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..S2.2.2.. ..%..WENT BACK TO THE TOWN OF
WOODHAVEN AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ITS R
ECONSTRUCTION. AFTER REBUILDING THE CITY
, HE SETTLED DOWN THERE AND LIVED TO A R
IPE OLD AGE.WENT ON TO UNITE THE REMAINI
NG PEOPLES OF YMROS AND QUICKLY BECAME I
TS FIRST KING. HE RULED YMROS WISELY UNT
IL THE END OF HIS DAYS..WALKED OFF ALONE
TO FIGHT THE MONSTERS THAT STILL WANDER
ED AIMLESSLY AFTER MALIFON WAS IMPRISONE
D. HIS BRAVERY BECAME WELL KNOWN THROUGH
OUT YMROS AND HE STILL LIVES ON IN LEGEN
DS..WANDERED FOR A WHILE AND THEN DISSAP
EARED INTO THE MOUNTAINS, NEVER TO BE SE
EN AGAIN. MANY A TALE SAYS HE WILL RETUR
N TO YMROS IF EVER NEEDED AGAIN..BECAME
THE FIRST IN TWO MILLENIUM TO TAKE THE T
ITLE OF HIGH PRIEST OF THE ANCIENT ONE.
WITH HIS ACCUMULATED WEALTH, HE BUILT AN
ENORMOUS TEMPLE TO THE ANCIENTS AND SPR
EAD WORD OF THE NEW GOD..HEARD IN THE TA
VERN OF UNTOLD WEALTH IN LANDS TO THE NO
RTH AND WENT IN SEARCH OF THE FORTUNE. H
E GATHERED A PARTY AND EXPLORED MANY DUN
GEONS, EVENTUALLY RETIRING IN LUXURY..WE
NT ON A GREAT QUEST FOR THE LIFESTONE IN
ORDER TO BUILD A NEW SHARD OF SPRING. W
HILE HE DID NOT LIVE TO SEE ITS COMPLETI
ON, THE NEW SHARD WAS NAMED IN MEMORY OF
HIM AND STILL PROTECTS YMROS..WENT TO T
HE HILLS TO BUILD A SCHOOL OF MAGIC. IT
SOON BECAME FAMOUS AND MANY OF HIS PUPIL
S LATER BECAME LEGENDS IN THEIR OWN RIGH
T..SERVED AS ADVISOR TO THE NEW KING OF
YMROS. DUE TO HIS EXCELLENT ADVICE AND F
ORSIGHT, THE LAND OF YMROS REMAINED IN P
EACE AS LONG AS HE LIVED..DEVOTED HIS LI
FE TO STUDYING THE BATTLE OF THE GODS. H
IS LIFE'S WORK WAS COMPILED INTO A TOME
OF A THOUSAND PAGES AND STOOD AS AN EXAM
PLE FOR ALL SCHOLARS TO FOLLOW.....
....@V....'..@W......
@X......@Y.....A RESOUNDING, PRIMEVIL SC
REAM IS HEARDFROM DEEP WITHIN THE BOWELS
OF THE VOLCANO. THE WALLS SHAKE AND
BEGIN TOCRUMBLE AROUND YOU. AS THE IMPR
ISON>.}SPELL TAKES EFFECT, THE SOUNDS OF
MALIFON'S AGONY ARE QUICKLY STIFLED
, BUT THE WALLS OF THE MOUNTAIN ARE
STILL WEAK.>?.OJUST AS THE COLLAPSE OF
THE WALLS AROUND YOU SEEMS IMMINENT
YOU FIND YOURSELF ENVELOPED IN DARKNE
SS, YET>.LSURROUNDED BY LIGHT. IN YOUR M
IND CAN BE HEARD THE VOICE OF THE ANCIEN
T ONE.>.16.I'YOU HAVE DONE WELL. AS LONG
AS THE SPELL HOLDS, MALIFON'S EVIL IS
CONTAINED WITHIN THE VOLCANO.>?.
O'MANY YOUNG ADVENTURERS SET OUT TO D
ESTROY THE ROOT OF THIS EVIL; MANY DIE
D ALONG THE WAY AND MANY GAVE UP>.QTHE Q
UEST WHEN THEY COULD NOT FIND THECOURAGE
WITHIN THEM TO CONTINUE. YOU ALONE HAV
E SUCCEEDED, TIME AND AGAIN,>..TO DEFEAT
XERES, ACQUIRE THE ORB OF EVERTIME, D
ESTROY MALIFON'S HIGH TEMPLE, AND E
VENTUALLY IMPRISON MALIFON ITSELF.
>.16?.P'ALTHOUGH MALIFON'S EVIL HAS BEEN
CONTAINED, THE EFFECTS OF ITS EVIL
ARESTILL FELT ON .YMROS. WITH THE SHARD>
..GONE, THE LAND STILL LIES IN WINTER
AND, THOUGH MALIFON'S CORRUPTION IS NO
W ENDED, MANY TOWNS HAVE BEEN TURNEDTO R
UINS. PERHAPS WORST OF ALL, THE>.EGODS T
HAT THE PEOPLE OF YMROS HAVE RELIED U
PON FOR CENTURIES ARE NOW DEADAND THE PE
OPLE LOSE HOPE.>.16?.M'I DO NOT SAY THIS
WORK IS YOURS, FOR YOU HAVE DONE MORE G
OOD THAN THIS LANDCAN EVER REPAY. FOR TH
IS REASON I>.FOFFER TO REWARD YOU BY MAK
ING YOU IMMORTAL AND YOU SHALL RULE
BY MY SIDEFOR THE REST OF ETERNITY.'>?..
YOU MAY RESPOND: @>.. 1) I ACCEPT YOUR
OFFER.>.I 2) I MUST DECLINE. THERE IS T
OO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE HERE ON YMRO
S.>.F...R,...1...2..R,...2.R/B.0..P'I AM
GLAD YOU HAVE ACCEPTED. IT IS TIME TH
AT A NEW BREED OF ADVENTURERS COMPLETE
THE WORK YOU HAVE STARTED.'>?.PA GREEN M
IST SEEMS TO SURROUND YOU ANDINCREDIBLE
POWER FLOWS THROUGH YOUR VEINS. THE M
IST CHANGES TO BLUE AND>..THEN CLOUDS AP
PEAR. SOON THE LAND- SCAPE OF YMROS C
AN BE SEEN CLEARLY BELOW AND, AT ONCE
, YOU CAN SEE AND CONTROL EVERYTHING W
ITH EASE.>.]THE AGES PASS BY WITHOUT NOT
ICE. NEW ADVENTURERS TAKE YOUR PLACE AN
D YMROS IS SLOWLY HEALED.>?.VALL IS WELL
UNTIL, IN A DISTANT FUTURE, THE V
OLCANO BEGINS TO RUMBLE ...>?.VC
ONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE WON DEMON'S WIN
TER. I HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED YOUR ADVEN
TURE.>./_.0...'YOU ARE INDEED NOBLE, AND
IF MORTALITY IS YOUR WISH, THEN
IT SHALL BE GRANTED. I WILL MAKE SURE T
HE REMAINDER OF YOUR LIVES ARE VISI
TED>. BY GOOD FORTUNE AND PROSPERITY.'>.
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