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'''Title: PURLONIO'S TALE'''

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I, Purlonio, merchant of 
Moonshade, am about to 
tell my tale. Back in the 
early days of the 
Sosarian colonization of 
Serpent Isle, I had 
accumulated -- I have to 
tell thee -- a massive 
fortune in the city. 

After a most unusual 
dream, I called upon an 
enchantress for help. She 
was expensive, but of 
good and right advice. 
Drogeni, the Wizard, 
warned me that I was 
about to lose all of my 
cherished wealth in the 
near future and that 
there was nothing she 
could do to prevent this 
from happening. I thought 
I could outsmart Fate...

I took all of my 
possessions; all of my 
gold, in a ship to this 
cave in the far northern 
reaches for safe storage. 
I hired Drogeni to create 
a series of tunnels in 
the rear of the cave so 
that a magic map would 
be required and no one 
could survive without it. 

Thereupon, I had the 
wizard conjure an Ice 
Dragon to guard my 
riches. Once this was 
done, we sailed back to 
the southern plains where 
I rid myself of the 
enchantress so that no 
one would ever know the 
secret to my riches. 

Unfortunately, upon the 
death of the wizard, the 
magical map disintegrated. 
Fearing that the prophecy 
had come true, I went 
back to the cave and 
tried to find the route 
to my riches. To this 
day, I have not found my 
treasure.

In my life as a criminal, 
as they call me, I have 
had many a task to 
overcome. None before 
was as hard as the ones 
I am about to describe. 
This is done so that thou 
mayest save thy time and 
thy life. Of all the traps 
I had to overcome, the 
most interesting ones 
were the spear traps. 

First of all, thou needest 
to enter the caretaker's 
room. After many an 
observation and many 
more days than thou 
wouldst think, I discovered 
the routine of the 
caretaker. He usually is 
on patrol during the 
whole afternoon. He 
makes his rounds at noon 
and midnight. In his 
storehouse, thou shouldst 
find barrels and chests. 

Rummaging through the 
barrels I found a hidden 
lever. That lever, I came 
to realize later, turns 
off the spear traps in 
the corridor. Make good 
use of that, my friend. 
Blessings upon thee.

[[Category:Classic Tales]]