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'''Title: The Early Days  '''

'''Author: Arda Windson '''


I dedicate this text to 
Dr. Jill Ashcroft, a 
lass with a life that 
was too short, but she 
left many who loved 
her. She did give me 
the courage for this 
text. <br> It will be written 
in  the third person, 
for it is easier for me 
to put to paper and 
remember as such.



Arda was borne many 
many, many years 
past. His first 
memories are as a 
small lad in the 
streets of the city of 
moonglow. One day 
when looking for food 
an old man did come to 
him and told him he 
would give a roof over 
his head and food in 
his stomach if he 
would do chores for 
him and assist in his 
experiments.

Not knowing what he 
was getting himself 
into, he agreed. 
The old man did say 
mystic words and 
from the ground arose 
a red moongate. To the 
young lad it seemed as if the yawning maw 
of a great beast or a 
opening to hell. It was 
the latter, for after he 
entered the gate he 
was trapped inside of 
the tower of the old 
man. 

In the years that 
passed, the young lad 
suffered much 
torture and saw many 
fearful sights, The 
old man turned out to 
be one known as 
Vermillion, he was a 
very evil and corrupt 
alchemist and mage. 
Although Arda did 
suffer much, he did 
learn much as well, 
for during the early 
mornings or the late 
nights when his 
master was sleeping or deep in a trance or 
other such task, the 
lad did sneak off to 
the study of the old 
man, to read in his 
spellbooks and 
journals of alchemy. 
He knew that if he 
was ever caught it 
could be the death of 
him but the choice 
was to either die in 
servitude or die in an 
attempt at escape. 

On one fateful night, 
the old man did have 
Arda help him in 
drawing a summoning 
circle. He gathered the 
needed suplies for the 
circle and the old man 
did set about conjuring 
a great daemon. But as 
fate would have it 
something went awry 
with the binding of 
the beast and it did 
break free of the 
circle. It did grab the 
old man by the robe 
and spouted off that 
while he attempted to 
make him his slave, 
The daemon would 
make sure that for 
that offence, the old 
man would suffer an 
eternity of slavery 
and servitude. Seeing 
his chance to escape, 
young arda did run to 
the study, where he 
had hidden runes, and 
reagents, and did 
spirit himself from 
that place. He did vow 
that he would forever 
remember the name of 
that daemon, Nazool, 
Nazool the dark. 

Arda then did set 
forth to the great 
Library, this was in 
the days when the 
lady Mariah was 
curator of the 
Lycaeum. She did help 
Arda track down how 
he might have come to 
be here. She did 
suggest that he did 
visit the city of Wind. 
Mayhaps the great 
mages of that city 
would be able to help 
him in his task. 
Arda returned one time to  his tower 
of hell, to remove all 
of value, both arcane 
and mundane. He did 
find someone to buy 
some of the treasures 
gained and did find 
place to store the rest.


With that done, He did 
set of for the forest 
of samlethe, But that 
is another story......


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