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Story 65 Strange Happinings Told By Ellamar

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Strange goings on are happening, just ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ recently a drider approached me as I was making ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ my way. He had cornered me and I thought for ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ certain that I was his next meal. As you well ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ know talkin' your way out of a mess with a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ drider is a waste of time but it seemed I was ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ left with no other choice. I started to ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ explain my business in the area after coming ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from the gathering in heavens and all, and being ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sent on this errand by Baldrick himself. That is ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ when the cruel glint in his eye faded. In ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ addition, after many a' foul words I care not to ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ repeat. He calmed a bit, and he relayed this ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tale to me. He was felling a bit sorrowful of ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ himself after for being summoned from the abyss ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ for the third time that same day. He had called ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ himself Ponfyr. Mind you, the whole time he was ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ pinching me as if to discern how I might taste ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "... I was in no hurry to enter the lofty towers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ of gods in heaven either. I had found a great ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ place to sit and wait for the bright globe in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the sky to set. As I watch the comings and ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ goings in that awful place, I started to feel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ less sorrowful and more disgusted of the bright ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and shiney place I now found myself. I thank She ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ of chaos and hatred for that dark corner under ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ those stairs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of my legs was getting a bit cramped ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and as I shifted to adjust it, I accidentally ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ dislodged a stone from its place in the wall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After looking around a bit to see if I had been ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ noticed, I examined the hole left by the large ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ stone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mostly I saw the clouds surrounding the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ palace. However, as a wind parted the clouds I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ could see the part of the mortal ground of the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ surface world. How painful it must be to live in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a place filled with light and elves though. I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ was looking for a nice gloomy spot I might be ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ able to start a brood. There seemed to be a very ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ dark forest near a road close to Shadowfall City ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ that would do nicely, very gloomy indeed. I am ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sure it would protect me from the awful daystar. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As I searched from above for the place to ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ place the brood, I saw it. An it, it is. For I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ know not what to call it. Methinks a tree, yes a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tree it was. It walked across the open part in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the forest. It stopped briefly. Moreover, to ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ stand next to other tress as some adventures ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ came into view. They must have not seen it for ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the passed quickly by. Alternatively, this thing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ might be common on the surface. Once they were ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ safely out of sight it started walking again. I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ saw him stop in the center of a small clearing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ as a human dressed in brown approached him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ They seemed to be talking a bit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nevertheless, before the human moved on he gave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ some scroll to the tree. I wonder what a human ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ could want with a walking tree. For that matter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ what a tree could possible want with something ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from a human. Well anyway, if I set my brood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ there, I will use that tree for the anchor of my ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ web, and if the human comes back, he will be a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tasty snack..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In addition, at that very same moment a large ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ crack opened in the floor with the fires from ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ some hell jumpn' out the newly formed pit. Well ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ it seemed a firey hand reached out of the pit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and grabbed hold of this Ponfyr feller and ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ started pulling him in. He was screechin' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ somthin' awful. Moreover, just like that the pit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ closed up again as if it had never been. Ponfyr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and all his disgusting hairy legs were gone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Like I said strange happens are going on... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Mission Control Mission Control

Walkthrough

go to Hobgoblins east of shadowfall, then go northeast towards Sharg Tarn (2ne,e,2ne) and search, get the acorn

go back 2sw,w,2sw, then go hidden north

plant acorn

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