The Library of Palanthas Astinus Office
Dominating the center of this room is a massive birch desk. Legend
claims this desk has supported the thousands of volumes of history Astinus
has recorded. A large pot of ink, a container of sharpened quills, and a
candelabra complete the desks decorations. Small windows line the room,
allowing light to trickle in and gently illuminate the entire room. A
comfortable couch rests against the west wall. Tapestries hang on the walls
between the windows. Shelves line the walls, filled with tomes of the more
recent records of heroes and villians upon the face of Krynn.
The librarian notices you aren't reading anything...
Astinus hands an elegant book bound in elf-skin to an Aesthetic standing by you.
You note the spine bears the word 'Zurani ' scribed in light maroon ink.
As you glance down at the page you read...
From the pages of Zurani's book...
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Krynn Author: Zurani
Date: Thu May 27 09:23:43 2010
Subject The Beginnings of Hatred
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Zurani sits in the crow's nest as he spots the telltale signs of a ship
on the horizon, the black speck with its mast and sails.
"Cap'n! Looks like we gots sumting out dere."
"Aye. Can you get us there?"
In response, the Ergothian just smiles, showing a glimmer from the ruby in
his gold tooth. He then whispers to himself, a prayer to his goddess, and
the ship's sails fill with wind and begin to take them closer to the speck
on the horizon.
As the ships sails on toward its target the cleric leans back in the crow's
nest and contemplates his life thus far:
The first ten years of his life went by uneventful as he and his mother
sailed with a merchant ship, making their living as part of her crew. It was
there that his mother had told him of the sea goddess Zeboim. Though his
mother seemed happy, there was always something dark about her. It was when
he was eleven his mother caught the sweating sickness and it was then that
she told him of his father; a drunken Solamnic Knight that had his way with
her. From that point, Solamnic Knights, while having no real impression on
him before then, had become his eternal enemies. Though it was the act that
had created him, it had also hurt his mother and he swore he would avenge
her. Although, it seemed to give her some solace, she died soon after, and
Zurani continued as part of the crew he had known since childhood.
As the years moved forward, he found love in the trinkets he could steal and
in his goddess, Zeboim. As this love grew, his hatred for anything Solamnic
grew as well. It was when he had truly gained favor with his goddess when he
came across the man that had ruined his mother's life. When he had
discovered the man, he left the ship and hunted him, watching his every
move. He decided that he would kill the man, and waited till the man was in
a tavern to approach him. There he drew the jewel encrusted dagger his
mother gave to him, and with a short prayer of thanks to Rann, he plunged
the dagger deep into the man's chest.
On his attempt to flee, the dead man's friends caught him and had him
brought to the dungeons. He spent several months in the dungeons waiting for
the day of his execution. With only a month till he was to hang, two men
were thrown into his cell with him. The men were clearly sailors, and from
the way they talked the cleric decided that they must be pirates. Three
nights after the men were thrown into the cell with him, a group of men
broke into the dungeons and broke the other men out. The other men, having
come to know the cleric decided to bring them to their ship. He was
subsequently enrolled into the crew of the pirate ship that he now crews
on.
The man in the crow's nest now peers through a telescopic lens, and then
grins a glittering smile at the captain as he looks down from the lens.
"Well, lad?"
"Aye. She flies de kingfisha."
You might start with that one... Or ... ', he continues,
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The Storytellers of Ansalon, The DragonLance MUD Astinus points to the massive wall of books behind him
and bids you to make a selection.
Authors: All |A |B |C |D |E |F |G |H |I |J |K |L |M |N |O |P |Q |R |S |T |U |V |W |X |Y |Z
Astinus says 'There are 18 authors starting with the letter Z
who have stories in the Palanthas library. '
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