NES 37ITcr}, 44 4F FF Q` `o oz ;~"HELLO, I AM GLAD YOU HAVE COME TO ME AT THIS TIME. I HAVE A SPECIAL TASK THAT I KNOW YOU CAN DO FOR ME. ONE OF OUR ACOLYTES WAS SENT TO ANOTHER TOWN TO GET SOME MAGIC WRITINGS, BUT HE HAS NOT COME BACK. I NEED YOU TO FIND HIM. I WOULD TRY THE TRADING POST FIRST, TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS SEEN HIM. GOOD LUCK." YOU WILL FIND YOUR GUILD IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CITY NEAR THE CEMETERY. YOU ASK THE TRADER IF HE HAS SEEN A YOUNG ACOLYTE. "AS A MATTER OF FACT I HAVE. HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO HAVE LUNCH AT THE BIG TREE BEFORE HEADING INTO TOWN. YOU MIGHT TRY LOOKING FOR HIM THERE. HAVE A NICE DAY." YOU FIND THE ACOLYTE INSIDE THE CHEST. HE DOESN'T LOOK TOO GOOD. YOU ARE ABLE TO BRING HIM BACK TO HEALTH. HE TELLS YOU THAT HE WAS MUGGED BY THE FOREST BANDITS ON HIS WAY TO THE BIG TREE. HE ALSO TELLS YOU THAT THE BANDITS TOOK THE MAGIC WRITINGS ALONG WITH HIS OTHER VALUABLES. YOU TELL THE ACOLYTE THAT YOU WILL HELP HIM BACK TO THE SHRINE OF TEMPUS AND WILL TRY AND RETRIEVE THE MAGIC WRITINGS. "THANK YOU FOR FINDING BROTHER TOM, AND MAY TEMPUS BE WITH YOU IN YOUR SEARCH FOR THE MAGIC WRITINGS." YOU THINK TO YOURSELF THAT THE TRADING POST WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO BEGIN THE SEARCH FOR THE WRITINGS. SOMEONE WAS ROBBED NEAR THE HERMIT'S PLACE LATE YESTERDAY. YOU DISCOVER A RECENTLY DESERTED CAMP. YOU SEARCH THE AREA AND LOCATE SOME OLD CLOTHES AND THE MAGIC WRITINGS BEHIND SOME BUSHES. APPARENTLY THE BANDITS THREW THEM AWAY, THINKING THEY WERE WORTHLESS. "THANK YOU FOR RETURNING THE MAGIC WRITINGS. HERE IS A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR HELP." THE HIGH CLERIC HUMBLY HANDS YOU A BAG FILLED WITH 1,000 GOLD PIECES. AMbv ^ @@ɇ"a/bAS YOU FINISH MEDITATING AT THE SHRINE OF TEMPUS. THE HIGH CLERIC STEPS FROM BEHIND THE PODIUM AND WAVES YOU FORWARD. THE HIGH CLERIC SAYS, "WHILE YOU WERE GONE IN SEARCH OF OUR BROTHER. A THIEF BROKE INTO MY CHAMBERS AND STOLE SOME MAGICAL INCENSE. I NEED YOUR HELP TO FIND THIS THIEF AND MY MAGICAL INCENSE. BEGIN THY SEARCH AT THE SEWERS." AS YOU MOVE OVER THE CHEST, YOU SEE A LITTLE MAN COUNTING GOLD PIECES ON THE FLOOR. UPON NOTICING YOU, A LOOK OF SURPRISE COMES ACROSS HIS FACE AND HE BEGINS TO LAUGH. HE THEN SAYS, "SO, IT SEEMS THE SHRINE IS QUICKER THAN I THOUGHT, NONETHELESS, I HAVE ALREADY SOLD THE INCENSE TO KRIDAR, THE CLERIC OF TALOS. IF YOU DO NOT TURN ME INTO THE RED PLUME GUARDS, I WILL TELL YOU WHERE YOU MIGHT FIND KRIDAR." DO YOU TURN THE THIEF INTO THE RED PLUME GUARDS ? "FOOL! YOU WILL NEVER FIND KRIDAR!" THE MAN SAYS, "AFTER SELLING THE INCENSE TO KRIDAR. HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING A GLASS OF CIDER AT THE DRAGON'S LAIR TAVERN." YOU OVERHEAR TWO MEN TALKING IN THE CORNER OF THE TAVERN. ONE OF THE MEN SAYS, "NOW THAT KRIDAR LEFT THE TAVERN, I HEARD HE STAYS AT THE HAUNTED MANSION!" THE REST OF THE CONVERSATION GROWS FAINT, DROWNED OUT BY THE NOISE OF THE CROWD. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHEST, YOU FIND A CRUMPLED NOTE FROM KRIDAR TO ANOTHER CLERIC QUICKLY WRITTEN. THE NOTE SAYS, "THE SHRINE HAS ALREADY SENT A CLERIC AFTER THE INCENSE. I WILL STILL MEET YOU AT THE HUT. " YOU FIND AN OLD MAN SITTING AGAINST THE CHEST. WHEN YOU ASK HIM IF HE SAW TWO CLERICS IN THE LAST FEW HOURS. HE TELLS YOU THAT THEY HAVE COME AND GONE, AND THEY WERE LAST SEEN GOING TOWARDS THE RUINS. AS YOU BEGIN LOOKING THROUGH THE CHEST, YOU NOTICE THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME TYPE OF STRUGGLE IN THE ROOM. INSIDE THE CHEST, UNDER A SECRET PANEL, YOU FIND WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE MAJORITY OF THE MAGICAL INCENSE. YOU GET THE FEELING THAT YOU SHOULD RETURN TO THE SHRINE OF TEMPUS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. YOU SEE THE HIGH CLERIC AND GIVE HIM WHAT YOU HAVE FOUND, TELLING HIM OF YOUR ADVENTURE. THE HIGH CLERIC TELLS YOU THAT THE RED PLUME GUARDS FOUND KRIDAR AND HIS COMPANION PERFORMING SOME TYPE OF WICKED CEREMONY. KING MAALTHIIR THEN BANISHED KRIDAR AND HIS COMPANION FROM HILLSFAR. FOR YOUR REWARD I GIVE YE 8,000 GOLD PIECES. ʐҐ4