~~~~~ Funny race, humans. Although they lack the distinct abilities and ~~~~ ~ strengths my friends the elves and my enemies the goblins inherit, they also ~ ~~~~~ lack the intelligence to realize and give in to their inadequacies. ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Few embody this much as the tragedy of Lord Cromm. Powerful and arrogant ~ ~~~ almost from birth, the second son of nobles inherited lands larger than ~~ ~ heaven itself, when dishonour and dispute fell upon the elder son. Although ~ ~ he decried the accusations as false, the first child left his lands rather ~ ~ than to tarnish the family name further. The younger child quickly came to ~ ~ enjoy his new ranking, with the lands and riches that came with the title. ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ I shan't bore you with the details, for they are as you would expect of ~~ ~~ someone so riddled with greed and want. His aspirations peaked, I fear, ~~ ~ when his wandering eyes led him towards claiming the nearby swamp lands as ~ ~~ his. Murky on bad days, the bog was full of disease-carrying pests, the ~~ ~ largest being the clans of roving lizard-men. Most had wisely turned these ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ lands over to the creatures. Cromm was not so inclined. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ One of the few survirors of the battle that ensued between the lizard- men ~ ~~ and Cromm's hired soldiers could not bring himself to describe the battle ~ ~~~ scene, but little imagination is needed to guess what the reptiles are ~~~ ~~~ capable of. He could only describe the ironic image at the end of the ~~~ ~ battle, with the dead all around, and the signet ring of Lord Cromm -- the ~ ~~~~ symbol of all he coveted and desired, and the only legitimate way to ~~~~ ~~~~~ continue his family name -- being clutched in the scaly hand of the ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ lizard-man leader. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______________________________________________________________________________ Mission Control Mission Control
Walkthrough
Location: Swamps SW of Daggreford.
From West gate - w, 2xs, sw, s, 2xw, 3xs, w. Kill the lizardman raiding party, grab the sharpener and go back e, n and give the sharpener to Red-eye.
He will tell you about the stone in the room with the raiding party, go back there and
search the stone then once you have found a way up, climb it.
Kill Fast-Tail and search for the ring. Once you have it, head back past red-eye to Lady Crom and give her the signet ring.