An Aesthetic shows you to a small reading room.

Stories of Ansalon from the view of Aragond.

A little gully dwarf runs by and says 'Wordwrap is at 65. You change? Off 65 80.'
The gully continues 'Eyes hurt? Turn Color OFF!! (regular story dates)

Astinus says 'Enter the main library here to view only the author list.'
Astinus gently places a manilla folder on the table in front of you.
You note the spine bears the word 'Aragond' scribed in light green ink.

Author:    Aragond        
Date:      Sat Jan 23
11:52:08 2010
Subject     The origins of Aragond

Born a
noble Solinari, Aragond has lived among the rich reveling
in
constant mixed myriad cultures.However the soon mundane normal
frailties of
elven cultures soon lead him to severe boredom. It
was in a night where the
moon was full, where this high born
noble slipped on garbs for travelling,
leaving but a small note
at his home. Knowing that his parents will surely
disapprove of
him going into the world of man, the youngster slipped out in
a
moonlit night bound for a long journey ..... 

Author: 
  Aragond        
Date:      Sat Jan 23 11:56:22
2010
Subject     The City of Palanthas

Aragond's
travelled along the merchant roads hitching rides along
caravens
travessing towns. Finally after a few days the tall spires of
the
city of Palanthas appeared before him and he knew, this was
just the
beginning. At Palanthas, he finally enlisted himself
into the School of
Mages and started a gruesome long study
battling sewer rats, prisoners,
goblins and questing for riches
and experience .. 

Author:    Aragond       

Date:      Sat Jan 23 13:19:30 2010
Subject     The
Guild of Mages

"Bah Humbug", exclaimed the young Solinari
elf as he tries to conjures up
magical shards of power that
fizzles in his hands. A mentor dressed in white
robes gazes at
his new apprentice fumbling at his newly learnt spells
muttering
something about impatient youngsters beneath his breath. School
to
Aragond was boring, he knew out there beneath the city and out
of the walls
there lies greater magic and experience to be
wrought. "One day I will join
the Conclave!!!! " exclaimed the
young elf suddenly. Steely eyes glared from
this young one at his
mentor who only chuckled slightly shaking his head as
he receded
out of the room. 

Author:    Aragond       

Date:      Sat Jan 23 14:35:37 2010
Subject     A
meeting with a red robe.

Aragond stretches as he prepares
to leave the cleric north of the city
fountain.Trudging aimlessly
down the steps he walks headlong into a figure
in red. "Excuse me
sir!!!" exclaimed the impudent young elf as he gaped at
the
figure in surprise. The red robed figure fixes Aragond with a
stare.
'Who who are you? ' muttered Aragond. 'I am Valkirakas of
the Conclave and
you look like you need better garbs.My Mistress
is a Taskmage Kaede of the
Conclave Red Robes.' With a swift
movement Valkirakas, shuffles through a
load of junk before
pulling out magical items shoving them into the startled
elf's
hands until Aragond couldn't move . 'Are you carrying a lot of
copper
on you?' Valkirakas gazed directly at the poor elf. 'Yes
sir ' replied the
shocked young elf . 'I'll deposit them right
away ' as Aragond wades away
thanking his God at his new found
wealth. 'I will be back to aid you later'
Valkiras shouts, and
trudges off to see the cleric. 

Author:    Aragond    
   
Date:      Sun Jan 24 06:10:40 2010
Subject    
Solace and the Gully Dwarves.

"What !!!" exclaimed the
young elf mage . "The Gully dwarfs are all the
way roaming about
the trash below Solace . How do you expect me to get the
rat
there ?!!!" piped the young mage. "Alright !!!! I'll find a way"
the
young mage shouted back as he trudged off to the city
centre.

One success of this young mage is his uncanny ability to
ask for directions
as he bribed, begged and pleaded for a means
to Solace . Remembering the
days he had been lost on the ship and
was aided by Takhisis, Aragond had
better luck this time getting
to Solace with a kind gate from a cleric of
high standing.


Truding into the Inn of Last Home, the young mage quickly
slipped by the
crowds searching for the kitchen. 

"Ah the
trapdoor into the rubbish !!!" exclaimed the elf mage in delight
.
Pinching his nostrils Aragond plunged straight down into a dark
dark hole to
track a smelly rat.

As usual after finishing the
gruesome task, Aragond headed to find the crazy
gully dwarf who
operated a machine that sent him catapulting back to
Solace.This
time using a golden harp Aragond magically transported
himself
back to Palanthas to report his success on the gruesome
assassination of a
dirty rat. 

Author:    Aragond     
  
Date:      Sun Jan 24 07:45:58 2010
Subject     The
fight with a dragon

Aragond swiftly moves towards the
fountain as hoards of crazy public push
pass him shouting "
Dragon! Dragon! Ruuuuun!!!!!!". The impudent elf steeled
himself
and pushed his tiger mount towards the centre pushing pass
the
crowd.

The breath of the dragon could be felt as Aragond
reaches the fountain to
find dead corpses lied strewn here and
there.

With a crazy leap the stupid mage charged fixing the
dragon in his gaze,
steeling himself as dragon fear slowly crepth
within his very soul. It was a
fierce bloody fight as the young
mage fought till his blood boiled within
his very veins. Shards
of energy flew from his fingertips, as his tiger
slashed and bit
taking a beating . Finally Aragond thought he felt a below
and
smoke and the next thing he knew darkness. He had a vision of
Solinari,
he ran naked back back towards the city only to find
miraculously he was
whole again. Could this have been some stroke
of luck ? The vivid face of
Solinari came into his mind as he
sent out a prayer of thanks found his
tiger again this time
battered in a street next to the fountain, mastered it
and headed
for the dragon again This time with renewed vigour he charged
as
dragon fear took hold of his body again.The only thing on the
young mages
side was plain utter stupidity . "

As Aragond's
mount fled due to dragon fear for the last time, thoughts
flew
past the young elf's mind ."The dragon is almost dead,
almost dead .."
Suddenly a below and a wail Aragond turned around
looking at a grizzled mage
trudging up to him from behind.
Aragond recognized him as a senior mage of
the conclave named
Lajiwan He stared in horror as the mage exclaimed " Dang
I killed
it!!!!". Aragond gaped in horror at the mage muttering beneath
his
breath, "Stupid mage killed it " 

Trudging sorrowfully back,
Aragond looked on to find another adventure
trying to forget his
near kiss of death. 

Author:    Aragond       

Date:      Sun Jan 24 12:17:45 2010
Subject    
Conclave

"Bah !!! How on earth does she expect me to do
this !!!!!", Aragond looks
in dismay at the newly written orders
he received from his new mistress.

"Learning these groups would
take me ages to train", Aragond glared at his
new pet as if he
could get an intelligent response from it

"Swissshhhhh
shooooooo", the elemental made a noise in response to
Aragond's
indignant remark as it continues to fidgit impatiently
as if waiting for
orders

" Patience, patience my new pet, I have
much work to do" . With a wave of
his hand Aragond dismisses his
pet and trudges of to his room. 

Author:    Aragond   
    
Date:      Sun Jan 24 19:47:20 2010
Subject    
Conclave training : Fly

It was a bright day as Aragond
moved down into the Courtyard . Newly
arrived the young mage
examines the hot springs and magical fountains that
spew milk
instead of water.

'This looks like a nice place to practice'
Aragond thought quietly to
himself. Lifting a finger to the wind
he tested the wheather carefully
noting it.

"Shouldn't rain for
a bit and there is a nice place to nap inbetween"
muttered the
young elf mage as he carefully steeled himself to the
following
ideal knowing that this was one of the spells he needed
to master.

Muttering and chanting the right words, trying to get
everything right,
Aragond's feet slowly rose from the ground as
he balanced himself on an
ariel leap up to the clouds.

The winds
weren't too strong and the young elf mage swooped around
and
finally landed back in the courtyard to take a small nap. The
fidgety Water
Element slowly blended itself at home in the hot
springs present in the
courtyard as Aragond slumbered away.

The
flying routine was always the same to the water elemental who
looked
forward to a nice bath in the hot springs.

As Aragond
slumbered, dreams flying filled his mind as he tried over
and
over the again to formulate tricks and to perfect his spells
focusing his
concentration on the syllables and ariel acrobatics
at the same time. The
routine was the same practice every morning
for weeks 

Author:    Aragond        
Date:     
Sun Jan 24 19:52:24 2010
Subject     The library of
Palanthas

"Fizz fizz " sparks of energy dissipated from
the hand of the young mage
as he misuttered the missile spell
again. "I need a better place for ideas
and concentration "
muttered the young elf.The long corridors of books and
mages
studying in the Library of Palanthas suddenly leaped into the
young
elf's mind "I know !!!" exclaimed the young elf . " We
shall leave for
Palanthas ." the young elf said, beaming all the
while at his water
elemental. Quick packing with a strong pet to
carry everything for you
wasn't much of a chore. Flying through
the forest as Aragond slowly
manipulated himself and his water
elemental through the woods that hid the
Conclave towers


"Aragond !!" exclaimed a wizened old historian as he gasped at
the familiar
figure from Palanthas " What are you doing back
here?! I thought you went to
take the test !! The young elf
grinned mischeviously as energy crackled
around his fingers
forming darts that shot straight at the poor historian
singing
his robes . It didn't take long for the library to turn into
a
ruckus that sent the loremaster coming after the young impudent
elves heels.


Fizz fizz . "Not again !!!" gasped the young
astonished elf as he fumbled at
his spell trying to throw of his
pursuer " Not as good as I thought ",
laughed the loremaster
charging after the poor young elf who made a hasty
retreat out of
the library. 

Author:    Aragond        
Date:  
   Sun Jan 24 19:57:33 2010
Subject     The city of
Garnet.

Aragond slowly folds the note he received from
Valkirakas back into his
pocket.The note stated that he was
coming to pick him up from Palanthas on a
long journey to the
land of the dwarves. Excitement crept into the young
mages mind
as he remembered the black robed mage under the tutelage of
a
Reds in Conclave.

It was a couple of days before Valkirakas
appeared at the doorway of the
startled mages room. "We leave as
soon as possible for Garnet " piped the
mage robed in black. A
short stop by the general store for torches and the
group was on
the way along the Knights High Road south .. south and
further
south .

"Where is that gate to Thorbardin ?" muttered
the figure in black as the
group travelled around searching for a
pass. A tall mage suddenly appeared
infront of the group suddenly
in a puff of smoke. Valkirakas seems to
recognize the mage and
plunges deep into conversation with the figure . To
Aragond
amazement the figure started distributing potions that
protected
against damage in combat. With a puff the same mage
disappeared as suddenly
as the coming.

"We are going to be up
against some dwarves in Garnet", Valkirakas nodded at
Aragond.
The young elf nodded in agreement and flew after the black
robed
mage. The long and weary journey brought the group through
countless battles
to the city of Garnet. The dwarven architecture
found on the buildings
cannot be missed . A carnage soon ensued
as the group started out collecting
and hunting for equipment off
various dwarves Valkirakas claimed to be
enemies. 

"It didn't
fizzle this time!" exclaimed Aragond suddenly, as the young
elf
finished a flury of acrobatic display of missiles. The young
elf smiled as
he perfected the spell he had been using in combat
knowing this would please
Mistress Kah.

" I have to head back on
Conclave business" Valkirakas suddenly told the
young elf mage.
Aragond nodded in affirmation to Valkirakas and replied "
Save
journeys my friend, we shall adventure again someday" With a wave
the
group parted and the young mage went on exploring garnet and
Tinkerville . 

Author:    Aragond        
Date: 
    Mon Jan 25 10:34:21 2010
Subject     Conclave : A new
Master

Tinkerville was pretty much uneventful, a couple
of scavenging here and
there by the young mage brought a bundle
of herbs Finally getting tired of
the tinkerish gnomes, Aragond
wipped out his harp and struck the tune that
would recall him
back to Conclave Hall. A puff of smoke materialized in the
white
tower situated deep within the strongholds of Conclave .
Aragond
emerged as usual with the grace of nobility looking
forward to his new tasks
..

In the courtyard where Aragond has
chosen to practice, the young mage
concentrated on perfecting his
next spell . His water elemental took the
chance of slipping into
the hot water springs as his master practiced.
"Invis !" Aragond
spoke .. only to find a disembodied hand flying pass him..
The
soon quiet courtyard was soon filled with incantations, as the
young
mage practiced oblivious of the surroundings .

Buzzzzzz ..
"Aragond !!!!!!", a loud voice shouted suddenly out of nowhere
.
The loud booming voice broke the young mage's concentration
towards a tall
daunting figure in white. "Don't tell me I'm in
trouble now" muttered the
young mage to himself.

The grizzled
old mage walked up to the young welp fixing him with a glare
.
The young mage shrunk back a step and bowed respectfully at his
elder.
Nodding in approval the old mage declared "I am Elinos and
I'm back from
leave to assume my teachings. I shall be taking
over from Kah now. You shall
from now on address me as master ."


The young mage bowed cursing beneath his breath at his bad luck
as his new
master shoved a note into his hands. " Those are my
first orders !! Use your
logic . I will be back with some new
stuff for you " as he trudged off
southwards towards the glyph of
transportation.

Choosing a spot further south of the courtyard
this time, Aragond slowly
unfolded the note . " Where am I going
to get ten magical items from around
Krynn!!! " exclaimed the elf
in horror . The water element danced up and
down as Aragond's
frown turned slowly into a mischevious grin . "Oh where is
my
tail, When my heads on a venture, I will spun you a tale, If you
give me
adventure ", sang the young mage as he gracefully turned
everything around
him invisible without flaw deciding Mistress
Kah would be happy with his new
achievements. It won't be long
before this young mage leaves the Hall again
.. But that's
another story. 

Author:    Aragond        
Date:
     Mon Jan 25 11:55:08 2010
Subject    
Neraka

Aragond slowly folds a note neatly placing it back
into a canvas
backpack. " Neraka is a long way south from
Palanthas, you better start
packing . We leave at dawn and you
will have to carry most of the stuff .",
said the young elf to
his water elemental. The water elemental bowed
fidgeting along
the way as he packed bagloads of stuff to carry.

It was a nice
bright day the next day as Aragond set out first
for
Palanthas.Thinking to check out some last minute accessories
the young mage
dismissed his pet at the courtyard to lounge at
the springs. "Ah I got the
last bit just intime and the shop was
opened early" the young mage chuckled
as he left the tower of
learning. Gazing up at the sun the young mage
chanted out his
most familiar incantation, "Fly!" . Slowly and surely the
elf
soared way above in a south easterly direction into the deep
forest he
knew would take him to Qualinost and north to
Solace.

The wind brushed across the delighted young elf as he
did his usual ariels
in the air..An eagle soared right by his
side when he suddenly realized his
pet wasn't with him. "By
Solinari, I left him behind at the hot springs
!!!!" exclaimed
the young elf. "Well it would be a waste to turn back now
"
muttered the young mage as he pushed onwards.Not having his
usual servant
Aragond decided to travel without incident and
invisible. Sticking to the
forest paths and road signs the young
mage speeded along gracefully .

A short drop at the city of
Qualinost soon came out without much incident as
he tried to find
for more magical items. Turning back towards the roads west
and
north through the trade routes the young elf flew on .

The scent
of the valenwood trees soom caught the attention of the young
elf
and he knew he wouldn't be far off now. The outline of
buildings atop trees
soon caught the young elf mages eye as he
decended down into Solace.
Bartering his way in at the shops the
elf picked up a magical ring that
appears to offer protection and
a murky potion that glowed with magic.
"Elinos should be happy!"
exclaimed the young elf, "With the stuff I got
from garnet and
these two over here I should be having around eight magical
items
. That leaves me with two more. Now for the ferry", the young
elf
muttered to himself.Leaving the city of treetops the young
mage flew
westwords towards the Crystalmir Lake. The rough
outline of the dock on the
eastern shore of the lake soon came
into view.Gracefully the elf decended
like an eagle towards the
booth where the ferrymen lounged. 

"Hail and Greetings .", the
young mage greeted an old ferryman seated behind
a booth."May I
have a ticket to Palanthas ?" Aragond asked the man. "Aye if
you
have the money", answered the man with a smile obviously
recognizing the
noble background of the young youth. Aragond
tossed ten gold pieces at the
smiling ferryman who nodded back in
acknowledgement . The ferryman ushered
the young mage up a plank
towards a ferry as the young mage walked up the
plank gracefully
behind. "Swisssh Shoooo" the lake water suddenly rose up in
the
air much to the surprise of the people on board. The water soon
took
shape swirling around as the boatmen gaped in astonishment.
Aragond chuckled
as he recognized what happened .. "That's my pet
and he is with me " the
mage grinned as the sailors sighed with
relief.

Palanthas docks was bustling with sailors as usual as
Aragond decended from
the ferry . "We will have to travel out
south east gate southwards towards
High Clerist Tower.", Aragond
told his pet as he gave final instructions to
it. Flying south
past the village of Yarus Aragond pushed on south after
picking
up some supplies from the general store there.

The tall
buildings of the clerist tower loomed into view as Aragond flew
in.
"We will be detouring around the courtyards out the south
gate ", piped the
young mage to his pet. "Swish shooo" answered
the elemental nodding in
agreement . Invisible the group slipped
pass the monks in the courtyard out
south gate pushing south
towards the Solamnic plains.

"Ah Thorin pass atlast ! I remember
when I was here with Valkirakas
"exclaimed the young elf. "We
shall follow the pass and push southwards",
the young elf smiled
. The group went on undetected under the cloak of
invisibility,
living of the magical milk from the fountain in clan
hall.Evil
seem to lurk everywhere and the usual small rests was
done with the water
elemental at guard.

South . South and
further south flew the mage and the dark silhoutte of
Nerakas
north gate soon loomed into view. Still invisible the group
entered
through the gate preparing for combat. "Well my pet, lets
get to work ",
Aragond smiled as he finally gave his last
instructions and casted his last
protection spell. Carnage was
inevitable here I guess for a mage of white
order. Blood
sputtered everywhere as draconians fell to the blade and
magics
of the young mage. The pet was worth his weight in gold as
it ploughed
through the city streets . Aragond picked up a wand
that seems to give light
up at the magic shop and continued his
exploration of this dark evil city.

The death cry of the last
draconian in a courtyard could be heard as Aragond
withdrew a
bloody dagger from its writhing body. A bright light
flashed
suddenly only to reveal a figure in red. Aragond peered
intently and smiled
as he recognized one of the elder mages named
Pike. Bowing respectfully the
young elf greeted his senior.

"I
was just checking around to see if you needed anything ", marked
the red
mage as he fixed his gaze on Aragond. "Well I'm almost
done with Neraka, do
you have any suggestions just for kicks?".
Pike nodded at Aragond and
disappeared with a blinding flash.
Another bright flash and the young mage
also disappeared with his
pet. 

Author:    Aragond        
Date:      Wed
Jan 27 11:46:24 2010
Subject     Conclave training

Pike
transported the young mage to High clerist tower and he
introduced
new people for Aragond to gain experience from.The
tower was good training
for the young mage but soon Aragond
decided to get on with the training of
his mistress. The mage as
usually recalled back to clan hall and headed to
the master
summoner for a new pet ."Now now, magic detection isn't that
easy
to master to perfection. ", Aragond smiled at his new earth
elemental. The
new pet was not so fidgety and remain motionless
most of the time. "Please
leave me for a bit as I peruse these
manuscripts ", Aragond waved his pet
away . Aragonds eyes began
to tingle as he muttered out the words to detect
magic. 

"Now
where is my diamond dust ? " muttered the young mage to himself .
With
a few gestures the mage started intoning another new spell
that he was
mastering "Locate object !" marked the mage suddenly.
" Ah !!!there it is .
That elemental must have put the new batch
below my bed !!!!!", exclaimed
the elf at the lack of
intelligence that his new pet had. Pulling out the
bag of diamond
dust, the young mage sprinkled some dust on his feet and
began
the incantation " Free Action!" . As the young mage felt less
impeded
by his surroundings, he moved with grace towards a chest
he knew kept his
belongings picked up during his adventures. A
bright glow signifying magic
.., lots of magic . emanated out of
the chest as the delighted elf rummaged
through one item after
another intoning the spell "Identify!" cataloging one
item after
another. " After this batch I can start with some of the stuff
in
the hall and library ", cackled the mage with glee.

"These
four spells are quite difficult to master as it is and probably
will
keep me grounded at clan hall for some time.", moaned the
young elf.

It was a gruesome six months, the rainy wheather did
not make things better
for Aragond and he kept mostly locked up
in the tower of learning. Thoughts
of getting the remainder
magical items set by his new strict master filled
him with dread
.. The young elf knew it would be soon before he had to
to
venture towards new lands for this 

Author:   
Aragond        
Date:      Wed Jan 27 15:14:12
2010
Subject     In search of Magic Items.

"Now, now
lets see what I have so far.. A lute and a harp from the bards
in
Garnet, a spyglass from the watchtower guard in Garnet . A bunch
of herbs
from Tinkleville. A wand of magic missiles, mmmm can't
really remember where
I got that from .. That makes five !"
exclaimed the young elf with
delight."Well for the next I think I
will try Freeport a place I've never
been.", said the elf
beamingly at his new earth elemental. As usually the
pet remained
motionless not responding. "Well get to packing !!" exclaimed
the
young mage at his new pet as the mighty hulk lumbered to
work.

The travel through the now familiar forest to Solace was
now a singe for the
mage as he became more familiar with the
road. North, north the mage
travelled finally dropping onto
Palanthas docks by ferryman he hired at
Solace. 

"Now according
to the maps I borrowed from the library in Palanthas
earlier,,
there are dangerous shoals reported all around the island .
There
is even a map here that shows the route to the beach. We
must be careful .
", the young elf beamed at his pet. Gesturing
and intoning the mystical
syllables the elf finally cried
"Fly!"

Soaring up towards the clouds north of Palanthas docks,
the party maneuvered
sailing through winds and clear skies. The
mage deftly side stepped the
shoals towards the northern tip of
the island where the dock is. Keeping
afloat Aragond's keen eyes
spotted a grate leading downwards. "Pirates I
presume, map shows
some kind of hidden harbor. We go low undercover ..",
instructed
the young mage to his pet. With a few intones and gestures,
the
party disappeared into thin air and only the passing movement
of wind could
be felt as the duo sweeped low towards the
harbor.

Pirates everywhere and crates could be seen being pilled
up here. Soon the
party spotted a commosion further north. Under
stealth, Aragond crept up to
the noise, only to see two ships at
war . The fight lasted quite awhile the
remaining ship was badly
damaged and crew was almost dead. Seeking this
opportunity, the
mage flew in and it was short work ridding the ship of his
last
crew. Commandering a ship, it was mayhem at the cove as the
mage
cleaned out the harbor of pirates. 

"Ah my spoils brought
me three ships and this .", the mage beamed at the
weed that
glowed with magic . " I believe the locals here call this
devil's
weed. A poison I wouldn't want to mess around with .",
marked the young
mage. Deftly Aragond popped the weed into a bag
containing the rest of the
magical items. 

Layden with his new
found riches, the mage payed Freeport city a quick visit
before
sailing southwards towards Palanthas. 

"You know I've always
wanted to visit that Goblin cavern just south east of
Palanthas.
The short visit I had earlier, was under cloak, and I bet,
the
stories of the chief and his shamans should bring me
something to add to
this bag.", thought the young mage to
himself.

Flying out through south eastern gate of Palanthas the
mage flew along the
road he knew only so well turning east at a
trail up the mountains. The
goblins scattered as the mage started
his onslaught with his towering pet
tearing through the caverns.
Goblin soldiers and warg dogs fell to his blade
and magics. When
the mage finally entered the throne room, the leader sat at
his
chair there, beads of perspiration appearing at his forehead as
he met
his maker.

"A mage and a shaman around here . Must say
this leader is quite affluent.",
the mage said grinning at his
pet. With a sweep the mage popped a glowing
reddish staff and a
crystalline wand into the bag of magic items he kept. "
That
makes eight. Two more to go !!!!", laughed the young mage
evidently
pleased with his success so far. Better nip back to
clan hall for a mite of
rest and learning. I'm done with this
adventure ", piped the cheerful elf
mage as he wipped out a
familiar harp and disappears with a puff of smoke.


Author:    Aragond        
Date:      Sat Jan
30 17:13:58 2010
Subject     Revenge of the pirates.

A
lone page ran up the still figure of Aragond while he practiced
the
spell that invigorated him. "Refresh !!" exclaimed the young
elf as winds
blew around him invigiroting him .

Aragond's
attention shifted to the young age pulling at his
sleeve."Master
Aragond there is a note from the scholars of
Palanthas library." Receiving
the note from the page, Aragond's
brow furrowed. The note briefly warned the
young mage that the
pirates from Freeport was looking for him.Brief moments
of his
small plundering of Freeport earlier filled his mind. "What, they
are
coming after me for three meagere ships!" exclaimed the young
elf as he
trudged briskly towards the Tower of learning.

The
aurak draconian smiled as the tall elf entered his chambers. "I
need a
new pet Master Summoner, one that is good to take on a
city", the elf
muttered fixing the draconian with a steely gaze.
"You are ready to control
a Fire Elemental, but I must warn you
that they are quite lively and hard to
handle.", hissed the
draconian in black robes. With a serious face the elf
nodded back
in agreement. "Very well then, I shall summon it right now.",
the
young draconian said chuckling all the way to the chambers
behind.

Freeport looked the same to the duo as the elf traced
out his strategy of
attack. "Mistress Kah was kind enough to
summon us here to this island my
pet . It saves us a mite of
walk", piped the young elf as he hovered with
his pet above the
city of Freeport. Charting out his strategy, the mage
instructed
his Fire Elemental on the strategy he was going to take. The
pet
soon took towards his task burning the city as Aragond
slipped in via the
secreat doorway under the Mayor's office.


The secreat harbor was a din of fire, and it was not long
before Aragond was
face to face with Lord Mourning. This was the
guy that obviously was
searching for him. "This is your last days
Sir Mourning . Your time is up
!", exclaimed the youg elf at the
pirate lord. The Lord merely grinned,
beckoning the elf to start.
The fight was a long one and was interrupted by
another Merchant
named Oglethorp which the young mage quickly disposed
of..
Gaining ground in the battle as the mage threw his usual
magics, he suddenly
realized something was amiss. The fire
elemental started shivering and
dropped its weapon. To Aragond
stuck amazement, he found his control over
his pet diminishing.
The young elf was in trouble, he knew he would not be
able to
hold the pirates attack without his pet. Hastily the mage
retreated
outwards through the door leaving his pet infront.


Fleeing outdoors wasn't as easy though as he was pinned outside
with fresh
recruitments. The stoic guards drew blood and the elf
again tried escaping
with all the dexterity he could master.
Chasing after the fleeing elf the
mage found a respite in a dead
alley, where he casted the all familiar spell
" Invis !!!". It
was a close shave as the guards groped around dumfoundedly
at an
empty alleyway trying to find where the elf could have
disappeared to.
The elf strung his magical harp and recalled
himself back to the safe
confines of clan hall..


Author:    Aragond        
Date:      Sat Jan
30 17:19:40 2010
Subject     The ninth magical
item

Recovery from the wounds was slow as the clan
cleric, tended to the
poison and injuries of the duo. The springs
helped soothed the pains as
Aragond recovered. It was late night
when Solinari was at its zenith a
figure in black robes walked
into Aragond's chambers. The elf startled up
from his sleep as
the figure motioned with a scaly hand for him to lay
still. The
figure removed his hood and the familiar face of the
Master
summoner gazed into the eyes of the young elf.

"You had a
close shave, young one. But I have been watching your
progress
from afar. " hisssssed the draconian. "I believe you are
ready for a
mightier pet and this time be ready for the Lord's
poison." Aragond muttered
a word of thanks as the draconian
receded back out of the room.

The ever cheerful mistress Kah,
well pleased with the mages advancement was
kind enough to give
her young apprentice a second summon to Freeport. " I
shall give
you some aid this time " the elder mage beamed at his
apprentice.
Spell after spell was weaved as the new air elemental
pets muscled wrippled
with new energy and every kind of
protective magics was layed on it. Waving
good bye, the mage
disappeared as suddenly as she arrived infront of her
bowed
apprentice.

Taking out the necessary herb to heal poison from
his sack, Aragond passed
it to his Air Elmental which appeared
stronger and more disciplined. Staking
out his strategy more
carefully this time, Aragond took out first the Mayor
and entered
the harbor via the grate below the statue in the mayor's
room.
This time Lord Mourning was in for a surprise as he
realized that the poison
was being neutralized. The stronger pet
kept his ground too with the new
protective magics that was
bestowed by Mistress Kah. Wave after wave of
attacks from the
pirate lord appeared not even to dent this new pet as he
fought
till his energy was spent 

The adventure was a success and the
reward a magical troll stone which
appeared invisible to the
naked eye. "This would be the ninth magical item
for master
Elinos. It was a good experience.", marked the happy mage as
he
added it to the bag of magic's he kept.With a puff of smoke
the duo
disappeared recalling back home .. 

Author:   
Aragond        
Date:      Sun Jan 31 15:00:27
2010
Subject     A mysterious encounter

A nebulous
figure stalks silently around his new master . Aragond
ignored
his new pet as he tried to tap into the channel that
connected the minds of
mages in the clan.

"Hello, anybody knows
where I can find the pirate lords?", boomed his
mysterious voice
out to the minds of mages around the clan halls.

Poof !!, a
startled young mage suddenly found himself in a huge icicle
with
caverns witnessing a battle between an invisible body, and
Cutter the 5th
pirate lord. It was fast and efficient kill. "Oops
I killed him !!", as the
invisible being looted the body and
disappeared.

"Bungling mages", cursed the young mage under his
breath. "Probably anotherl
high being cause I can't seem to see
him . Could be an immortal too !".
Swiftly the elf intoned the
word "Invis!", as he disappeared into thin air.

Flying through
the narrow cold passageways, Aragond caught sight of a
pirate
holding a gleaming stone. "That stone looks
interesting!!!!". The young
mages eye grew red as he intoned the
words, "Detect evil!". The young mage
smiled knowing the swift
kill he would manage on this pirate with the help
of his new
astral pet.

"Giant Strength!, Haste!, Armor!, Fly!", intoned the
young elf as he threw
his magics to make his Astral elemental
stronger. Pointing his finger at the
pirate, the pet new his
master's hand signal to attack immediately and
slided gracefully
behind the pirate, sword drawn. The fight was quick as the
young
mage let off bolts of lightning from his hands . The pirate stood
not
much of a chance as he tried hacking a way of a very elusive
Astral
elemental which blurred through the strokes leaving a gray
trail of light.

Stepping over the motionless corpse, the young
mage looted the body and held
up a stone.The ghostly stone glowed
blue as Aragond intoned " Detect Magic'.
Smiling the young elf
popped the last stone in the all too familiar bag.
"That makes
ten! I better find a way out of here!".

Moving invisible and
with stealth the young mage flew through rows of frozen
corridors
finally finding a shoot which he flew down. "Argh ! " moaned
the
elf as he realized the opening was too narrow and the walls
clung to him .
The poor elf tried to claw his way out realizing
his fly spell through the
small opening that was choking him
would just get him further stuck. A brief
respite of struggle, as
sharp icicles stabbed through the mages body finally
gave fruit .
The young mage tumbled down into a larger opening with four

corridors below.

Not wanting to chance further hurt, the young
mage intoned "Word of recall!"
The spell brought the bleeding
young elf back to the white tower. Few of the
white attendants
saw the young mage fall to the ground as he appeared
bleeding and
shivering. "Send a note to Master Elinos . The task is done
.",
the young elf mumbled to the attendant that was trying to
hold up the young
mage that just fainted.. 

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