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- ONCE 'PON A TIME, IN THE FANTASY LAND OF @c0eNEVERWAS@c0f,
- IN THE SMALL VILLAGE OF @c0eWONTBE@c0f, LIVED A YOUNG MAN
- NAMED @c0eBOB@c0f. @c0eBOB@c0f WAS APPRENTICED TO @c0eHUGH@c0f THE BLACKSMITH
- AND HAD RECENTLY BEGUN TO MUSE ON THE IDEA OF WEDLOCK
- TO @c0eWHENNIE@c0f, DAUGHTER OF THE HERBMASTER @c0eLORRE'@c0f.
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- @c0eWONTBE@c0f WAS A HAPPY VILLAGE, FOR THE MOST PART, EXCEPT
- FOR ONE VERY NASTY PROBLEM: AFTER A PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT
- AND COLD WINTER, WHEN GAME IN THE WILD WAS SCARCE, THE
- DRAGONS WOULD FLY DOWN FROM @c0eCRAGGY PEAK@c0f IN THE NORTH AND
- PREY UPON THE LIVESTOCK. SHEEP AND CATTLE (AND OCCASIONALLY
- THE SHEPHERD!) WOULD BE CARRIED AWAY AND DEVOURED. THIS
- CAUSED GREAT DEPRIVATION IN THE VILLAGE, NOT TO MENTION
- THE WIDOWS.
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- DUE TO THE DRAGONS' SIZE AND FEROCITY, NOTHING COULD
- BE DONE TO STOP THE GLUTTONOUS BEASTS UNTIL ONE DAY, WHILE
- DIGGING IRON ORE USED IN THE MAKING HIS TOOLS, @c0eBOB@c0f FOUND
- A LARGE, @c04RUBY-RED@c0f GEMSTONE SET IN AN ANTIQUE RING WITH
- MAGICAL RUNES INSCRIBED UPON IT. WITHOUT THINKING, HE
- SLIPPED IT ON HIS FINGER AND, BEFORE HE COULD BLINK TWICE,
- WAS TRANSFORMED INTO AN ANCIENT LEGENDARY MAGE HERO! IN
- SURPRISE AT HIS NEWFOUND KNOWLEDGE AND POWER, HE HASTILY
- REMOVED THE RING, IMMEDIATELY REVERTING TO SIMPLY @c0eBOB@c0f, THE
- BLACKSMITH'S APPRENTICE. ONCE AGAIN DONNING THE ENCHANTED
- RING, HE TRANSFORMED AGAIN, THIS TIME INTO A LEGENDARY
- WARRIOR COMPLETE WITH MAGICAL SWORD! IT APPEARED THAT EACH
- TIME THE RING WAS WORN, THE WEARER WOULD TRANSFORM INTO A
- DIFFERENT HERO.
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- AT FIRST, @c0eBOB@c0f WAS DRUNK WITH EXCITEMENT, WEARING AND
- THEN REMOVING THE RING AND MARVELING AT THE VARIETY.
- SUDDENLY, IT DAWNED ON HIM THAT, WITH THIS POWER, HE COULD
- VANQUISH THE DRAGONS FOREVER!
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- AND SO, WITH THIS NOBLE GOAL IN MIND, HE CLIMBED @c0eCRAGGY
- PEAK@c0f AND ENTERED THE DRAGONS LAIR TO BEGIN THE GREATEST HUNT
- OF ALL HISTORY.