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Intro. You see yourself mism@ (reader) on the deck of the "Royal Galleon, Argos" , in which you were traveling in the direction "of the Falun Islands" (you are the Peace Speaker between the "Elven Kingdom of Nefer-Nub" and the "Cannibal Tribes of Nairas" ); but they are involved in a Thunderstorm (which the Sailors syncretize with "the Thunder God's Howl's Howl, Amarok" as a bad omen), soon shutting down on the sharp reefs. Everyone panics (because they fear these waters, infested with Sea Monsters and Cannibal Natives), but you go to see how "Captain Bert" is doing; who (drinking his "Latest Whiskey" )

The Orc King, Schariar and Lixus, the Great Southern Cruel Desert

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