The Sneaksy Gnome (Adventure!)

[Ivory]

As I asked around to find out more about the dagger, I was surprised by the reactions! Some people were scared when I showed them....others amazed a small gnome like me had it.....but most people knew what it was, even if they had never seen it before....

It was the dagger of the king of the vampires! Mayong Mistmoore!

They say he is really old....and really strong....and Imma gonna guess, really rich!!!!!

That was enough for me! I had to find him! Besides the minor detail that no one had seen him for years....but treasure is treasure!!!

Of course, what better way to find a person than to visit their home? His castle was near where I grew up, I guess it was a good place to start!

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When I arrived at his castle, the first thing I noticed was his gates had these eye-bat tapestries all over....probably his symbol? Do vampires have symbols?

Oh well, I was gonna find him soon enough.....just had to get past his guards. Seemed vampires weren't big fans of company, but nothing a little sneaking couldn't handle.

When I got inside I noticed the symbol had another version. Little eye bat creatures. Hmm hmm....

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After a bit more sneaking around the castle I finally found him!!! .....well, sorta....

He definitely looked rich. Were his clothes gold?!

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I continued to look around....searching the rooms one by one....trying to listen in on the dark elves that littered his palace for clues......

But....it seemed no one knew noffin. Which is normally how I like it! But not when I'm lookin fer information!!

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Eventually I had searched most of the castle....but he just wasn't around...

As I began to sneak down the hall to leave I suddenly felt a small draft coming from next to me.

Looking around I noticed a gap in the stones. A passage??

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Didn't take me long to figure out how to open it, and inside I found a hallway that looked like it hadn't been touched in years. Cobwebs, ripped tapestries....maybe this was where they kept their secret treasure vaults?!

When I got to the end of the hall I saw a treasure chest!!

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But ...upon closer inspection....I realized it was no treasure chest at all!!! It was a coffin!! This had to be where he slept!! Though, I could tell he hadn't been around for a long time.

((((Also, about the rumors that mayong would come kill people at the zone randomly....his room is a few inches on the other side of the entrance wall hehe))))

There was nothing else there for me.....so on my way out I decided to check one more place to see if I could maybe find some clues where he had gone....

That is when I found this....

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Hummm, I wasn't quite sure what this was....but it seemed important!! At the center was even an unusually powerful dark elf!

All these clues....all this readins.....it looked like I was gettin in over my head with tracking down this vampire. Luckily, I had heard of an adventurer who I heard knew the most about the secrets of the world.....shockingly, a barbarian!!

So, after I left, I sent out words to my spies to keep on the lookout for the barbarian....

It didn't take them too long to get back to me. He had been spotted in Greater Faydark! This was too much of a coincidence....was he after my vampire treasure also?!

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"You after my treasure?! I'm onto you!!!"

"What? Me? No, just researching mysteries."

"Oh yea, uhm, me too....mysteries...."

I told him what I had found in the castle....and he seemed to know all about it. I decided I could trust him...for now....it was time to discuss this somewhere safer.

As a sign of trust he even showed me the adventurers secret of the water staffs!

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Then we got to talkin....apparently the sign on the ground was part of something he called the Chelsith stone!!!! A phenomenon he happened to be currently investigating!!!

Kraddok said he wasn't quite sure what the markings were.... but said he had seen them all around Norrath. I guess, now that I thought about it, I had seen it before too....just never paid too much attention.

We ended up talking a lot. Him thinking this Chelsith stone markings was the key to something big....but me, I think the symbol of Mayong Mistmoore is the key!!

If only I could find more of Mayongs symbols...maybe I could follow them and find out where the vampire king went.....and, more importantly, find his treasure!!!!