The Story Thus Far:
	If you well recall, the game started in the quaint town of Ganor, a 
walled mining town who was unfortunate enough to be plagued with problems 
elicited by a nearby band of goblins.  You were contracted by the town to 
investigate and get rid of the goblins by a seedy man whom you later discovered 
to be under the control of the goblins themselves, via a magical ring created 
by an enchanter from the times of the Goblin Wars several hundred years ago 
(see Goblin Wars article for more information).  The plot of the goblins to 
take Lord Dramiis hostage and enslave the town failed when you eliminated their 
outpost (an abandoned tower half a mile outside of Ganor).
	Inside the tower you gained knowledge of a bard from many years 
pre-Goblin Wars era, who had set up a challenge for young burgeoning 
adventurers like yourselves.  Dalint the Trixter created the challenge and you 
set out to Tenor's Tomb per Dalint's instructions and succeeded entrance to the 
challenge.  After a long arduous trip you were blessed with the spoils of a 
single chest of gold, silver and copper.
	The goblins however were not finished with you.  On your way home to 
Ganor, the goblin tribe, The Ettin Skulls, met you in full force at the 
North-South pass, and coerced you into surrendering (with the help of a couple 
well placed web spells, and the presence of their very own ettin...).  
Returning to their main camp within the Grey Peaks, a very inhospitable place, 
you were imprisoned for a short while before you met with the goblin chief, who 
explained his sinister plans to you.
	Luckily you were imprisoned with a swordsman from Alant who had devised 
a means of escaping and sought to leave with you (as he figured running through 
quite a bit of mountains all alone would be a purely foolish idea...), and 
after recovering your things (made difficult by an encounter with some very 
nasty spiders) you made your way out of the encampment, promising to the other 
captured people that you would return for them with help.
	It wasn't long after you left the encampment before you heard the 
goblins following behind you, and without the help of some kind aaracockra (who 
were happy to alleviate you of a nice ruby...) you likely would have been 
caught before you made it out of the mountains.  Still, when you made it safely 
inside the walls of Ganor, you could see the goblins still coming after you, 
and your dismay turned to despair as the ettin made his presence known.
	While Darras took a dozen of Lord Dramiis' horses southward to Darna, 
the rest of you defended against the goblin threat and even managed to defeat 
the ettin, though not before he had punched a hole through the outer wall.  
Their biggest weapon killed, the goblins fleed back to their camp to regroup.
	Meanwhile Darras learned of the affairs troubling the Kingdom of 
Ganthes at large.  The king himself remarked upon a three sided war that he was 
quickly losing ground and feared the worst.  The king reluctantly gave Darras a 
dozen soldiers to bring to Ganor, with the promise to bring them safely south 
to Ockam where pirates were already looting.
	Upon Darras' return, you headed into the mountains with a couple of the 
soldiers (leaving the rest behind to guard the town's broken wall), to rescue 
the remaining townspeople, and to eliminate at long last the goblin threat.  
The goblins were well protected and put up a stern opposition, and it didn't 
help much when one of your group, Lily, disappeared in the fray.  You were 
almost ready to leave her behind except she returned suddenly with the goblin 
chief's head skewered.  Her first proven victory, she was proud beyond words.  
The rest of the goblins were eager to surrender and you were soon on your way 
home, with the spoils of a goblin camp and the crowd enough to make you heroes.
	The story didn't end there though.  Without wasting time, you were on 
your way south to Ockam, and it wasn't much longer before the throng of 
refugees began to cloud the roads, making it very difficult to travel.  
Stopping briefly in Darras's home town, Darras finally got a chance to find out 
more news and his family was kind enough to refill your packs before heading 
onward.  Continuing south, the refugees soon became fewer, but the sight of 
black clouds of smoke in the south made you wonder if the village of Ockam was 
in fact around any longer.
	You soon came upon the bulk of the Ganthesian army and as night 
encroached, you learned that pirates were not the oppositional force at this 
end, but rather the organized army of Billik.  The commander of the army bade 
you tell King Ganthes the news by leaving early in the morning, but after being 
forced to leave in the middle of the night, you were shoved onward and you 
watched the Ganthesian army be crushed in the middle of the night.
	Ganthes did not take the word of his army's defeat well.  Desperate and 
fearful of his death, he asked you one last favor: to head to the Kingdom of 
the Ocean and get help.  You did his bidding but when you arrived you only 
arrived to find out the Kingdom of the Ocean would refuse any requests for help 
and it was only by chance you were allowed into the kingdom at all.  With the 
help of a man who evaded identification early on (he later turned out to be the 
direct descendant of the current king, and heir to the throne), you made it 
ashore.  The king there told you of the reason for Ganthes's loss of his 
country, and with a heavy heart, you returned to your home country.
	But King Ganthes never did get the word of your return.  Coming up on 
the city of Darna, you saw the encroaching clouds of a violent storm above, 
coalescing in a spiral of strength unknown.  In the near-darkness of mid-day, 
you saw that Darna was surrounded by the Billikan army.  You watched as the 
storm, obviously wrought by the magic of the Billikan army, tore apart Darna, 
and left it completely asunder.  The army broke into several directions, 
north-west to Ganor, north-east to the Nizzian forest and the north-eastern 
border, and east, south-east to establish the border with the Empire of Arak.
	Searching among the ruins, you discovered vague phantoms of the people 
who once lived there, as well as an encapsulated vision into the hours before 
Ganthes's destruction.  You conversed briefly with the spectres before they 
themselves dissipated into nothing.  The few bodies that you were able to 
uncover, you buried.  Soon, however, you broke into two groups.  One of the two 
groups headed to Ganor (Tomir and Lily), while the rest of you kept a promise 
to the sea-elven prince of the Ocean.  You agreed to meet just outside of the 
Nizzian forest before moving on.
	Happy that Lord Dramiis was in a good position within the newly 
established borders of the Billikan country, Tomir and Lily met you several 
days later, and you headed into the Nizzian forest with the sea-elven prince.  
He thanked you profusely, shortly before you encountered a troll tearing apart 
at a couple of elves.  They made an awful lot of noise, and with your help, the 
troll was soon defeated.  In the after moments of the battle, after the elves 
had set the creature afire, they escorted you to the elvish city within the 
Nizzian forest.
	Your task finished there, you headed north-west, along the Angian 
river, heading towards the city of Alant with the Grand Duchy of Stac.  Saving 
a few fisherman from a strange metallic snake was among your trials on the way, 
and it earned you a positive reputation as you made your way along the long 
riverside.
	In your last campaign, you were in search of the lost relics of the 
famous soldier, Veyna Coral.  It was a long and arduous trip, once again 
bringing you within the Grey Peaks, but it was a trip well spent.  You made the 
acquaintance of a very old and talkative stone giant as well as the 
acquaintance of some rather unfriendly ogres.  But after that you were lucky 
enough the brave the challenges within the chambers of Veyna Coral.  The 
challenges completed, you emerged with the legendary Sword of Veyna Coral and 
several other relics from his time.
	The story doesn't finish there however.  Shortly after the conquest of 
the relics of Veyna Coral, you decided to break apart for a short time, and it 
wasn't until almost a year later, during the middle of a very harsh winter, 
that you come upon eachother again rather suddenly.  There were many reasons 
why you had regrouped, as rumors of metallic snakes became more frequent, and 
the situation of the super-power of the Billikan Empire was becoming more and 
more oppressive.  The trolls that had been giving the elves of the Nizzian 
Forest so much trouble had apparently grown increasingly more rampant, and the 
cold weather, especially bitter this year, seemed to only increase the death 
around you from disease.
	When you did finally regroup in Ganor, you received word that Keltas, 
your ever-devout follower of Dalitas, had gone on elsewhere, to pursue avenues 
less violent.  His regrets were followed with the heavy news of the one true 
reason why you have all regrouped:
	Lord Dramiis was dead.