The Malifestro Quest


"We must try to rescue Syovar," says Bivotar. The elves shake their heads in deep disbelief.

"Why don't you come with us?" asks Juranda. "You know the country better than we do, I'm sure."

"Oh, no. Can't," says Max, quickly.

"Not scared or anything," adds Fred.

"Don't like traveling that much," Max explains.

"But don't you think it's dangerous to wait around here?" asks Bivotar. "You said yourself that Malifestro will probably come straight here."

"Ohhh," wail the elves.

"Come on," urges Juranda. "It'll be fun."

"I guess we might as well," Max finally says.

"Yes, we'll be killed if we stay, and killed if we go, so we might as well keep you company," says Fred.

"Great!" says Juranda. "Let's get moving!"

"Wait. Wait!" says Max. "We should equip ourselves for the journey." He leads them to the forbidding doorway across from the castle's entrance.

"Are you sure we want to go in there?" asks Bivotar. -

"Sure, no problem," said Fred. They enter, and find themselves in a small dark room leading to a brighter and larger room beyond. A heavily armed troll is sitting by the inner door.

"Hey, um, you aren't supposed to come in here, you know," the troll says, stumbling over his words.

"We're your replacements," says Max. "You can go now."

"About time. I've been here for, uh, three months now, and I'm sure starting to get tired and, uh, hungry." The troll lumbers away.

"Boy, trolls sure are dumb," says Juranda.

"Actually, he's one of the brighter ones," says Fred.

"Right. Most can't even talk," Max points . out.

Upon entering the brightly lit room they see a small open trunk which holds various weapons; some knives, a sword, a mace, and some armor. Next to the trunk is a sack. They open it. It contains vials of potions and other magical devices.

"If we take turns, we could probably carry the trunk or the sack, but definitely not both," Juranda announces.

"Let's take some stuff from each," suggests Bivotar.

"No!" shouts Max, "bad idea!"

"Right," agreeds Fred. "Mixing weapons and magic brings very bad luck."

"Then I say we should go with the weapons," states Bivotar.

"But, Biv, Ellron and the knights probably had plenty of weapons, and look what happened to them. I say we should take the magic."

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