Pockete the Noble Gnome

[Ivory]

I, like many gnomes, was born in the great gnomish babyning.

Some say it was the gods involved in so many births so close together.... others say it was a tricksy wizard who had put love potion into the gnomes supply of muffins causing unprecedented conceptions....

Either way, there were many gnomes when I was growing up and the great city of Ak'anon was more full of life than ever before!!

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But, one night... a great war brewed outside of our gates in the Steamfont Mountains.

Evil unlike anything seen before had arrived, and the mountains were swarming with creatures of every kind!!!! So, me and my brothers and sisters went out into the darkness to meet the threat....

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Many gnomes died that night. Spiders, wolves, kobolds....all with a hunger for gnome.... it was war!!

The horrors , the horrors!!!

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But eventually we began to win the battle, and soon the Steamfont mountains were safe with gnomes everywhere pushing back the dangers.

Then it struck me....if we had experienced such things, the rest of the world must surely be in trouble!!! I knew others out there needed help!

Sure, I wasn't so good at magics... and couldn't fight as good as other gnomes... but I had a rusty spear and could stab pretty ok.

So I left the mountains on my quest....a quest to become a great noble gnome and save the other races of Norrath as we had done for ourselves that night!

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As I traveled through the forest, eventually I came upon another battle scene.... the dwarves also had seemingly lost many of their kind in the great event.

"Do not worry fellows! I wills protects you!" I told them, and together we created a force to hold back the beetles and snakes from closing in on their city of Kaladim.

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We fought long into the night, and learnt much from each other.

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But before long more dwarves arrived...and my work was done. It was time for me to continue on, and seek other noble deeds.

It's then that I heard rumors of a vampire king. Perhaps he was behind all the evil we'd seen?!

I knew what I had to do.... I had to go to his castle, find him, and stop him once and for all!!!!!!!! I was already of the 5th season, and my spear would make short work of one such as him....if the rumors were even true.

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You see, while I may not be so great at fightin....or know any magics... I do have a knack for ....well.... being ignored.

I dunno, I guess growing up around so many gnomes it just came naturally to me.... I could stand in a full room during a party and be COMPLETELY INVISIBLE!

Even better, with practice I was beginning to be able to control this strange power!!

Impressive, I know.

But finally, instead of making me always get left behind....I had a use for it! And I used it to my advantage to walk right through the great vampires castle....straight into the throne room!!

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"I comes to stop your king!!" I said....

But, sadly, my natural ability was too powerful...and it was like they didn't even hear me.

"Fine!! Ignore me!!! Imma find him myself!!!"

And with that I kept walking to explore the rest of the castle.

Eventually I'd searched every inch of the place!!! Even a mysterious crypt...but nowhere could I find an evil king to stop... simply an old painting.

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I guess, even if the rumors is true, he must have been long gone already. And definitely not the one behind all the battles happening around the world.

[Ivory]

As I left the castle, sad I couldn't face the great king... suddenly I saw it!! A UNICORN!!

Of course, it walked right past me... but I'm pretty used to that...

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Still!! It was obviously a sign! That I should go out, further into the world to save others on my noble quest.

So I went and bought a ticket to leave Faydwer and continue on my journey....to Antonica!!! The land of men and monsters!

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We sailed for days....and on the journey were others leaving for various reasons. Some sought riches, others wanted to try the muffins of the humans, and some wanted adventure....

But me? I was gonna be a hero!!!!

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Eventually we landed in Freeport, and I continued on....past the commons....the forest of the Kithicor....and soon found myself in the city of Highpass Hold.

Of course, I tell everyone I meet how I'm going to be a hero....as a great hero does!

But one high elf I told seemed especially interested! He said he believed me, and even knew A PRINCESS! And not even a vampire one!

Not just that, she was nearby, in the keep!!! And I should go and meet her!!!!!

So I climbed up the many stairs to a secret back room where he said she would meet me...and waited....

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Eventually she showed up and didn't seem too impressed by my amazing stair climbing abilities....but she thanked me for opening the door for her....

Oh well, I guess it was somethin... so I returned to the high elf and he had another task for me, to give her an amulet he had of hers.

Pretty strange though, since she was standing right next to him..... I dunno, it was getting a little weird for me....but that's how royalty is I guess.

So I handed her the amulet and she seemed extra thankful! Even giving me a note for a royal weapon from her personal royal armory!!!!!

With such a weapon, I would surely be well on my way to being a true noble gnome! Everyone would see it on my belt and finally pay attention!

So I left the Keep and hurried on my way! I had to get back to her elvish city to get that fancy weapon!!

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But....something seemed strange on my return... I didn't remember the commonlands being so open...and plainsy....

I stayed at inns along the way though, and eventually even found some barbarian fishermens. They told me about their great barbarian city, and many stories of their brave barbarian deeds.

I wasn't too sure if that counted as noble or not...but seemed pretty good. I would have to visit sometime to learn about their ways.

Eventually I came upon another human city, the city of Qeynos.... I guess I'd gone the wrong way....

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So I went to the nearest travel agency and figured out how to get back home...I'd take the boat to the city of Erudin....then that would take me back to the butcherblock mountains!

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Eventually I had done it, I made it home....and ventured to the great high elf city of Felwithe! To collect my noble weapon for noble amulet handing deeds!

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I made it through the city to find the armorer the princess had told me to see....but when I got there and handed him the note....he glanced at it, and set it down to return to what he was doing.

I waited around for a while... but I guess he'd forgotten about me.

Eventually I got tired of waitin, and grabbed one of the daggers from his table and left....the princess said I could have one, so I gots one!

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Finally with such a fine dagger of finery, everyone would see what a hero I was!! And I could save more people!

But first... I needed to practice with it....

[pink grapefruit]

ily pockete <3

[AgentEpilot]

A true hero and the chosen one to save us all.

[Jibartik]

Ivory today :)

[Shrubwise]

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[Baler]

Subscribed, to a great thread!
Looking forward to reading more adventures of Pockete the Noble Gnome!

[Bazia]

good thread

[Ivory]

With my new fancy dagger, I returned to the dwarves mountains for practice.

For two entire seasons I stayed there!!! Until I was of the 7th rank....and felt stronger than ever.

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But I couldn't stay there forever, I had noble business to do! Saving people and everythin.

So I left the great dwarves again and ventured to the wood elf city of Kelethin.

I figured the first thing I'd need....is a noble fortune to finance my noble quest.

I knew how things worked, nobles just gotta ask other nobles for gold. They all give each other moneys so they can all be rich.

So, being a noble carrying fine dagger finery, I walked up to the patrolling Kelethin Captain of the guard....and said ...

"Hello Sir guard, I am a noble gnome, requesting tribute for my noble mission." as I extended my hands

But he simply ignored me and kept walking....

It's ok, I figured he heard me and was probably headed to the city treasury to get me some gold.

So I followed him.

He went up and down ramps, into houses....all over really. I guess even Captains of the guard get lost in that crazy city!!!

Eventually he got tired of looking for the treasury and stopped at an Inn to get a drink.

"Hay! Whatsa bout my tribute?" I insisted

He silently sat down at the chair and put his shield next to him as he ordered.

AH HA! Now I knew what he was doing!!!! He was giving me the tribute!! From his own armory!!!!!!!

My fancy pants dagger musta really impressed him!!! A guards shield?! Worth way more than gold!! I was rich!!!!

But ...then I realized... why stop there? I would go ask for tribute from all the guards!!! And also ask the dwarves! And humans! AND EVERYONE!!!!!!! Sometimes they even gave me rings or other things too!!

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I ran around everywhere as quick as I could, using my nobility to gather boxes full of different kinds of tribute! I was rich! REALLY REALLY rich!!

So, of course, first order of business was noble shoppin spree!!! I bought myself the finest of gnome armor, and even had a custom emerald green breastplate of nobility made to show off my nobility.

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I even took up a hobby, smithing! Meeting some of the finest of high elvish smiths, known for their delicate craftsmanship.

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For a while I practiced my noble smithing skills with the high elves.... and under their guidance, crafted myself the finest of noble weapons...a spear forged in the fires of Felwithe.

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By the end of it, I still had a lot of moneys left....and everything I could want! I was ready to do noble things!!!

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I'd heard when I was in the city of Erudin that they had given a great weapon to a noble paladin...who had left to fight a great battle.

I'd decided, that is where I'd go! It was a most noble quest, and being of the 7th season, the paladin would surely find my help useful!

It took a long while of searching, and asking about the paladin I'd heard of....but eventually I tracked her down to the Ocean of Tears....and a wood elf told me I could find her on an island nearby....

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But it was an evil island...corrupted by the touch of the vampire king...Mayong Mistmoore! His minions left to roam and spread...I had to stop it!

He'd escaped me in his castle, now I was going to fight off his evil once again!

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So I took a small boat from the island and rowed out to the island of evil....and there I found her, the brave paladin Sentry Xyrin!!

But she was tired, holding the battle on her hill against the evil that was endlessly springing forth!!!

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"Pockete, please, seek a potion to revitalize my vigor ....and once you return, we will push back this evil together! And defeat the four spectres of darkness."

It was perhaps the greatest noble mission I'd ever been given!! To aid a great warrior? Battling the evil of the vampire king?! It was at least twice as noble as princess amulet handing!

I had to do it....I had to find that potion and ready myself for this great battle. But I also knew I had to be quick, before she was overwhelmed.

[cd288]

Pockete is the best. Did some point in this journey include that time you fell off the boat when we were on it from BB to FP? lol

[Zaes]

Stealing from the poor Kelethin guards!

[Lone Gnome]

Drugs + unemployment

[Vizax_Xaziv]

Filed under "shit's Classic" for later viewings.

[larper99]

Ok, I saw Pockete in Qeynos several nights ago. Was hoping that I photo-bombed some of those screen shots, but alas, no.

[Polycaster]

You gave me muffins in Rivervale, city of the brave-ish halflings. They were good.

[Vizax_Xaziv]

Any updates on the adventures of Pockete the Brave?

[Siege]

Any updates on the adventures of Pockete the Brave?
Nothing much. She just kited a Sand Giant around for an hour at level 7 while a level 21 shaman beat on it with a stick. I came in at the end and took out a Crypt Mummy they picked up. I'll let her tell the rest of the story.

[Erati]

bump

[Ivory]

((Ohh I gotta catch up on adventures!! Sooo many adventures!))
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Anyhow, I lefts the Sentry on the island and sailed off to Freeport to find the potion she needed from her temple.

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The leader of the temple had lots of potions! Just handin em out!! But she was too busy dealing with a waiter shortage to talk about the problem on the island....it was like she didn't hear what I was sayin! And just asked me to gives some of them other sentries drinks when I asked about potions.

Being a noble request from a noble paladins....and myself, also bein noble, I couldn't refuse!!

So I grabbed a bunch of them drinks and delivered them to all the sentries I could find.

Then I went back and the noble paladin leader, the drink delivery done....and she finally had time to talk. I tolds her of the urgent issue of the Sentry and how she was gonna be overwhelmed by them minions of the vampire lord.... and she gasped! Then rushed to grab a special potion from the back room, something sure to give the sentry the strength to win her battles.

Though, I gots the feeling she probably just mixed the normal potion with some milk. It's what gnomes drink before battle, no doubt humans too knew of its great powers of refreshingness.

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Anyhow, I hads the potion!!! But... I wasn't too sure just me and the great sentry would be enough to defeat everything on that island. My spear was pretty good....but it wasn't magic or noffin!

No no, we was gonna need help ....and I had to finds it.

But then I remembered my visitins with the barbarian fishers, and their stories of their home. That's what I needed! Barbarians!!!! LOTS OF BARBARIANS!!!

So I left right away to return back to the hills of Qeynos....searching for the barbarian homelands.

There I found more fisherbarians who helped direct me towards their frosty fjords...through the home of the gnolls.

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Though, wasn't much trouble getting past them gnolls, I just walked past them....easy pancakes. And before I knew it I was faced with the icelands of the barbarians!

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Days and nights passed in them icey lands searching for the barbarians city. Skeletons, bears, wolves....oh my.

Eventually I founds them!! And their mighty camps filled with mighty mans!!

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"Barbarians! I has come to gets your help fightins evil!! Comes with me, we must do battles on the Ocean of Tears!!!"

...but the barbarians shrugged and continues eating large hunks of meat. These were not the brave warriors I had been told of!!! They were just young fighters, training and surviving in the harsh icelands.

"Where is all your brave warriors barbarians?!"

And that's when they laughed and said I'd find them in the ancient city of the permafrost....battling dragons even!!!

So I thanked thems for their help and set out again, to cross the fields of mystical creatures and find the permafrost they spoke of!

More days and nights passed as I searched....and eventually I came upon ruins of what musta been a pretty fancy city. Guarded by giants of unusual sizes!!! Made of ice!!!

But, I guess they didn't have time for gnomes...so I walked through and into the city.

When I got inside I realized no one had been here....for a very very long time. Perhaps I was the first one in recent history!!!! And it was filled with mean lookin goblins, though no signs of battle.

I knew there weren't many fighters in the world capable of facins these kinda odds....and there were no signs of battle...so, yup, it made pretty good sense I was treadin new ground.

So I took some time to looks around, maybe the great fighters were further insides?

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But everywhere I looked, only gooblins...who had seemed to have build a new city inside the walls of what looked like an even gianter city!

I'd have to come back to explores more later I figured. It was an interestin place for sure!

So, not finding what I needed there...I left to the everfrost peaks again...and began my trek home....having found no one strong enoughs to aid me in my mission.

But I'd been gettins a lot of time to think about things, how to rid that island of the evils it had. I'd come up with a pretty good plan, and knew exactly who I needed ta find to help me....

So along the way home I was puttins up lots of job listins....lookin for a special and very rare talent in the world of Norrath....the ability to use magics of levitation!!! Only a handful of powerful magic users knew such magics.

By the time I had traveled all the way back to Freeport again, I had been exchangin information with an interested party. Sir Numero, a druid of the 15thish season with great powers and natural talent.... but who was short of moneys to buy spells.

It was perfect! Cuz I still had a fair amounts of noble gnome finances, and was able to pool what I hads to make an offer of 30 platinums for his services....which was quite the sum of moneys!!!

So we agreed to meet at the docks later that night... and I told him my plan.

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He nodded along....but didn't think what I was suggesting was possible. To be honests, I wasn't so sure either, but we hads to try!!!!

And the pay was worth it, even to risk death for such a sum of gnomish treasure! But he wanted half up front, especially since he needed to study the spell first even. I agreed....it was the only way.

On the boat ride I continued to draw maps and laid out every detail with sir Numero as he continued studyin his magics. I hads one shot at it, no more gnomish moneys for extended expeditions....and only had one milk potion anyhow.

So when we got to the island we both knew our jobs. I was gonna scout and relay the lay of the lands to sir Numero, and he was gonna keep us flyins in the air so we wouldn't have to swim.

It was time to begins.....I lit my signal lamp and sir Numero sprung into action! Charging ahead into the island and angering the great spectres at the center!!! Then he began circling the island....over and over again....causing a giant uproar and alerting most everythin!!!

"What is he doing!?" the Sentry exclaimed

"Oh don'tcha worry!! I GOTS A PLAN!!!" I told her

You see, I figured ....oceans is pretty deep. And filled with sharks!!! We was gonna make them so mad they would drowns themselves and get eatens!! Undead may be pretty strong, but sharks gots sharp teeth....and I doubt they was gonna float.

Sir Numero was dancing around the island with amazing grace as he continued....far beyond what I was expecting!!! Truly a halfling on great talents!!! For one wrong move and he would have been ripped apart instantly!!!

When I saw he had angered most things, I waved my signal lamp and he bolted off over the ocean....with the undead army rushing straight into the waves after him.

"NOWS ITSA YOU ANS ME!! Just a few undeads left, here lady Xyrin, drinks this!"

I tossed lady Xyrin the milk potion and she eagerly started drinking.....finishing it all!!! And new life rushed into her for the great battle ahead!!

We both charged forward to rid the rest of the island of what remained. One gargoyl, two.....it was mighty battles, and fairly close at times....but we patrolled for a while to make sure it was clear.

Then a little bird landed on my shoulder with hastily scribbled note from sir Numero

THE UNDEAD CAN SWIM
THEY STOPPED CHASE
COMING FOR YOU!! RUNNNNNN!!!!



OOOOOOOH this was bad!! The entire army ....was alive-undead stills!!!! And coming back to their home!!!!

"Cheese and crackers lady Xyrin!!! Thems is comin back! We gotsa pancake it outta here!"

"No, not...yet! We're so close!" she said as she kept swinging her sword at a gargoyle

Then I turned and saw several undead coming up out of the waves.... it was the first of the army returning!! Soon we were gonna be swarmed by tens...hundreds...THOUSANDS of undead!!!

But Sentry Xyrin wasn't phased and ignored the sight as undead kept stepping up onto the shore, dripping wet.... her battle raging fiercely despite the impending doom.

As our foe fell.... we found ourselves at the center of the island....surrounded by the undead beginning to fill in around us....covering the island.... it was the end, wasn't no way out....we had faileds....

Just then, I heard a crash from behind me and a great light! Lady Xyrin had taken the mighty harpoon she carried on her back and struck at the great pillar at the heart of the island with all her might!!!

It cracked....and then toppled to the ground, letting off great magics!! The undead were pushed back into the ocean the skies lightened! We was saved!! She hads stopped thems!!

"We've done it noble gnome Pockete!!! At last, my battle is complete. All thanks to you and your mighty druid companion! Here, I have no need for this any longer, take my noble weapon and find someone worthy to carry on the eternal battle against evil".

And with that, she handed me the most powerful weapon to exist on Norrath at that time....the Deepwater Harpoon....!!!

I hads a new mission, and I would find someone worthy of her great bravery!!

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When Sir Numero returned, I told him the good news! That we had dones it afterall!! And handed him the rest of his fine treasure.

We both then went to the nearby island for passage back to Freeport, where we were welcomed in a great celebration for our great deeds! And I used the rest of my gnomish treasure to purchase bags and bags of muffins and milk to throw a proper muffin party in celebration!!

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[Ivory]

Word was startin to spread about my findins the great noble weapon from the sentry, having defeated them undead. Something the world thought impossible!!! Especially for a gnome.

But I'd done it, and I had the legendary weapon to proves it....and there wouldn't be another weapon of such power for quites some time.

So, I thoughts long and hard how to find a noble paladin of nobility worthy of the most mighty weapon in all of Norrath....

It hads ta be not just the strongest or oldest fighter, but someone who truly proves himself brave and noble!!! Everyone hads to have a chance to proves themselves too!

Eventually, I came up with a way to tests a noble paladins bravery and devotion....A QUEST!!! Followin the same path I been takin on my own noble quests!

So, with some shoutin and sending out messenger birds, I announced the event would be happenin in Freeport, and all interested noble paladins should come if they wanted to hears my quest.

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As the hours passed, slowly a small crowd began to gather to hear the great quest of nobility.

...and when the clock struck on the hour, it was time!!!

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Pockete is I, noble gnome it's true.
And wander the world as I have, wills you
To prove you a paladin, brave and just
Seek these items, you surely must

And if you're first, to bring me this boon
To you wills receive, the Deepwater Harpoon

The first item be, Empty Bag so cold
And put in it, jumjum stalk not old
Then you wills need, a Peacekeepers Staff
And Rat's Foot Necklace, just for a laugh

Then one piece o armor, of scarab variety
And a Tunare's Finest, to prove your piety

And lastly you'll need, to simply find mes
But where I am is, aint no one foresees

Most of the crowd was shocked at the dangers such a quest would face thems against. Foot blisters and lions and all sortsa things!

But some brave paladins set off to begin searching for what I spoke of.

I wasn't sure if they'd ever do it, but some day....someone would proves themselves.

Setting the weapon safely in my pack...I begans travelin again...on my own new quest lookins for some fine cuppery I'd hear rumors of.

You see, everyone knows a noble gnome needs fine cuppery for drinkins her milk!! And I'd heard in Freeport of a man who knew another man who knew an ogre who might have a treasure of such greatness! Not just any cup, but white!! To match the finest of milks!!

So, it was time to find the ingredients the man was wantins for a drink that would get hims to spill them beans about the fine cuppery treasure. Some fish and .... some honeycomb that the halflings jumified.... and other various ingredients.

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As I traveled, I continueds to give my great quest to any who'd hear it....shoutins "Oh woe is me, I wonders if I'm ever gonna finds a [worthy paladin] of this mighty Deepwater Harpoon".


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And my drink ingredient huntins took me all over! Even back to the land of the Erudites where I visited with some cat people fishin for ...cats i think.

But then word cames in that a brave paladin had dones it!! He had finished my quest!!! It hads been quite a while since I'd givens it, and I was surprised!!

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He was stayins in Freeport, and I'd finished collectins ingredients by then on my noble cuppery quest....so I took a boat to meets him.

When I gots there he handed me a bag with the artifacts found across the entire worlds! He'd done it!!! A true brave and noble paladin, Sir Faedoli!!!!

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So, I handed hims the most noble of weapons ...and for a time he was surely the most powerfuls fighter in all the world! Continuing the great battle against evil in the name of Sentry Xyrin and nobility.

With my burden lifted, and having collected the ingredients for the drink....I took a nice rest in Freeport before continuins on my way. Feelin pretty accomplished!! But still much left to do.

That night, I dreamed of what it must be like to eat muffins and while drinking milk from the finest milk cuppery in all of Norrath..... tomorrow I'd be mixin the man that drink, and gettin one step closer to findins the great treasure.

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[Visual]

This is better than any JR Tolkien

[AgentEpilot]

I wanna see her post the story of me and her killing a sand giant at level 7 and 21 lol. The battle took an hour.

[gkmarino]

A little bit of light in a world of darkness.

[Ivory]

By this time I'd collected all the bits I needed to gets the man in Freeport to spill the beans on the fine cuppery....and for the drink ingredients he gaves me some book of drink recipes that belongs to the ogre cup collector.

So next I hads to hoof it to them ogres city. Secretly droppin muffins as I went to make sure them ogres didn't gets too hungry.

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Ogres liked gnomes pretty ok....just the guards confuse us for goblins or somethin and try to mash us....but everyone else is pretty nice!

Ogres aren't as smarts as us gnomes, I even found one who gots himself stuck in a tree on the way to their city!!

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Eventually I gots to their city, and walked around some lookin for the cuppery collector. The guards ignored me pretty fine...but I didn't want to chance it, stickin to under tables and other giant ogrefurniture.

It didn't take too long to find the cupmaster ogre, and upon seeins the drink book I hads....he said he'd trade me for any of his cups he had!! Then he opened a cabinet FILLED with the finest of cupperies!!!! Milk mugs galore!

I took a little time to pick out the finest of fine mugs...pure white to match the future milk it would holds! Then gave him his book and booked it outta there.

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With such a fine cuppery, next I had to find a proper place to have a drink.

Of course, I'd have to drinks with other gnomes! Who would appreciate my fine milk cuppery the most. But Ak'Anon was so far away.....

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Luckily I knews of another gnome city! Deeps inside a volcano! It was the 2nd finest place in all of Norrath!! Outside of Ak'anon. Filled with great clockworks and gnome creations.

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But when I gots to the captain....he told me he had more pressing matters and couldn't enjoy a fine cup of milks. He was so distracted he didn't even properly appreciate my fine cuppery!

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He said he'd been havins some troubles with them gooblins...and wanted me to looks into it...

So I left...to have a meetins with the king.

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They welcomed me with quite a reception! Even havin a fancy place to sit as I waited.

Turned out that the gooblins was upset the captain was keepins all his muffins for himself.

Luckily, as a noble gnome, I am quite skilled in gnome-diplomacy....and always carry a bag of muffins with me.

I gave them gooblins many a muffin, and peace of the city of soldung was restored.

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The only thing left ...was to finally break in my fine cuppery!! And I went straight to the gooblin bar to order up their finest milk!!

It was a little frothy...and not too sure what they was milkin....but....I guess it was ok enough.

With a job well done, I rummaged a few pockets lookin for donations, and went to sleep in a fine gooblin bed to prepare for whatever tomorrows adventure was gonna be.

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[Vormotus]

Ohhh amazing! Love this!

[Ivory]

The next day when I woke.... I went to sees the Captain again. He told me he was gettins worried, having knowns some gnomes were headed to the city of Guk and he feared for their safety.

He wanteds me to go and checks on them, makin sure they weren't gnomenapped or noffin. Gnomes look after gnomes, it's how our society is so advanced!

So I got ta hoofin it back there and soon founds myself at the Froglok city.

Of course, frogloks being civilized and noble creatures recognized my owns nobility and let me pass without problems to explore their city for the missin gnomes.

I searched the halls for quite some time!! Until I eventually ran across an ogre, ogrin around.

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Apparently this ogre knew of some gnomes!! And they were fightins mushroommen!

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But after some talkins, it seemed like they were ok. And we had us a sudden gnome party (with muffins) to celebrate.

Still, they had heard some chatter from the frogloks....that some of their kind was goins missin....and maybe I should look into these mysterious mysteries.

So, I went to have a meetins with one of the froglords. Waiting pretty uncomfortably with their weird chairs.

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Eventually the lord showed up and told me what was goins on....

Apparently the lower city had been takens over by ZOMBIES!....ghouls? THE UNDEAD!!!!

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He wasn't too sure, but figured that might have to do with them missin frogloks!!

He'd heard of my amazins power of being unnoticable.... so asked me to go downs there and have a look.... one noble being to another.

Of course I hads to accept. It was my duty.

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I ventured to the edge of the new and old city of guk....and past the throwing-up-sharks. Frog people are pretty weird....

As I went deeper inside, I saw many a zombie froglok....and even froglok prisoners!! This was definitely it! The cause of all them missin frogloks.

But I had to find out the root of the problem...who...WHAT, was leadin this threat to all of Frogkind, and even norrath itself!!

That's when I came upon the darkest of all the chambers....and saw...HIM....the great undead lord!!!!!!

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I cheesed it outta there to report my findins. The livin frog lords were shocked!! It seemed like there was destined to be a great battle between them frogs.... and the winner would decide the fate of all of Norrath!!

But for now, the ghouls were contained to the lower city....and a full on assault was too foolish. So, plans would have to be planned, and another day the battle would take place to stop thems once and for all.

As I left the livin lords chambers, I noticed another gnome gnomin about. Lady Lexii the gnome!!

She told me she had some important business, we wents to a gnome meetins spot under the water....where gnomes had set up an air pocket for extra secret gnome meetins.

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BUT THEN!!! she began to shimmers and turned into a high elf!!! SHE WASN'T A GNOME AT ALL!! I'd been bamboozled~!!!

"Pockete!" She said "A great threat is upon the horizon! A great battle is soon to be had....and....we need your assistance!!"

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"-gasp!-" I gasped.

"The great white dragon Lady Vox is rampaging after hearing the fate of Lord Nagafen, the fire dragon!....with the fire dragon gone, and only Lady Vox remaining....she will usher in a new age of GLOBAL FREEZING!!!!" Lexii continued

It was worse than I thought!! A dragon? A WHITE DRAGON?!

"You cans count on me Lady Lexii! I'll be ready for the great battle!!!"

I knew what I hads to do.... I had to prepare....prepare like I never prepared before!!!