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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Camelot" data-source="post: 4721254" data-attributes="member: 82617">The sound of the sloshing of the water deep in the well is muffled by the bickering and bartering of Fannen-Dar's marketplace.  Booths and tables are set up around this large well, and townsfolk hustle and bustle around, buying and bargaining for items that the merchants sell.  A symbol is carved into the roof of the well; it is the icon of the goddess Avandra, Guardian of Travelers and Maiden of Luck.  It suits this town to have her symbol where all can see; Fannen-Dar is the prime place in the Thundertop Hill plains for commerce, and travelers flock to this town like bees to fresh flowers.  However, few ever stay here for long.  It's just a rest stop on many people's maps.To you, however, this town means a little more than that.Recently, Fannen-Dar has been plagued by a tribe of kobolds called the Ice Skulls.  When merchants try to come to the town with a caravan of goods, the Ice Skulls strike from the Cloak Woods to the south, killing and stealing whatever they want.  Many kobold tribes live in the area, but they usually don't cause this much trouble.  The Fannen-Dar army has increased their defenses on the roads to and from the town, but still the Ice Skulls have made it so that the number of travelers and merchants to come to Fannen-Dar have lessened drastically since the attacks began.  Nobody likes the state of things in Fannen-Dar, but nobody can do anything about it.However, a mysterious note appeared on the wall of a well known inn, the Dragon's Den Inn, the biggest and most frequented inn and taproom in Fannen-Dar.  The note read:"To any heroes willing to step forth: the Ice Skulls must be stopped.  I can help.  If you want to stop the Ice Skulls, and also gain riches and fame along with it, meet me by the Well of Fortune on the morning of Kythorn 10."Nobody in the town knows who posted this note, but it was not taken down.  "It's about time someone tried to help us," the people said.  "This situation can't be allowed to continue much longer."  But who will be brave enough to accept this quest?Why, you will be, of course.It is the morning of the 10th, a bright summer day, and onlookers keep passing the Well of Fortune aimlessly, their only intent to see who will be their heroes.  You have chosen to accept this offer for whatever reason you have.  Maybe you have lived in Fannen-Dar a while, and are fed up with these raids, either because you want to receive goods from merchants, or want to leave Fannen-Dar quickly.  Maybe you want to help just from the kindness of your heart, or maybe you just want the promised riches and fame.  Maybe you took this quest for an indirect reason: to avoid staying in the town, with the hope that you will venture into the woods, to avoid someone or something.  Maybe you have a personal vendetta against the Ice Skulls; a friends who was victim to their slaughter, or a treasure they stole.  Whatever your reason, you are now approaching the Well of Fortune, and see the other heroes there as well.  However, there is not another person in sight who steps forward to be the one who posted the note.This is the beginning of your adventuring career.  Have fun.</blockquote>

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