The War of Shadows Begins

inoc. Late afternooon on October 29th. Sharkeye Pike visited Minoc, a town he usually didn't travel to. He had just been returning from the Minoc Mining Caves, a passage to the Lost Lands. The view of this once very peaceful town was disturbing. Bodies of dead townspeople lay scattered all over the place, others cowardly fled, and a number of plague creatures haunted the streets of the city of miners. What had happened?

The pirate had killed a lot of plague monsters, when he turned around a corner and suddenly saw something beautiful and terrifying at the same time. He stood nose to nose with a giant red dragon, one of a kind he had never seen before. Being stunned at first. Sharkeye quickly retreated to watch the dragon's behavior from some distance. It sure was a powerful beast!

After casting a few almost useless spells at the creature, Pike decided to change is strategy. He grabbed the hilt of his kryss and prepared for close combat. He rode towards the Crimson Dragon and stabbed it with an armor piercing strike. He saw blood dribbling from a small wound. Oh well! This would take a while, but he actually was able to harm the creature.

Sharkeye continued riding next to the Dragon, hitting it and then keeping some safety distance again, eventually healing his burns, while the beast set the whole town on fire.

Flames erupted from the ground in a large circle around that unique creature, damaging its foes. A lot of brave fighters died in the progress of the battle

Finally, the Crimson Dragon was brought down. It turned golden for a while, then it collapsed, leaving behind a transparent corpse. Gold and jewelry dropped to the ground. The invasion of Minoc had been ended!

10/2008

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