Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn From: c8929469@wombat.newcastle.edu.au (Chunder from Down Under...) Subject: The Arrival of Illithid Bane... Message-ID: <1992May26.133701.1@wombat.newcastle.edu.au> Date: Tue, 26 May 1992 03:37:01 GMT thump.... Thump.... THUMP.... BANG!!!!!! The door to the inn slams agains the inside wall, jostling the various ornaments and inhabitants nearby. The sound of heavy footfalls pound through the inn as something large but invisible passes through the entrance. With a soft blur, a large black marble statue suddenly appears before the door. Its entire body is intricately carved with various pictograms like tattoos, depicting everything from battling mind flayers to an enormous demon in bas relief across the back. The face of the statue is carved to resemble a mind flayer skull, gaping sockets and fractures included. The enormous statue carries no equipment other than some golden rings on the ring finger of each hand. The statue does not look around, but turns sharply with the sound of grating stone, proceeding quickly to a booth near the entrance. The head seems to incline forward as if examining the inhabitants, yet the booth is empty. All except for a small black wooden sign, marked 'Reserved'. Finally the statue turns from the booth, places its broad back to the wall, folds its enormous arms and seems to stare off into space, as if waiting for someone or something. -- ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / /__/ /_ /__ /__/ / _ /_ | EMAIL : c8929469@wombat.newcastle.edu.au / / / /__ ___/ / / /__/ /__ | or : c8929469@cc.newcastle.edu.au