NEED OF HELP DURING THESE TROUBLED TIM ES."..10. MIELIKKI'S FESTIVAL:..ALL AROU ND US THERE WAS ACTIVITY, WITH MUSIC OF MANY LUTES AND THE SNAP OF A HUNDRED BAN NERS FLAPPING IN THE BREEZE...IN THE HEA RT OF THE GLADE A CHORUS OF YOUNG GIRLS SANG A BLESSING OF THE TREES, AND THE BI RDS SEEMED TO ECHO BACK A HAPPY, CHIRPIN G REFRAIN...PEOPLE EVERYWHERE WERE WALKI NG HAND-IN-HAND, TALKING SOFTLY AND REVE LING IN THE BEAUTY ALL AROUND THEM. IT WAS ALMOST ENOUGH TO MAKE US FORGET THE WORRIES AND DANGERS THAT HAD BROUGHT US HERE TO SILVERYMOON...11. THE BARGEBUILD ER'S STORY:.."I HOPE THIS PANIC ABOUT AR MIES OF ORCS AND TROLLS ENDS SOON. WE US UALLY BUILD TWO BARGES A MONTH HERE. NOW NO ONE WANTS TO SEND GOODS UP THE RIVER UNLESS THEY HAVE TO, AND WE HAVE NO NEW ORDERS..."THE RIVER GOING EAST WAS ALWA YS DANGEROUS, BUT NOW GOING SOUTH IS BAD , TOO. OF COURSE, THE HIGH FOREST IS STI LL FAR MORE DANGEROUS THAN ANY OTHER PLA CE IN THIS PART OF THE REALMS...12. THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S STORY:.."YOU MAY NOT CA RE TO LISTEN TO OUR SAD TALES WITH YOUR OWN HORRID STORIES OKF ORCISH ARMIES ON THE MARCH, BUT HERE AT EVERLUND STRANGE THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING AS WELL..E."M ANY UNDEAD HAVE APPEARED IN THE OLD PART OF THE CITY TO THE NORTH, LIVESTOCK HAV E BEEN DISAPPEARING FROM THE PENS NEAR T HE RIVER, AND EVEN STIRGES HAVE BEEN SO BOLD AS TO ATTACK PEOPLE ON THE STREETS. .."WHAT HAS OUR PEACEFUL LITTLE TOWN DON E TO DESERVE SUCH MISERY?"..13. THE HARB ORMASTER'S STORY:.."I TELL YE, YOUNG'UNS , THE ONLY REASON THAT THE GALLANT PRINC E STILL BE ANCHORED HERE IN PORT LLAST H ARBOR IS WE AIN'T GOT NO ONE WHO'S DARNE D FOOL ENOUGH T' BOARD'ER AND TOW'ER OUR T' SEA..."WE'D ALL HEARD SHE WA' MISSIN ', THEN SIMMON HEMPWRIGHT THE FISHERMAN SAYS HE SPIED 'ER ADRIFT A MILE OFF THE COAST, WORM EAT'N LIKE SHE'D BEEN A' SEA A HUNDRED YEARS. THE YOUNG IDIOT TOWED 'ER IN AND TIED 'ER UP, AN' THEN HE GOE S TRAIPSING DOWN BELOW DECKS LIKE SHE WA ' SOME PLEASURE BARGE OUT O' WATERDEEP.. ."COURSE, WE NEVER SEEN 'IM NO MORE AFTE R THAT, 'CEPT SOME SAY YOU CAN HEAR 'IS SCREAMS A' NIGHT WAY BACK IN TOWN."..14. LONGTRESS ALARAUNS'S STORY:.."PLEASE, L ET ME WELCOME YOU TO NESME. WE HAVE JUS T COMPLETED A VERY UNHAPPY TASK. I HAVE HAD TO SEIZE THE CITY BY FORCE OF ARMS TO SAVE IT FROM THE CORRUPT PRIESTS OF W AUKEEN..."BY NECESSITY. I ENLISTED THE A ID OF SOME OF TJHE LOCAL...WELL, BARBARI ANS. AND I DO ADMIT THAT NOW SOME OF TH EM ARE OUT OF CONTROL. TAKE CARE AS YOU TRAVEL THROUGH OUR STREETS, FOR MY COMR ADES ARE DANGEROUS AND LOVE TO FIGHT.".. 15. THE SEARCH OF THE MAGE'S BEDROOM:..I N THE DEBRIS YOU FIND A SCRAP OF PAPER W ITH THE INSCRIPTION:..ENWNWN. GO STRAIGH T BETWEEN TURNS UNTIL YOU MUST TURN AGAI N. USE THE KNOCK ON THE HIDDEN DOOR TO T HE RIGHT...16. THE MAGE LIBRARIAN'S STOR Y:.."OH MY, OH MY, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU! YES, AMANITAS AND HIS ASSISTANT WERE IN DEED HERE, BUT LOOK! THEIR ROOM HAS BEE N TORN TO PIECES, AND LOOK AT ALL THIS B LOOD ON THE FLOOR! OH MY, OH MY!.."I FEA R SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAS BEFALLEN THEM. MAY MYSTRA GUIDE YOU TO HIS AID!"..17. L ORD NASHER'S STORY:.."I'M AFRAID YOU'VE COME TO NEVERWINTER IN A TIME OF GREAT T ROUBLES. MANY PEOPLE WERE MOVING TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY TO ESCAPE THE TROU BLES. THE OLDER, INNER AREAS WERE BECOMI NG HAVENS FOR CRIMINALS AND ALL FORMS OF MONSTERS..."WE CONVERTED SEVERAL BLOCKS OF THE OLD CITY TO INDOOR GARDENS TO HE LP BRING PEOPLE BACK TO NEVERWINTER. BUT NOW MONSTERS HAVE INVADED THE INDOOR GA RDENS. INSTEAD OF BRINGING PEOPLE IN AN D HELPING THE CITY, THE GARDENS ARE SCAR ING PEOPLE AWAY!"..18. THE NESME HARBORM ASTER'S STORY:.."IT'S NOT MY FAULT! THE STORY'S THE SAME IN MANY TOWNS ON THE RI VER, NOT JUST HERE IN NESME! THEY CAN'T BLAME ME FOR THIS, NO, NO, THEY CAN'T!.. "THE WAREHOUSES ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF T HE RIVER HAVE BEEN BESET BY A PLAGUE OF GIANT FROGS, AND LIZARD MEN HAVE BEEN FE ASTING ON THE HERDS IN THE STOCK PENS TO THE WEST SHORE. NOW THE SHIPPING COMPA NIES WON'T STOP HERE BECAUSE OF THE DANG ER!"..19. A PORTION OF THE HOSTTOWER DUN GEON:..20. A MAP FOUND IN SILVERMOON:..2 1. KREVISH'S STORY:.."YOU KNOW, I'D SURE LOVE TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOU GUY'S! IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WORK I HAVE SOME FRIE NDS HERE IN YARTAR WHO HIRE ADVENTURERS ALL THE TIME AND MAYBE THEY HAVE SOMETHI NG YOU COULD DO AND THAT WAY YOU COULD G ET BACK ON YOUR FEET AGAIN AND I WOULD'V E REPAID YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE AND WE'D BE FRIENDS AND WOULDN'T THAT BE GREAT?" ..22. VAALGAMON'S TAUNTS:.."YOU PATHETIC LITTLE SIMPLETONS! DID YOU THINK THAT A PUNY GROUP OF SNIVELING WOULD-BE HEROE S LIKE YOUSELVES COULD CHANGE ONE IOTA O F MY PLAN?".."VAALGAMON DOES NOT DEAL WI TH YOUR KIND! HAH! I CAN SNUFF OUT YOUR LIVES WITH THE HEEL OF MY BOOT AS I WOU LD THE TINIEST OF CARRION-CRAWLING INSEC TS! I WILL LEAVE THE TRIVIAL TASK OF KI LLING YOU TO MY KRAKEN HOSTS."..HE TURNE D AND SWEPT OUT OF THE ROOM, AND THE HEA VY DOOR SLAMMED SHUT BEHIND HIM...23. TH E SAILOR TURNED TO STONE:..BESIDE THE ST ATUE WE FOUND A CRUMPLED NOTE:.."THEY WA NTED THE SEA LANES CLEAR BETWEEN LUSKAN AND THE PURPLE ROCKS, AND ANY SHIP THEY FOUND THERE THEY TOOK OVER OR DESTROYED. WE WERE ONLY ONE OF THE SAD VESSELS IN THEIR PATH..."ONE BY ONE THE UNDEAD THE Y COMMANDED HAVE KILLED OUR CREW, TRANSF ORMING THEM INTO LONELY WANDERERS LIKE T HEMSELVES. SOON IT WILL BE MY TURN. I ONLY HOPE THAT THE TALL ONE TURNS ME TO STONE, AS HE DID THE CAPTAIN, SO I MAY B E SPARED SUCH ETERNAL TORTURE..."SOME AR E KRAKENS, BUT THE MAGIC-USER IS FROM A GREAT TOWER SOMEWHERE TO THE NORTH. HE KEPT TAUNTING THE KRAKENS, SAYING THEY N EEDED TO GO ALL THIS TROUBLE BECAUSE THE Y WERE NOT CLEVER. HE SAID THEIR TREASU RE WAS HIDDEN IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM WHERE ANYONE WOULD EVER LOOK."..24. INTO THE HIDDEN COMPLEX:..WE FOLLOWED K REVISH AROUND SEVERAL CORNERS AND DOWN A N ALLEY, WHERE HE PRESSED A HIDDEN PANEL IN A WALL. A DOOR SWUNG OPEN, AND AFTE R SOME HESITATION, WE LET HIM LEAD US IN TO A DARK CORRIDOR. OUR WEAPONS AND ARM OR CLANKED LOUDLY AS WE WALKED CAUTIOUSL Y DOWN THE PASSAGEWAY, FINALLY ARRIVING BEFORE A HEAVY WOODEN DOOR...KREVISH KNO CKED ON THE WOOD IN A COMPLEX PATTERN OF BEATS WITH BOTH KNUCKLES AND PALM, AND IN A MOMENT IT WAS OPENED BY AN ANGRY-LO OKING MAN IN WELL-CRAFTED ARMOR...25. TH E MEETING BENEATH YARTAR:..THE MAN LOOKE D US OVER FOR A MOMENT, NOT AT ALL SURE WHETHER HE LIKED THE IDEA THAT KREVISH H AD BROUGHT OUR PARTY TO HIS SECRET LAIR. .."IT'S ALL RIGHT, CAPTAIN!" KREVISH PIP ED UP ENTHIUSIASTICALLY. "THEY SAVED MY LIFE! THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT, THEY C OULD'VE JUST KEPT ON WALKING, BUT THEY S TOPPED AND RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE MI NE AND THAT WAS REALLY NICE OF THEM AND THAT'S WHY YOU REALLY OUGHT TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO CARRY OUT A MISSION FOR US BECAUSE THEY'VE REALLY EARNED A CHANCE I THINK, DON'T YOU?"..THE CAPTAIN ROLLED HIS EYES. "ALL RIGHT, KREVISH, ALL RIGHT ," HE SIGHED. "IF YOU'LL JUST BE QUIET I'LL GIVE THEM A CHANCE.".."AS YOU KNOW, " HE TOLD US, "THE TEMPLES OF BANE ARE D EDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EVIL IN T HE REALMS. ONE CLERIC OF BANE IN THE TO WN OF NESME, UP THE RIVER TO THE NORTH O F HERE, HAS BEEN CAUSING GREAT DISRUPTIO NS IN THAT CITY..."WE BELIEVE THAT TO SA VE NESME FROM CIVIL WAR HE MUST BE STOPP ED. IF YOU CAN FIND THE BANITE CLERIC, AND CARRY OUT THIS MISSION, YOU WILL HAV E PROVEN YOURSELVES TO BE AS VALUABLE AS KREVISH HERE SAYS ARE. WELL...ALMOST A S VALUABLE, ANYWAY."..26. THE COLLEGE DE AN'S STORY:.."IT'S REALLY BEEN QUITE TER RIBLE, QUITE AWFUL HERE. THE AREAS NEAR THE DOCKS ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE RIVE R ARE FULL OF LIZARD MEN AND OTHER MONST ERS. HERE! IN SILVERYMOON! IT'S UNHEAR D OF!.."IT'S AS IF SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO KEEP THE GOOD LAW-ABIDING FOLK AWAY FRO M THE RIVER. PERHAPS THE ORCS PLAN A GR EAT OFFENSIVE AND ARE TRYING TO DEPRIVE US OF SUPPLIES..."WHAT WILL BECOME OF US ? SILVERMOON WAS SUCH A PEACEFUL TOWN. I JUST DON'T KNOW..."..27. THE CAPTAIN OF THE RIDERS OF NESME'S STORY:.."YES, W E TOO HAVE HEARD THE STORIES OF THE TROL LS GATHERING IN A GREAT ARMY TO THE EAST IN THE TROLLMOORS, AND NOW SMALL GROUPS OF THEM HAVE BEEN SEEN IN THE RUINS TO THE EAST OF THE CITY..."WE SHOULD BE GOI NG OUT TO DRIVE THEM BACK! WE SHOULD BE SCOUTING THE MOORS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON! BUT ARE WE! NO! WE'RE CONFINED TO T HE BARRACKS BECAUSE LONGTRESSES ALARAUN HAS TAKEN OVER. IF WE GO NEAR THE CITY NOW, THE CRAZY BARBARIANS WILL START A F ULL-SCALE WAR!"..28. EREK'S STORY:.."DON 'T JUST STAND THERE! AMELIOR AMANITAS, THE BRILLIANR MAGIC-USER FOR WHOM I WORK , IS IN GREAT DANGER! THEY SAID THEY WE RE TAKING HIM UP THE RIVER TO EVERLUND, AND FROM THERE OVERLAND TO LLORKH AND ON TO ZHENTIL KEEP! THEY WERE FURIOUS THA T HE'D DISCOVERED THEIR PLAN, AND THERE' S NO TELLING WHAT THEY'LL DO TO HIM ONCE HE'S THERE!.."IF WE DON'T FIND HIM BEFO RE THEY LEAVE EVERLUND WE'LL NEVER HAVE A CHANCE- THERE ARE SO MANY ROUTES THEY COULD TAKE TOWARDS LLORKH... WE HAVE TO FIND HIM QUICKLY!"..29. THE CHALLENGE OF AMANITAS:..WE QUICKLY SUMMARIZED FOR AM ANITAS WHAT WE HAD LEARNED THUS FAR. WE ALSO TOLD HOW SOKME BANITES BELIEVED TH AT ONLY HE COULD STOP THE FORCES OF ZHEN TIL KEEP FROM CONQUERING THE LANDS OF TH E SAVAGE FRONTIER..."WHAT WAS REVEALED T O YOU BY THE BANITES IS CORRECT," HE SAI D WHEN WE'D FINISHED. "I LEARNED MUCH OF THE TALE FROM AN ESCAPED SLAVE WHO HAD BEEN A SERVANT TO THE ZHENTARIM GENERAL VAALGAMON, AND MY INVESTIGATIONS SINCE H AVE ONLY SERVED TO CONFIRM HOW GREAT THE DANGER TRULY IS..."ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE IR STORY HAS BEEN LOST IN TIME, I KNOW N OW THAT FOUR STATUETTES WERE CREATED IN ANCEINT ASCORE. THEY WERE POWERFUL MAGI CAL ITEMS USED IN THE DEFENSE OF THE CIT Y, ALTHOUGH PRECISELY HOW THEY WORKED IS STILL A MYSTERY. ONE WAS CRAFTED TO FO CUS ON EACH DIRECTION OF THE COMPASS, PR OTECTING ASCORE FROM ENEMIES TO THE NORT H, EAST, WEST AND SOUTH..."WHEN THE CITY FELL INTO RUINS THE STATUETTES PASSED F ROM OWNER TO OWNER THROUGHOUT THE SAVAGE FRONTIER FOR MANY CENTURIES. THEY TRAV ELLED IN DIRECTIONS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THEIR NAMES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE STATUETTE OF THE EAST HAS FOR MANY YEARS BEEN HID DEN SOMEWHERE IN THE WEST..."NOW THE ZHE NTARIM HVE DISPATCHED VAALGAMON TO COLLE CT THE STATUETTES. THEY BELIEVE THAT BY RETURNING THEM TO ASCORE THEY CAN OPEN A SAFE PATH THROUGH THE GREAT DESERT, TH ROUGH WHICH THEY INTEND TO SEND ARMIES T O CONQUER THE ENTIRE SAVAGE FRONTIER..." WE MUST FIND AND SEIZE THEM BEFORE VAALG AMON CAN COLLECT THEM, OR A PALL OF DARK NESS WILL FALL ACROSS THE NORTH..."MY MA GICAL INVESTIGATIONS CANNOT TELL ME EXAC TLY WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED, BUT I HAVE A SENSE OF THE PLACE WHERE EACH STATUETTE NOW LIES. TO FIND THEM YOU CANNOT FOLL OW A MAP OF THE ROAD BENEATH YOUR FEET- I CAN LEAD YOU TO YOUR GOALS ONLY BY REV EALING THE PATHWAYS YOU MUST TRACE WITHI N YOUR OWN SOULS..."FIRST, YOU MUST LIFT YOUR EYES WITH HOPE, EVEN IF THE VISION WHICH FILLS THEM IS ONE OF EVIL. THE S TATUETTE OF THE EAST IS LOCATED IN A GRE AT TOWER, AND WHEN YOU LOOK UP AT ITS MA NY SPIRES YOU SHALL KNOW THAT YOU HAVE F OUND IT..."NEXT, YOU MUST SEEK SMALL TRU THS WITHIN THE LARGE, UNFATHOMABLE WORLD , FOR THESE ARE THE ONLY TRUTHS YOU WILL EVER TRULY KNOW. THE STATUETTE OF THE WEST LIES IN A SMALL CHEST CARVED FROM T HE PEARL OF A GREAT OYSTER, IN A SMALL R OOM CARVED FROM THE ROCK OF A GREAT MOUN TAIN, WHICH IS ITSELF MADE SMALL BY THE GREATNESS OF THE SEA..."YOU MUST THEN TR AVEL TO THE PLACE TO WHICH PEOPLE DO NOT WISH TO GO, BECAUSE WE NEVER TRULY COVE T THAT WHICH WE CAN EASILY ATTAIN. THE STATUETTE OF THE NORTH LIES NOWHERE CLOS E BY, BUT ON THE LONG WAY THAT MANY TRAB ELLERS NONETHELESS MUST PASS..."THEN YOU MUST SOAR WHERE EVEN THE BIRDS CANNOT F LY, AND HAVE FAITH THAT EVEN WITHOUT WIN GS YOU CAN REACH GREAT HEIGHTS. THE STA TUETTE OF THE SOUTH LIES BOTH HIGH ABOVE AND FAR BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE LAND.. ."IF YOU GAIN THE FOUR STATUETTES, TAKE THEM TO ASCORE. I HAVE CREATED ON MORE SPECIAL ITEM WHICH, WHEN COMBINED WITH T HE FOUR ANCEINT IMAGES, WILL TURN THE ZH ENTARIM'S PLANNED TRIUMPH INTO TOTAL AND IRREVERSIBLE DEFEAT. BUT THIS CAN ONLY BE DONE IN THE ANCIENT PLAZA AT ASCORE. "..HE REACHED INTO HIS ROBES AND DREW OU T A SMALL, SQUARE CARD THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS MADE OF A THIN LAYER OF METAL. R UNES WERE EMBOSSED UPON IT..."THIS ISN'T IT!" HE EXCLAIMED, ANNOYED. IT'S ONE O F MY LATEST INVENTIONS. I CALL IT THE C ARD OF COUNTING. IF YOU CARRY IT THE VA ULTS OF YARTAR, NEVERWINTER AND SILVERYM OON WILL ALL SAVE AND EXCHANGE YOUR VALU ABLES AS IF THEY WERE REALLY JUST ONE PL ACE. COULD BE QUITE HANDY, YES, QUITE H ANDY. DON'T LEAVE HERE WITHOUT IT..."WE LL, THAT'S IT! GOOD LUCK TO YOU, AND MAY YOU FIND THE PATH EASY TO FOLLOW. YOU CAN COME VISIT ME ANY TIME AT MY HOUSE I N SECOMBER, AND IF I'VE LEARNED MORE ABO UT ANY OF THE STATUETTES I'LL BE HAPPY T O SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH YOU. GOOD BYE!".."THE MAGIC ITEM?" WE ASKED. "THER E WAS AN IMPORTANT MAGIC ITEM YOU WERE G OING TO GIVE US?".."OH, YES, YES, YES. MUSTN'T FORGET IT. VERY IMPORTANT." HE S EARCHED THROUGH HIS ROBES ONCE MORE..... 30. BRINSHAAR'S STORY:.."MY NAME IS BRIN SHAAR, AND I AM A MAGIC-USER FROM NEVERW INTER. THEY KIDNAPPED ME THERE AND WERE TORTURING ME TO LEARN OF LORD NASHER'S MAGICAL DEFENSES. THANKS TO YOU THEY LE ARNED NOTHING, AND NEVERWINTER REMAINS S AFE!.."AS IT TURNS OUT, I CAN REPAY YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS WITHOUT DELAY. I HAVE SEEN THE STATUETTE YOU TELL ME YOU SEEK . IT IS NOT SECRETED IN THE HOSTTOWER, BUT SOMEWHERE IN THE DUNGEONS WHERE WE N OW STAND."..31. THE BANITE CLERIC'S LETT ER FRAGMENT:..".... THAT YOU FOUND THE E XPLAINATION FOR THE GATHERINGS OF TROLLS AND ORCISH ARMIES IN THE NOTH. I HAD S USPECTED IT WAS THE WORK OF THE ZHENTARI M, AND IF WE HAD NOT DISCOVERED IT IN TI ME THEY MIGHT HAVE CONQUERED THIS ENTIRE REGION..."THE FOOLS BELIEVE THAT IT IS THEIR CUNNING AND MIGHT THAT BRINGS THEM SUCH AWESOME POWER. HAVE THEY FORGOTTE N SO QUICKLY ABOUT THE TEMPLES OF BANE, AND THE POWER THAT EVEN THEIR OWN LEADER S CANNOT ABDICATE? THAT WE, THE CLERICS WHO CARRY OUT BANE'S WILL, ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE MADE THE NAME OF THE ZHENTARIM FEARED THROUGHOUT THE REALMS?.."I AGREE WITH YOUR LETTER, AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NEVER MET I FEEL CLOSELY BOUND TO YOU. BY DESTROYING THIS PLAN BEFORE IT STARTS WE SHALL ENSURE THAT NEVER AGAIN WILL B ANITE CLERICS BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED IN ZH ENTIL KEEP!."I WILL MEET YOU DURING THE FESTIVAL OF MIELIKKI IN THE HIDDEN TEMPL E BEHIND YOUR SHOP IN SILVERYMOON. WE S HALL FIND THE MAGIC-USER FROM THE SOUTH WHO CAN TURN THE POWER OF THE ZHENTARIM AGAINST ITSELF. THEN WE SHALL SEE HOW B RILLIANT THE ZHENTARIM PROVE TO BE!.."WE MUST NOT THINK THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW ABO UT THEIR PLANS TO CROSS THE DESERT IT WI LL BE SIMPLE TO STOP THEM. I AM CONFIDE NT WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL WITHIN DAYS ONL Y BECAUSE..."..THE REMAINDER OF THE LETT ER WAS DESTROYED, AND THE ASHES CRUMBLE TO NOTHINGNESS IN MY HANDS...32. THE WAT ERBARON'S WARNING:.."I MUST ASK YOU LEAV E THIS PLACE IMMEDIATELY! GREAT FORCES HERE SEEK YOUR DESTRUCTION. I WILL NOT HELP THEM BUT NEITHER CAN I STAND IN THE IR WAY. GO NOW!"..33. BROADHAND'S STORY: .BROADHAND LED US INTO A SMALL, HIDDEN R OOM DECORATED WITH IMAGES AND STATUES OF BANE. HE OBVIOUSLY BELIEVED US TO BE F ELLOW BANITES FROM THE TEMPLE OF NESME.. ."I WAS WORRIED WHEN I SENT MY LETTER AM D NO MESSAGENGER CAME BEARING A REPLY. I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU'VE ARRIVED DURING TH E FESTIVAL AS I SUGGESTED..."ONCE THE ZH ENTARIM WOULD HAVE BEEN CONTENT WITH HAV ING FOUND A WAY TO OPEN A SAFE CARAVAN R OUTE THROUGH THE GREAT DESERT. THEY WOU LD HAVE LET TIME PASS, ALLOWING TOWNS AN D VILLAGES TO BECOME DEPENDENT ON A SUPP LY ROUTE THAT ONLY THEY CONTROLLED. THE N, QUIETLY BUT INEXORABLY, THE HIDDEN RE IGNS OF POWER WOULD BE PULLED INTO THEIR GRASP..."NOW THEIR GREED TO SEIZE THE N ORTHERN REALMS IS UNBOUNDED AND IMPATIEN T. SENDING ARMIES ACROSS THE GREAT DESE RT! WHO WOULD EVER BELIEVED IT?! THEY H AVE FORGOTTEN THAT A SINGLE DAGGER AT MI DNIGHT MAY SOW GREATER TERROR THAN 10,00 0 SWORDS AT DAWN!.."EVEN NOW THEY ARE CO MPLETING THEIR COMPLEX ON THE EASTERN ED GE OF THE DESERT, AND ARE RECLAIMING THE DEAD CITY OF ASCORE ON THE WESTERN EDGE AS WELL. THEY HAVE FORGED ALLIANCES WI TH THE KRAKENS AND WITH OTHER FORCES IN THE NORTH. I ALSO HEAR TALES THAT SOMET HING BIG IS GOING ON IN LLORKH. MAGIC I TEMS OF GREAT POWER ARE BEING COLLECTED FOR THE TASK, AND I HAVE BEEN ASSURED TH AT THEY DO INDEED HAVE THE POWER TO ALLO W THE SAFE CROSSING OF THE DESERT!.."WE MUST STRIKE NOW! CONTROLLING THE REALMS FROM THE MOONSEA TO THE SEA OF SWORDS W ILL GREATLY STRENGTHEN THE ZHENTARIM, AN D THE HISTORIC BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN THE ZHENTARIM AND THE BANITES WILL BE LO ST!.."VISITING HERE IN SILVERMOON AT THE VAULT OF THE SAGES IS THE WIZARD I WROT E YOU ABOUT, AMERLIOR AMANITAS FROM SECO MBER. HE LEARNED MUCH OF THIS PLOT FROM A SLVE WHO HAD ESCAPED FROM A ZHENTARIM CARAVAN, AND IS CONVINCED HE CAN STOP I T WITH HIS MAGICAL POWERS..."HE SENT A M ESSAGE TO A FELLOW WIZARD HERE IN SILVER MOON, BUT ONE OF MY ACOLYTES WAYLAID THE COURIER AND WE LEARNED OF THE PLAN. SI NCE AMANITAS HAS NOW COME HERE HIMSELF, HE MUST HAVE RECEIVED WORD OF THE MESSEN GER'S DEATH AND IS WILLING TO TAKE GREAT RISKS TO DEFEAT THE ZHENTARIM..."YOU MU ST FIND AMANITAS QUICKLY. HELP HIM IN H IS TASK, BUT DO NOT TELL HIM YOU ARE BAN ITES OR HE WILL NEVER LISTEN TO YOU. FO R ALL HIS BRILLIANCE HE REFUSES TO SEE T HE BEAUTY OF PURE EVIL, AND WILL NEVER K NOW THE JOY WE FIND IN BANE..."HURRY NOW ! AS WE SPEAK OUR ENEMIES MAKE PROGRESS ON THEIR PATH!"..HE SLIPPED OUT OF THE ROOM, MOTIONING FOR US TO WAIT A SHORT T IME BEFORE LEAVING TO COMPLETE OUR 'MISS ION'...34. THE ESCAPE OF THE PRISONERS:. .THREE MEN RUSHED FROM THE TINY CELL, TH EIR CLOTHES IN TATTERS, EYES DRAWN FROM LACK OF FOOD AND SLEEP...ONE STOPPED TO LOOK DOWN AT THE DEAD BANITE, AND A BROA D SMILE SPREAD ACROSS HIS HOLLOW FACE. "LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE DONE THE JOB WE WERE SENT TO DO!" HE SAID, LAUGHING UNNATURAL LY. "NOW WE CAN GO HOME AND TAKE THE CR EDIT! WE OF THE ZHENTARIM SALUTE YOU!". .HIS COMPANIONS BLANCHED AS HE SAID THE FORBIDDEN WORD- ONLY OTHERS DARE TO USE THAT NAME, NEVER THE ZHENTARIM THEMSELVE S. THEY CURSED IN HUSHED VOICES, PULLED HIM FROM THE ROOM, AND WERE INSTANTLY O UT OF SIGHT...WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER HE LPLESSLY. BECAUSE WE KNEW THE BANITE TO BE EVIL, WE HAD SLAIN HIM- THE ONE MAN WHO COULD STOP THE ZHENTARIM'S PLAN FOR CONQUEST OF THE SAVAGE FRONTIER. THERE WAS NO CHOICE. WE HAD BEEN SEARCHING FO R A MISSION. NOW, BY ACCIDENT, WE HAD FO UND ONE. WE WOULD HAVE TO SAVE THE NORT HERN REALMS OURSELVES...35. THE KRAKEN S TONGHOLD:..THE CASTLE THAT ROSE ABOVE US WAS SO GREAT IN SIZE THAT IT DOMINATED THE ENTIRE ISLAND, AS IF IT WHERE A STAT UE AND THE WHOLE OF TRISK WERE ONLY ITS BASE...THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING WAS CAR VED IN THE IMAGE OF A MASSIVE SQUID THAT ROSE A HUNDRED FEET ABOVE THE ISLAND, I TS HUGE EYES GLOWED FROM SOME FRIGHTFUL, HIDDEN LIGHT. BEHIND IT THE BUILDING G RADUALLY TRANSFORMED INTO A HEAVILY FORT IFIED CASTLE, WITH HIGH PARAPETS THAT SE EMED TO GO ON AND ON UNTIL THEY MERGED I NTO THE CLIFFSIDES OF THE COAST...36. TH E ODD MESSAGE OF THE KRAKEN:..CSS AL A I GAD. CSL TE O CRE SUHET TE T I TK WL GA D TE TRAEE I. DC TE T DW DO SUH TE TRUH VUT IS FO TKM B WL SAU TE...37. THE AREN A BENEATH LLORKH:..THE ARENA IN WHICH WE STOOD WAS BROAD AND SPACIOUS, SURROUNDE D BY SEATS FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND SPECTATO RS...MOST OF THOSE SEATS WERE ALREADY FI LLED. SEVERAL HUNDRED BLACK-ROBED MEN S AT IN ONE SECTION, BESIDE AN EQUAL NUMBE R OF HUMANS AND A FEW STRANGE-LOOKING BE INGS IN THE SHADOWS- THEY MAY HAVE BEEN DROW ELVES. SEPARATED FROM THE HUMANS B Y A RESPECTFULLY WIDE ZONE OF EMPTY SEAT S, THE REMAINDER OF THE ARENA WAS FILLED BY ORCS, WITH A SCATTERING OF GOBLINS A ND EVEN BUGBEARS...THE GREAT BOWL WAS FI LLED WITH THE DIN OF A THOUSAND CONVERSA TIONS, BUT EVERY VOICE WAS SILENCED AT O NCE WHEN A GUARD CALLED OUT, "ALL RISE F OR LORD VAALGAMON!"..THE FAMILIAR FIGURE OF THE ZHENTARIM GENERAL STRODE ONTO A DAIS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ARENA AN D MOTIONED FOR HIS FOLLOWERS TO BE SEATE D..."WELL, MY FRIENDS!" HE TOLD US, A HI DEOUS SMILE DISTORTING HIS ALREADY-TWIST ED FEATURES. "I SEE WE HAVE THE PLEASUR E OF MEETING AGAIN!.."I MUST SAY THAT I ADMIRE THE COURAGE AND CUNNING THAT HAVE BROUGHT YOU THIS FAR. YOU HAVE DEFEATE D FORCES THAT SHOULD HAVE DEFEATED YOU. THEIR DEATHS AT YOUR HANDS ARE APPROPRI ATE PUNISHMENT FOR THEIR FAILURE...AS A REWARD FOR YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS, I WILL GIV E YOU ALL A CHANCE. DEFEAT THREE SETS O F OPPONENTS IN MY ARENA AND I SHALL LET LIVE..."LET THE COMBAT BEGIN!"..ACROSS T HE ARENA A STEEL GRATING OPENED, AND WE TURNED TO FACE OUR OPPONENT.....38. KING THRELKED IRONFIST'S STORY:.."EVER SINCE THE REPORTS OF THE METEORITE STRIKE ON THE NORTH END OF THE ISLAND, MANY ADVENT URERS HAVE COME HERE SEEKING ORE FOR MAG ICAL SWORDS. HOWEVER, NO ONE ON THIS IS LAND CAN CRAFT SUCH SUCH FINE WEAPONS... "I WARN ALL ADVENTURERS, BUT FEW LISTEN. THERE ARE MANY CANYONS THAT CUT ACROSS THE ISLAND, AND SOME HAVE NETWORKS OF G REAT VOLCANIC CAVES FILLED WITH FEARSOME MONSTERS. ONLY PARTIES OF VETERAN ADVE NTURERS SHOULD DARE ENTER THEM."..39. A MAP FOUND IN OTYUGH'S LAIR...40. THE UTH ERAAL VILLAGER'S STORY:.."THE HEADQUARTE RS OF THE KRAKEN SOCIETY IS ON TRISK, TH E OTHER ISLAND JUST ACROSS THE STRAIT. THEY ALSO HAVE FORTRESSES HERE ON UTHERA AL, ON THE WESTERN COAST, WHERE THEY FOR CE US TO PAY TRIBUTE..."THEY TAKE ALMOST EVERYTHING WE HAVE, BUT IF WE DON'T PAY THEY WILL TAKE US AWAY AS SLAVES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN DEFEAT THEM, BUT W HATEVER YOU DO CAN ONLY MAKE OUR LIVES B ETTER."..41. THE ZHENTARIM SHIP ARRIVES: ..ROUNDING A ROCKY POINT FAR BELOW US WA S A SHIP WITH A SINGLE HUGE RED SAIL. A LARGE BLACK "M" FILLED ITS BILLOWING EX PANSE, WHICH WE COULD ONLY SPECULATE WAS THE SYMBOL OF LORD MANSHOON, THE LEADER OF ZHENTIL KEEP...A SINGLE MAN STOOD AT THE RAILING NEAR THE BOW, HIS BLACK CAP E FLOWING BEHIND HIM IN THE STIFF BREEZE . COULD IT BE VAALGAMON HIMSELF?..THE S HIP SWUNG TO THE NORTHWEST, ITS SAIL DRO PPING AS IT ENTERED THE LEE OF THE ISLAN D AND STARTED TO APPROACH A LARGE DOCK. MEN RAN ACROSS THE DECKS AND SCRAMBLED UP THE RIGGING AS THEY PREPARED FOR THEI R ARRIVAL...IF THIS SHIP WAS COMING FOR THE STATUETTE, OUR TIME WAS RUNNING OUT! ..42. THE STORY OF PHINTARN REDBLADE:..T HE FLOWERS WERE LEFT IN BEAUTIFULLY WOVE N BASKETS BESIDE THE STREET, AND HAD DEL ICATE HAND-EMBROIDERED RIBBONS ON THEM. ONE SAID SIMPLY "IN MEMORY OF PHINTARN REDBLADE, LAST RULER OF LLORKH.".ANOTHER READ:."TONIGHT THY KILLERS SIT WITHIN T HY KEEP, BUT SOON THEY'LL LIE BENEATH IT ... SIX FEET DEEP."..A GUARD WANDERED BY AND SAW US LOOKING AT THE FLOWERS. DRA WING HIS SWORD, HE KNOCKED THEM FROM MY HAND AND CRUSHED THEM WITH HIS BOOT. "I F YOU'RE A DWARF-LOVER," HE WARNED US, " LLORKH IS NO PLACE FOR YOU!"..43. MUTHTU R'S STORY:..AS IF HE'D READ OUR THOUGHTS , THE CREATURE SAID, "YES, I'M A HALF-OR C AND TO YOU I'M UGLY AS AN OTYUGH. I'M ALSO THE HIDEOUS, INHUMAN THING THAT SA VED YOUR LIVES."..WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHE R, EMBARRASSED, AND SERVERAL OF US MURMU RED OUR THANKS..."I LIVED WITH A SMALL C OLONY OF OTHER OUTCASTS IN THE HIGH FORE ST, UNTIL RAIDING PARTIES FROM LLORKH CA PTURED ME AND BROUGHT ME HERE. THEY CAL LED ME A 'NOVELTY FIGHTER' AND SAID IT'D BE FUN TO WATCH SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE ARENA FOR A CHANGE..."I'M NO NOVELTY , I'M A PERSON. AND I KILLED THE MAN WH O SAID IT. MY NAME IS MUTHTUR AND ALL I WANT IS TO GO HOME..."WHEN THEY BROUGHT ME HERE I SAW THEM USE A SECRET DOOR IN THE NORTH ALCOVE OF THE ARENA. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT LEADS, BUT IT MAY HELP US ALL GET OUT OF HERE."..44. THE POTTER'S STORY:.."I OVERHEARD OUR CAPTORS SAYING THAT FIRE GIANTS HAVE BEEN PREYING ON A NY ADVENTURERS WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND METEORITES. THE GIANTS SELL THE ST OLEN ORE TO PIRATES IN EXCHANGE FOR GEMS , GRAIN, OR EVEN SOME OF US AS SLAVES.". .SHE SHIVERED VISIBLY AND THANKED US ONC E AGAIN FOR SAVING THEM...45. THE DYING ZHENTARIM'S DEFIANCE:.."YOU MAY HAVE GOT TEN THIS FAR, BUT EVEN IF YOU COULD GET ALL THE STATUETTES YOU'D NEVER MAKE IT T O ASCORE... VAALGAMON IS FAR TOO CLEVER FOR YOU, AND OUR POWER IS TOO GREAT..... "ENJOY YOU TRIUMPH FOR TONIGHT, FOR IT W ILL ROT INTO DISASTER BY TOMMOROW!"..46. THE STORY OF THE HIDDEN DWARVES:.."WE H AVE BEEN PRISONERS IN OUR OWN CITY EVER SINCE LORD REDBLADE WAS KILLED. THEY SA Y IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, BUT WE ALL KNOW IT WAS THE ZHENTARIM THAT KILLED HIM, AND THAT IT IS THEY WHO CONTROL LLORKH. GEI LDARR IS ONLY A PUPPET, AN OUTSIDER BROU GHT HERE BY THEM TO CONTROL THE TOWN,."J UST A FEW DAYS AGO A ZHENTARIM COLUMN CA ME THROUGH LLORKH, AND THEY MURDERED ANY DWARF THEY COULD FIND. THAT'S WHY WE'R E NOW IN HIDDING--THIS IS THE LAIR OF A MEDUSA, BUT EVEN WITH HER HELL HOUND GUA RDS, WE ARE SAFER HERE THAN ON THE CITY' S STREETS...47 KESTUTIS' STORY:.."MY NAM E IS KESTUTIS, AND I WAS ONCE A KNIGHT W HO SERVED THE KINGS OF TUERN AND GUNDARL UN. IN THOSE DAYS THE TWO ISLANDS WERE FRIENDS, NOT THE TENSE RIVALS THEY HAVE BECOME..."HERE ON TUERN I DARED TO ENTER THE HOTTEST VOLCANIC VENTS IN SEARCH OF EVIL FIRE GIANTS WHO TERRORIZED UTTERSE A, AND THE OLD KING GAVE ME THIS ANCIENT FORTRESS AS A REWARD FOR MY SERVICE..." I AM IMPRESSED BY YOUR VALOR AND YOUR SK ILL IN TAKING ON THE MISSION YOU HAVE DE SCRIBED. JUST AS I RISKED MY LIFE IN SE RVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTH, SO YOU ARE RISKING YOURS. TAKE THIS, THE ARMO R OF THE GLACIER THAT I WORE DURING MY S ERVICE-- IT WILL GIVE YOU PROTECTION AGA INST FIRE AND AGAINST THE MONSTERS WHICH IT SPAWNS."..48. THE SIGNS AT SECOMBER: .."THE ROAD AND RIVER TO THE EAST HAVE B ECOME VERY DANGEROUS. GO ONLY IF YOU NE ED TO, AND TRY TO TRAVEL WITH A STRONG G ROUP OF EXPERIENCED ADVENTURERS... --SEL ARN..49. THE KRAKEN'S CODED MESSAGE:..OT L T T UR. ATE H F ONR OTWS H O T AE IL URS H HETND F. OK H O ON OR OT H HOG AL T RM AE E IL TTE H...50. THE AARAKOCRA'S STORY:.."HIGH ATOP THE STAR MOUNTS THE BIRDS CANNOT GO. OUR HOMES ARE THERE, A ND ONLY WE AND THE DRAGONS CAN BRAVE THE FIERCE WINDS THAT BLOW THROUGH THE MOUN TAIN-TOPS. WE HAVE SEEN BLACK DRAGONS F LY TO AN AERIE ON ONE OF THE HIGHEST PEA KS, AND SAW IT TO BE THAT A HUMAN FEMALE RODE UPON THE BACK OF ONE SUCH DRAGON.. ."WE HAVE HEARD THAT THE CAMBERS WITHIN THE MOUNTAIN BE CRAFTED AS A MAZE. IT H AS BEEN TOLD THAT THE CORRIDORS BE IN TH E FORM OF THE FIRST INITIAL OF THEIR OWN ER IN THREE DIFFERENT RUNIC ALPHABETS, E ACH SUPERIMPOSED UPON THE OTHER AND ON T HEIR OWN INVERSES, SO THAT THE LETTERS A RE INTERTWINED IN MANY LAYERS."..51. THE GUILTY CITIZEN'S STORY:.."I DIDN'T WANT TO HELP THEM, REALLY I DIDN'T. I HAVEN 'T TAKEN A SHARE OF PIRATE BOOTY IN YEAR S. THEY SAID IF I DIDN'T REPORT ON JAGA ERDA'S MOVEMENTS THEY'D TURN ME OVER TO THE KING!".."I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY HAV E HER! I TOOK MY REPORTS TO A HOUSE HID DEN AWAY AMONG THE CLIFFS ON THE SOUTHER N COAST. PLEASE SPARE ME! I'VE TOLD YO U EVERYTHING I KNOW!"..52. THE KRAKEN'S CODED MESSAGE:..ETUW LEK MSU RGT U RWIT K. ITE EDEA LETO E UW TO EOT SE. GRIA A S...53. AN OUNCE OF JUSTICE:..SEVERAL WE APONS WERE STACKED IN ONE CORNER OF THE ROOM, AND SUDDENLY I CRIED OUT IN DELIGH T...MY MAGICAL LONG SWORD, THE GOLD BRAI D ON ITS HANDLE TARNISHED BUT UNDAMAGED, LAY AMIDST THE PILE OF CRUDELY CRAFTED WEAPONS! I RAN OVER, PULLED IT FROM ITS SHEATH AND EXAMINED THE BLADE- STILL SH ARP AND TRUE AS ANY ARROW FIRED FROM HEL M'S BOW!..WHATEVER EVILS MIGHT STALK THE REALMS, I KNEW THAT FOR THIS ONE MOMENT JUSTICE HAD BEEN DONE. THE GOLD THEY'D STOLEN FROM US AT THE INN WAS GONE FORE VER, BUT WITH THIS SWORD OUR HONOR WAS R ESTORED!.
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