From: tkelly@unix2.tcd.ie (Mithrandir) Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Subject: Blue Ring[Next Chapter] Message-ID: Date: 29 May 92 13:22:09 GMT "Is there no-one out there who will help an old man about to die ?",he shouted. The inn fell into an embarassed and concerned silence. "I need heroes to aid me in one final thing before I die",he said in a broken voice,"I need someone to find for me The Fabled Blue Ring,which even now is in this very city.Please,I can pay any who seek payment for what they do,but that Ring MUST be found.Is there any here who would help me ?" He waited for an answer ... SunStorm: I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE THIS WORLD IS MADE OF, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD LET ONE OF THEIR FELLOW IN TROUBLE. The Old Man saw the Giant getting up without actually being able to stay completely upright. His head touched the high ceiling of the dragons-inn. SunStorm: IF YOU CAN TELL ME WHO IN THIS CITY COULD HELP ME ON MY OWN QUEST, THEN I SHALL HELP YOU ON YOURS. EXCEPT, THAT IS, IF IT INVOLVES ANYTHING LIKE GOING INTO CRAMPED SPACES... EXCEPT MAYBE IF I FIND A MAGE WHO CAN REDUCE ME... I HEARD THAT SUCH MAGICS WHERE POSSIBLE. Taking his cristalline gleaming sword and his helm, the hulking humanoid approached the Old Man. SunStorm: I MAY NOT BE HUMAN, BUT HERO SURELY MANY HAVE CALLED ME THAT IN THE PAST. IF YOU TRULY NEED HELP, I CAN ONLY HEAR AND ANSWER YOU PLEA. I (Chronos) will help if I can. Let me know how... I was going to try and help at the time but I cannot use hostile magic... I am thinking of using something like an ogre or giant strength spell or something like that... An enlarge spell would work quite well also... Looking rather disappointed, Sanda looks around and asks, "Do any of you know anything more of this? Of the ring? I have never heard of such a ring." I Since discovered that it was an object o fell power,not meant for Mortals to hold.Certainly I could not utilise it's powers,but in the Hands of another,more magically skilled,who knows.I decided that I should guard it with my life.Then,after years of travel,I arrived in the splendid city of Generica,only to find the Ring gone. I am old,and I cannot chase it anymore,but I need someone to find it and,if they can destroy it then do so-" Suddenly,the old man stops,his eyes wide open,he says "No," in a whispered voice before collapsing. A few moments later,one person from the inn,goes over to him,and places his hands on his neck. "He's dead ," he says,and closes the man's eyes. ("He's dead, Jim...") SunStorm: HUH... The Giant looked at the grey robed mage beside him. SunStorm: WELL, I GUESS WE WILL GO TOGETHER, THEN. I WILL SURELY NEED A MAGE. POOR OLD MAN... WELL, I GUESS WE WILL HAVE TO.. NO, I ALREADY SAID THAT. WELL, THEN. I AM SUNSTORM, GIANT OF TITANIA. THIS (showing a dragon whom Chronos heard shouting moments before) IS TRUESILVER, MY FRIEND. AND YOU ARE CHRONOS, I'VE HEARD... SO, I THINK WE SHOULD FIRST GET MORE INFORMATIONS. DO YOU ACTUALLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE GODS OF THIS WORLD??? (to be continued) There is then a feeling,a spirit,he stands beside the body of the Old Man.Everyone sees that is the Old Man himself,though at a time when he was a young soldier. He smiles,and says,"Ah how clear the world becomes after Death", Softly,he turns to the heroes,and says "The gods have allowed me to give you one clue before I depart.They say that those heroes that wish to go on this quest shall be known as the Company of the Blue Ring,and that first they shouls seek Amrodand Blackstar,who is the lowly brother of someone ",the voice fades. -- ]]>>>Mithrandir<<<[[ ]]>>tkelly@unix2.tcd.ie<<[[ "In the uttermost West I was Olorin,In the South I am Incanus, among the elves I am Mithrandir,in the North I am Gandalf. To the East,I go not"-rough Tolkien quote from Gandalf.