Shadow of Death Manual Page 4
To the Wizards of Bracada,
My tale is a long one, but I must tell it because there is
no one else who will. After all, who would believe Crag
Hack's bar room bragging? Gem seems to want certain
events swept under the rug, never again revealed. I
have heard nothing of Gelu since he found the cursed
sword, Armageddon's Blade. So that leaves me to tell
the tale history forgot.
I parted with you on shaky terms so very long ago. I
may be a genie like my mother, but I have my father's
adventurous spirit. Preferring the life I found in
Krewlod, I had to leave the one you offered me in
Bracada. It was on this journey of self-discovery that
this tale has its earliest beginnings. After being
accepted into Krewlod society, I began my wanderings
and met three people near the Erathian-Deyjan
border. The four of us were all searching for a new
life and stumbled upon events far larger than each of
our petty problems.
It was before the Restoration of Erathia war when I
met and worked with the young Gelu, the beautiful
Gem, and the barbaric Crag Hack. My three comrades