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THE STORY OF THE DRAGONS OF GEMS:
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-ASTINUS OF PALANTHAS
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FRODRICK WAS ONE OF THE HIGH OGRES OF KRYNN THAT WERE CALLED IRDA. IN
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THE PAST, HE CAME TO ME LOOKING FOR A JOB BECAUSE HE WAS A PRIEST OF GILEAN AND
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ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIESTS OF GILEAN IS TO SERVE A LIBRARY, COURT,
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OR OTHER SIMILAR PLACE. I OFFERED HIM ONE AS A SCRIBE AND RESEARCHER FOR ME.
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I SOON CAME TO LEARN THAT HE WAS ALSO A GREAT MAGIC-USER AND EXTRAORDINARILY
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INTELLIGENT.
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ONE DAY HE WAS GOING THROUGH ONE OF THE MANY BOOKS IN MY LIBRARY WHEN
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HE STUMBLED ON SOMETHING THAT CAUSED A STROKE OF GENIUS IN HIM. HE WAS READING
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ABOUT THE GRAYGEM. "THE GEM ALTERED EVERYTHING IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH."
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HE HAD A STROKE OF GENIUS. HE TOLD ME, "WHAT ABOUT THE DRAGONS?" I PONDERED
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UPON THIS AND I REALLY HAD NO IDEA. THE GREAT MAGE FISTANDANTILUS GAVE ME THE
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DEVICE OF PRESENT TIME PASSING RIGHT BEFORE THE DWAFGATE WARS ( 39 AC ),AND THE
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THE TIME OF THE GRAYSTONE WAS AROUND 3100 PC. ALMOST EVERYTHING BEFORE THE WAR
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I HAD TO DO MY OWN MANUAL RESEARCH TO FIND OUT. SO I TOLD HIM TO GO ON AND FIND
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OUT FOE HIMSELF. THE ISLAND OF THE IRDAFOLK IS PART OF THE DRAGON ISLES CHAIN,
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SO I FELT THAT HE WOULD BE THE BEST MAN FOT THE JOB ANYWAY.
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SO HE MADE HIS PREPARATIONS AND WAS OFF ON HIS WAY. ONE OF THE GIFTS TO IRDA
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IS THE ABILITY TO SHAPECHANGE INTO ANY HUMANOID FORM THEY KNOW. HE FIRST
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CHANGED INTO A KYRIE, A RACE OF WINGED BIRD-MEN, AND FLEW TO THE NORTHERN TIP
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OF THE CAPE OF NORDMARR. NEXT, HE CHANGED INTO THAT OF A TRITON AND SWAM OVER
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TO JAENTARTH, ONE OF THE MAGICAL DRAGON ISLES. ON IT FRODRICK FOUND A COLONY
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OF SHADOWPEOPLE. IN ORDER TO GAIN THEIR FULL TRUST, HE SHAPECHANGED INTO ONE
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OF THEIR KIND. WITH MUCH DIGGING, HE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A LEGEND OF
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THEIRS: THEIR IS AN ISLAND NEARBY THAT IS SURROUNDED BY A GRAY MIST. THEY
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SAID THAT ONLY A FOLLOWER OF GILEAN, THE BOOK OF KNOWLEGE, COULD ENTER IT.
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IT WAS THEN THAT FRODRICK REVEALED TO THEM HIS TRUE IDENTITY. THEY REALIZED
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THAT THE LEGEND MUST BE TRUE. THEY TOLD FRODRICK WHERE THE ISLAND WAS TO BE
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FOUND. HE BID THEM FAREWELL AND WAS OFF ON HIS WAY. HIS QUEST MUST WAIT, THIS
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WAS A PRIME OPPROTUNITY FOR HIM TO FUTHER HIS ETHOS. LITTLE DID HE KNOW THAT
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HE WAS DOING BOTH AT ONCE.
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HE FINALLY MADE IT TO THE THE MIST. HE AND ONLY HE COULD SEE PAST THE
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MIST, THOUGH. HE SAW TEN GARGANTUAN, MOUNTAIN-LIKE FORMS COMING OUT OF THE
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WATER. THEY WERE ALL IN THE SHAPES OF BEAUTIFUL GEM-CARVED STATUES OF DRAGONS!
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THERE WERE TWO OF EACH TYPE: CRYSTAL, TOPAZ, EMERALD, SAPHIRE, AND, THE MOST
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BEAUTIFUL OF ALL, SAPHIRE. FRODRICK WALKED INTO THE MIDDLE OF THEM ALL AND
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CLUTCHED THE GRAY MEDALLION AT HIS NECK: THE MEDALLION OF GILEAN. IT GLOWED A
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BRILLIANT GRAY AND SOON SURROUNDED THE ENTIRE CIRCLE OF DRAGON-STATUES WITH THE
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LIGHT OF KNOWLRGE. THE STATUES STARTED TO MOVE! THEN, THEY ALL IN TURN CAME
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TO LIFE! FRODRICK DROPPED TO HIS KNEES IN REVERENCE. THE GREAT MALE AMETHYST
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DRAGON APPROACHED FRODRICK AND SAID, "ARISE FRODRICK."
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FRODRICK ROSE AND REPLIED, "HOW? WHY?"
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"WHEN THE GRAYGEM WAS RELEASED THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS THE
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BONDING OF THE SOULS OF THE DRAGONS OF KRYNN. THE WHITE AND BRASS DRAGON'S
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SOULS CAME TOGETHER TO FORM THE CRYSTAL DRAGONS. THE BLACK AND COPPER'S CAME
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TOGETHER TO FORM THE TOPAZ DRAGONS. THE GREEN AND BRONZE'S CAME TOGETHER TO
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FORM THE EMERALD DRAGONS. THE BLUE AND SILVER'S CAME TOGETHER TO FORM THE
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SAPPHIRE DRAGONS. AND THE RED AND GOLD'S CAME TOGETHER TO FORM THE AMETHYST
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DRAGONS. THE ORIGINAL DRAGONS ON KRYNN - THE CHROMATIC AND METALLIC DRAGONS -
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WERE TAKHISIS' AND PALADINE'S GIFTS TO KRYNN; THEREFORE, FOR US GEM DRAGONS TO
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COME TO LIFE, WE HAD TO HAVE THE DIRECT BLESSINGS OF GILEAN, THE PATRIARCH OF
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THE GODS OF NEUTRALITY. THROUGH YOU, JUST NOW, GILEAN HAS GIVEN US HIS
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BLESSINGS OF LIFE AND KNOWLEGE. WE ARE THE NEUTRAL DRAGONS. BY GIVING US LIFE,
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YOU HAVE TRULY PLEASED GILEAN. HE HAS TOLD ME TO GIVE YOU TWO GREAT GIFTS:
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1.) I WILL GIVE YOU ONE OF THE GREATEST POWERS OF THE MIND. PSIONICS.
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2.) I WILL ACCOMPANY YOU WHEREVER YOU GO AND BE YOUR AID AND PROTECTOR FOR
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GILEAN HAS MADE YOU HIS CHOSEN ONE TO FURTHER HIS CHURCH."
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AND SO FRODRICK AND MAKHIKAN, THE GREAT AMETHYST DRAGON, TRAVELED BACK
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TO ME. TOGETHER THEY BUILT ONTO MY LIBRARY A GREAT TEMPLE AND COURT. AND NOW
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FRODRICK, STARMASTER OF GILEAN, HAS FULLFILLED THE PROPHECY OF THE DRAGONS OF
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THE GEMS....-.... |