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'''Title: The Story of the Guard "Machine" '''

'''Author: MrB '''


<blockquote>''I posted this story to the Role-Playing Board On UO.COM a few days ago, if you see one similar, they stole my work...''<br>
''On to the story! :)''</blockquote>


Before the fall of 
Trinsic to Minax and 
the legions of undead, 
there was a high 
ranking guard named 
Toob.  Toob was a very 
strict guard who 
followed the law by 
the book.  He had 
dedicated his life so 
much to his Guard 
work that he had 
sadly neglected his 
wife, his fellow 
guards nicknamed 
him "Machine."  

As 
the first of the 
attacks came upon 
Trinsic Toob had 
noticed that many of 
his fellow guards fled 
or hid, even many 
citizens refused to 
lift a dagger to aid in 
the fight.  Toob was 
unhappy, he had felt 
as if he had been 
betrayed, over the 
next several days 
Toob became very 
impatient with the 
citizens, he arrested 
several persons on 
bogus charges.  This 
caught the attention of 
the Trinsic counsel, in 
a private meeting they 
told Toob that he had to 
retire, and that they 
would not speak a 
word of it to the 
people, for doing so 
would cause shame 
upon his name.  

So, 
Toob returned home to 
his wife, she was 
thrilled he had 
returned, finally she 
thought they would be 
together to do the 
things she always 
wanted to do with her 
husband. Toob was 
still in shock, he could 
not believe that he was 
no longer a guard.  He 
tried to cope with the 
situation, he even had 
a fine painting of his 
wife made.  But he 
could not stay away 
from his other love, 
his guard duties. 

So, a 
few days later Toob 
picked up his shield 
and sword once more 
and patrolled the 
streets.  The Trinsic 
Counsel was furious, 
they again demanded 
that Toob stopped 
patrolling the streets, 
they even warned that 
if he were to return, 
he would be arrested 
and publicly 
humilated.  So, again, 
Toob returned home, to 
his surprise his 
Wife's father had 
came by to visit, he 
had heard of what 
happen to Toob and 
was angry he would 
not spend more time 
with his wife.  The 
old man stayed with 
Toob and his wife for 
a few days, and as 
time went on Toob 
became unstable, he 
felt lost without his 
guard duties, and to 
make matters worse 
his wife's father was 
angered at Toob for 
the neglect of his 
wife.   

Toob tried very 
hard to again settle 
down with his wife 
and live in retirement, 
but something inside 
of him called him 
back to work, he 
knew Trinsic was 
in danger and 
could not sleep 
knowing it
was under attack 
by the evils of 
Minax. Toob  began to 
make plans to return to work, despite the 
warnings of the 
Trinsic counsel.  As 
Toob prepared to leave, 
his Wife's father 
became upset, he could 
not beleive that Toob 
would again leave his 
wife, he demanded 
Toob stay and swore to 
take her from him if 
he left again.  

But 
sadly, this threat was 
the last bit of betrayal 
Toob could stand, and in a fit of rage Toob 
murdered the old man. 
Knowing that he could 
never return to his 
law duties, Toob took 
his life by eating 
several Nightshade.


<blockquote>''*Author's Notes:''  
Toobs wife, whose 
name along with her 
fathers name are 
unknown, wrote of 
these events on the 
back of the large 
painting her husband 
gave her.  She had 
hoped that one day 
someone would find 
her painting, and her 
story, to pass it down 
to the citizens of 
Britania.  To remind 
them to always stick 
together, even in the 
worst of times, and to 
never leave your 
family to another love 
(jobs, or anything). 
So, her story lives on 
today. ''- MrB''</blockquote>


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