Story 31                    Dispelling the Darkness            Told By Taniwha

~ Most of a Drow wandered in here the other day, I say "most of" because large ~
~ bits of him were missing. Left ear, left arm from the elbow down and he had ~
~ a bad limp. He wasn't paying much attention to the barmaids either, but then ~
~~~~~~~~~ being a Mage there could have been other reasons for that.  ~~~~~~~~
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~ Even the orcs felt sort of sorry for this guy, he looked like he'd been part ~
~ disintegrated.  After a few drinks, everyone mellowed out figuring he was no ~
~ real threat.  An elf mage started to get a bit niggly later though, put up ~
~~ mirrors and starting making nasty jokes. The Drow just smiled, you know, ~~
~ that nasty smile they seem to learn as kids and the elfs mirrors just went. ~
~ I mean like, not there. You could see every spell caster in the place sit up ~
~ and cast a quick detect magic. That poor elf was totally stripped of magic. ~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Helluva trick. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~~~~~ That beat up Drow got a lot more respect after that. All he'd  ~~~~~~~
~~~~~ say about it was that killing elves was a LOT easier than whacking ~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ beholders. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And he smirked some... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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