The Great Library of Palanthas
An Aesthetic shows you to a small reading room.
Stories of Ansalon from the view of Inkblot.
A little gully dwarf runs by and says 'Wordwrap 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 leather bound tome with glowing glyphs on the table in front of you.
You note the spine bears the word 'Inkblot' scribed in deep red ink.
Author: Inkblot Date Mon Dec 23 20:43:15 2002 Subject Inkblot, the mighty warrior of Holes! The smell of trash, dung, and other refuse hung in the air. A small figure strolled through the bowels of Thorbardin. His nose leading him to better treasures. This little figure, known to most as an aghar dwarf, or better yet, Gully dwarf, really had no name....no one paid attention to him enough to give him a name. Needless to say, he was somewhat of a loner by Gully standards. Sure he gathered at Big eats time, and slept at closed eyes time, but other than that, he was by himself. He happened across a particular mound of trash tossed aside by the Thiewar most likely due to its location directly under the city of the Dark Dwarves, as they were called. His little nose twitched as he sniffed the air, smelling goodies in the pile. Quickly, he headed over to the pile and dove in, grabbing small trinkets that caught his eye on the way. He found a strange object, glass, full of a wierd purple liquid inside it that sloshed around when he shook it. Somehow, by a miraculous mistake, he found a way to open the container, the contents within spilling all over his face. 'Mmmm taste like pudding!' he exclaimed. Not that he knew what pudding tasted like, but he overheard the talls talk about pudding once saying it was good tasting, so now anything that tasted good tasted like pudding to him. Little did he know, but the liquid inside the bottle was, in fact, ink....causing a huge purple stain to grow on his face. The little gully dug further into the trash heap, finding a small, but, to him, rather impressive, piece of sharp steel. 'Me find big sword! Me become big warrior, protector of all gully, and chief big guy next to Highbulp!' Once again, little did he know, but the sharp piece of steel was just that....a piece of steel. However, more digging turned up a glob of a sticky gooey material, something the little gully had never seen before! the strange glob stuck to his fingers, and in his hair, and pretty much all over him. He grabbed onto his "huge sword" and held it high. However, the sword adhered completely to his hand, and shake as hard as he might, he couldn't remove it. Well, now he had no choice, he carried his sword back home to announce his new station within the Aghar clan. Upon returning, all the gullies gathered around him, pointing at him, talking about the huge purple inkstain on his face. Calling him names, like funny face, and such, but one name in particular stuck....Inkblot..... He was called inkblot from that point on in his life. His "mighty sword" was always held high when he walked among the rest of the clan, however, none paid him the attention he felt he deserved. Try as he might, even the Highbulp paid no heed to him. Inkblot grew bored quickly. Once again, Inkblot was a loner, walking pretty much wherever his little feet took him, or his nose led him. Which, consequently led him outside the mountain and beyond.... He quickly lost hs way back home, never to return to the Aghar again. However, he came across a huge cave. Deep breathing could be heard within. Obviously, curiousity overcame him (being a gully) and he entered the cave, to find a huge gigantic "shiny lizard". Luckily for him, it was a Silver dragon's lair he happened to stumble into. Literally stumble, for he tripped on a rock and tumbled directly into the sleeping dragon. Inkblot stood up, and held his sword high towards the groggy dragon. 'Put down your little weapon, Gully dwarf. You wont hurt me with that. Nor do I think you'd want to' The huge Silver dragon spoke, a chuckle almost escaping him. Inkblot proudly proclaimed his warrior status to the bored Dragon, stating how he was the holder of the mighty sword of Inkblot. This time, the dragon couldn't contain himself, and laughed so loud it almost shook the cave into collapse. the huge silver dragon looked down upon the gully dwarf, the little creature's face covered in huge purple stain, with a humorous thought. (Cont.) Author: Inkblot Date Mon Dec 23 20:50:13 2002 Subject Inkblot, the mighty warrior of Holes! Part 2 'Mighty Inkblot (calling him Inkblot, making the connection with the huge stain, and the name the gully gave its sword) You are a mighty little warrior, and you have a destiny to fulfill. You are a proud little one, and you have the aura of holiness about you. Isee in your future, battles, many battles. Holy battles, fought in the name of Paladine! you will be his Paladin Champion,' The huge silver dragon chuckled slightly, not fully realizing the damage he had done in his trickery. Inkblot raised his sword proudly again, stating exactly what he had just heard. 'Me Inkblot! Me proud warriorguy! Me Have Holes in Aura! Me fight Hole battles! In the name of some guy me not know! Me be his Hole Warrior!' And with that Inkblot left the dragons cave. His future planned out for him....or at least it was until he found another trash heap, miles away, near a huge city of talls. The city just happened to be Palanthas.....and his journeys there will come to be soon enough.... The End for now....
The Storytellers of Ansalon, The DragonLance MUD
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