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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 7020904" data-attributes="member: 57383">Oh, I forgot to mention that WGR3 has some additional background on the crown as the intro section to the New Magic Items chapter:And so did Shattados the Cruel, Lord of the Lands Between the Mountains, call upon the gods of evil, saying, &quot;Lo! Am I not a great lord? Are my domains not vast and do my people not speak my name with dread? And yet, my land is not at peace and my people obey me not! Great Tharizdun, Master of Darkness and Decay, hear me now! Give me a token so that I may rule unquestioned and my people may bow down to me and me alone?And the Lord of Decay heard Shattados's entreaty, and granted him a gift, a kingly crown of black metal in the form of a terrible scorpion. With great joy did Shattados don the scorpion crown, but the Lord of Decay had tricked his servant. Shattados's form was changed and his people became as beasts. The great empire which belonged to Shattados vanished into the sands and today is no more. Its ruins are ravaged by the descendants of Shattados and his people are shunned and feared. The riches of these people still lie untouched, but the terrible scourge of Shattados's children prevents any man from claiming them. From &quot;A Chronicle of the Flan People&quot; by Rexidos the Scholar of Greyhawk.
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[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 7020904, member: 57383"] Oh, I forgot to mention that WGR3 has some additional background on the crown as the intro section to the New Magic Items chapter: [FONT=times new roman][I]And so did Shattados the Cruel, Lord of the Lands Between the Mountains, call upon the gods of evil, saying, "Lo! Am I not a great lord? Are my domains not vast and do my people not speak my name with dread? And yet, my land is not at peace and my people obey me not! Great Tharizdun, Master of Darkness and Decay, hear me now! Give me a token so that I may rule unquestioned and my people may bow down to me and me alone?[/I] [I] And the Lord of Decay heard Shattados's entreaty, and granted him a gift, a kingly crown of black metal in the form of a terrible scorpion. With great joy did Shattados don the scorpion crown, but the Lord of Decay had tricked his servant. Shattados's form was changed and his people became as beasts. The great empire which belonged to Shattados vanished into the sands and today is no more. Its ruins are ravaged by the descendants of Shattados and his people are shunned and feared. The riches of these people still lie untouched, but the terrible scourge of Shattados's children prevents any man from claiming them. [/I] [/FONT][RIGHT][FONT=times new roman] From "A Chronicle of the Flan People" by Rexidos the Scholar of Greyhawk. [/FONT][/RIGHT] [/QUOTE]

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