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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.
@p
@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.
@p
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.
@p
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!
@p
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.