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- As he turns around, you almost go into shock. The prisoner is no other than
- the king him self! But your highness, you ask, why have you played this joke
- on me? I have nearly died many times and all to serve you well, and you in
- return sent me to far away lands where I could have been killed eternally
- were it not by the healer at the Alchemist Temple who kept retrieving my body.
- "Silence!" --He commands you-- "The Royal Guards will come if they hear you
- have come to my rescue." Rescue from what? you ask, now a little tired of his
- game. "FROM KHALAL HIMSELF!" he answers. "Some time ago --he begins to tell
- you-- I ruled over all of the lands in the world. Everybody was happy and I
- ruled with wisdom and justice. When our population grew too big for our city,
- I ordered the construction of cities to the North, East, and West of here. But
- eventually this was not enough, so I ordered to begin construction of cities
- on the South countries of the land. One day, as the builders were digging in
- what is now know as the Land Of Eternal Confusion, a body was unearthed. It
- was about 2 and 1/2 meters tall and was like nothing we had ever seen before.
- When the group of builders who unearthed the body touched it, they became
- strange creatures... some became Evil's Shadows, others Elementals, many others
- Insectoids. As time passed, they mutated into many other forms and spirits.
- One of them served as the way for the dead body to channel its wraith. After
- the first appearance, the constructions were abandoned by everyone. It was
- only then that I was told by my advisors of such transformations. I sent most
- of my guards to try to kill this mutations, but the more we killed, the more we
- found. The group of gosts on charge of the other mutations are known as the
- Wraiths of Khalal. One of such wraiths, their leader, adopted a human form
- and transformed itself into a mirror image of my own. It quickly took control
- of the castle and placed me in this jail so that I could not stop their plans
- to awaken Khalal. The Wraith-King could not kill me because I carry this
- medallion given to me by the wise men of the towns to protect me against their
- evil powers. Without, I would have died long ago."
- "The wraith of Khalal sitting at the palace can easily be killed, as long as it
- does not have the things it needs to awaken Khalal: AN EVIL PRIEST'S CASSOCK,
- A MAGNETIC ROD, A MAGIC ORB, A SPEAR OF FEAR, THE SKULL OF ODIN, AN UNHOLY BOOK
- OF RITES, THE SILENT OCARINA, A GOLDEN GOBLET, AND INCENSE FROM THE MISTERIOUS
- SWAMPS. It should be no problem getting this town back in order."
- You nearly fainted as the list of items needed to awaken Khalal has been
- provided to the Wraith of Khalal by no other than you! How could I have been
- so fool? --You ask your self-- "It may not be too late yet," the King answers
- you... "If you could find the ceremonial place before the awakening, you can
- prevent it from ever happenning." You agree that it would be the least you
- can do. After this, you free him and he leaves.