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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 702560" data-attributes="member: 5137">An Ancient MineIt was nearing winter, and the three youths sat in the tower library, surrounding a map Greppa had hastily sketched from memory. Greppa was talking, Athan was listening, and Merideth was zoning out in fields of heroism and glory."Okay, so here is Theralis, and here's Aglaonis. Aglaonis used to have a mining colony 'sixteen days by ox cart', which I think translates into three days by foot, or one day with Chatham. The mining colony was lost to 'the Enemy, foul and unseen' about five centuries ago, and was footnoted out of existence by hasty scholars."Athan pointed at a narrow valley, "So it would be about here? Why would it have been left alone?"Greppa grinned... he was rather proud of his scholarship on this matter, "Because no one knows about it. The 'Enemy' was attacking all over Aglaonis, opening weirdling gates and stuff, and the colony was just one of several. Most of the Aglaonis stuff dismisses the colony as a tidbit added by over-eager historians, but I checked the one place a historian would never look... merchant's records."Athan leaned back, knowing Greppa was baiting him, "And those said....?""If the mine doesn't exist, there's about 20,000 argur worth of fortune that was coming out of nowhere 600 years ago. Even then, though, there's no reference to an exact placement, so I had to check scouting maps of the area. The little valley you're pointing at was described as a 'hidden vale' and hard to find... the placement's my best guess, but I think that's where the mine is."Merideth, yawning beatifically, blinked and looked at the two boys, "Hm? Do we know where it is?"A pained look was Greppa's only response.</blockquote>

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