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10 = "You detect the hint of sulfur in the air long before you notice anything is amiss. That's how you know to keep out of plain sight. Soon you see the source: a drake. It seems to be hunting for something. It hasn't noticed you yet.";
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14 = "You spot a group of ogres wandering about near the coast. Interestingly, though the brutal beasts look quite hungry, they don't move to attack you. Fear of the Empire has cowed them into submission.";
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18 = "You dispatch the last of the ogres. You wonder if any of the locals will pay a bounty for ridding them of these violent creatures.";
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22 = "Some sheep are grazing nearby. The stupid creatures aren't even aware enough to be wary of you. You have no doubt that they would be just as apathetic if you were, say, a fierce and hungry ogre.";
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25 = "At the end of this narrow, concealed gully, you find the center of the volcanic activity in this area. It is a massive fumarole, a bubbling caldera of hot mud and sulfurous gas. From a distance, it's quite lovely.";
26 = "You can't really concentrate on the view, however. Your attention is seized by the drake bathing in the mud. It's the biggest such creature you've ever seen. It's thirty feet high and fifty feet from head to tail.";
27 = "It sees you at the same time that you see it. It doesn't seem hostile at the moment, but the mood of one of these mercurial creatures can change at any moment.";
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31 = "It walks over to you slowly and somberly. Each step of the massive creature crushes the basalt beneath it. When it's close to you, it speaks, little flames coming out of its maw with each word.";
32 = "_I am Stergnos, Lord among Drakes! I wish to purchase the aid of a few humans. You will do. Some smaller members of my kind have threatened to come here and fall upon me, hoping for the wealth and status such an attack would confer._";
33 = "It chuckles deeply. _I feel I could defeat them, but I did not reach this age by being incautious. If you help ensure my victory, I will reward you. Will you?_";
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37 = "Some entrepreneurial country folk with a large raft have set up a ferry service across this river. They say that they will take you across for ten coins.";
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39 = "The drake lord is still there. It says, _I thank you for your assistance, humans. Now, leave me. I demand my solitude._";
40 = "The drake lord is still there. It says, _As you can see, humans, I survived, despite your refusing an alliance with me. Now leave me. I demand my solitude._";
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42 = "At the top of the hill, you find an old, worn stone circle. Inside it, you find a peculiar sight.";
43 = "In the center of a circle, there is a stone slab. A skull sits on the slab. Several ogres wander around the skull. Every once in a while, the skull talks. It says something. You can't hear it, but it always makes the ogres cheer.";
44 = "A closer look reveals that the ogres look exhausted and emaciated, as if they have been listening to the skull constantly for days, not even stopping to eat. They haven't noticed you yet. The skull takes up all of their attention.";
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46 = "When you get close enough for the ogres to see you, they shout an alarm. _Thieves! They have come to take the skull! Slay them!_";
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48 = "You return to the circle. The skull is still there. If it had eyes, you would think that it was staring at you.";
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