hello Welcome to my castle, little man. castle Can you not see around you? This is my castle! little You are quite little compared to myself. thunderbolt You are seeking the thunderbolt spell, eh. Well, I must know who sent you to me. I do not give this spell out to just anyone. annetol That blue dragon scum?!? How dare you mention his name. scum He has caused me much problems. At least in the clouds, he can no longer bother me. problmes Many problems. First he's complaining about credit for his spell and then he's complaining about powers. He'd gladly kill me if he had the chance. credit Some of the elements of my thunderbolt spell come from his lightning spell. I gladly give him credit for that, but I put everything together to make the thunderbolt spell. lightning A powerful spell made by Annetol, the blue dragon. You can find him in a cave overlooking the River Othax. You can also do me a favor and dispose of this hideous beast. othax A large river running through the town of Oceancrest. dispose I am not able to travel to the surface world. surface Your world. I cannot function there. If I confront Annetol on the surface, it will destroy your world. destroy If either I or Annetol should fall, it would destroy at least one of your city blocks. bother Annetol is old. He cannot fly up to the clouds anymore. anymore He has become old and fat. He just sleeps in his cave overlooking the River Othax. sleeps He is too lazy to come after me anymore. He is not a threat to me. threat When we were battling in the clouds, we were evenly matched. battling We fought over control of the thunderbolt spell. control He claims that he made the spell and I claimed that I made it. claims In the end, he took his lightning spell and retreated to the surface. retreated He tired of the confrontation, but still holds a grudge. grudge He would gladly see me destroyed. evenly Yes, we were both very powerful years ago. nathan Ah, Nathan the Unicorn Lord. He is a good friend of mine. friend Yes, he comes often to play Latterian Chess with me. latterian An ancient form of chess formed by eight boards with each person having control of their thirty-two pieces. It is far too complicated to explain to your species, as you do not have the mental capacity to handle such a complex game. mental Not to be condescending, but you are not intelligent enough to even begin to understand how the game is played. condescending You are not equal to me in either mental or physical strengths. understand I do not wish to discuss this. It bores me. equal How can you even think to compare yourself to me? compare You are but a mere fly to me. discuss You did not come here to discuss Latterian Chess. Shall we get down to business? business You come for the thunderbolt spell. I know where it is. where Ah, you are quite inquisitive for such a puny species. inquisitive I suppose that is a flaw in your species. Nevertheless, I will tell you where to find the scroll. find You will find the scroll hidden in the cloudy alcove above this castle. It is guarded by one of my cloud giant guards. Go up from my throne room and you will be on the ceiling. But be warned. Only one of you may go at a time. If you can defeat my cloud giant guard, you will be worthy of my scroll. defeat I will not let just anyone have the secrets to my spells. guards I have a guard posted up there all the time. alcove A small alcove high above the castle. Only one person may attempt to get the scroll at a time. Be warned, though, that the scroll may not always be there, but the guard will. attempt Hehehe. I know your limitations and have left one of my younger guards up there. limitations You cannot defeat me. You and all your friends will have a hard time defeating my regular guards. The younger guards get stuck with the boring job of guarding that scroll. younger You will have a tough time defeating him, but those who are wise in the ways of combat will be able to do so. wise Yes, only people who know how to use their powers can defeat my guards. scroll I know of many scrolls. Please be more specific. chanteclaire You see Danielle Chanteclaire, eh. Well, I know not her location. location She does come here often. Perhaps you should ask Cygnus. cygnus You have not heard of Cygnus, the great Gold Dragon? That disturbs me. disturbs Yes, he should be prominent in your society. I have not seen him in ages. prominent Cygnus is one of the great dragons of the land. If you have not heard of him in your world, perhaps he is no longer in this world. heard He has a cave in the Avatar Ruins. You should seek him out. avatar The Avatar Ruins are just a bunch of oddly formed rocks that the people of your world believe was formed by the gods. formed Fighting Avatars hypothetically create craters and mountains in the process of their battles. battles There were no battles. Just superstition. process It explains why magic does not work in that area. explains Yes, just as in here, no magic functions in the Avatar Ruins. ages He is getting old as well. But his magical powers are superior. superior He is more powerful than the archmages of your lands. archmages All but three of your archmages were evil. Cygnus was the mentor of the other three. mentor He taught Chanteclaire and the others the powerful spells of the lands, but only to the good. good If you are evil, the scrolls will punish you. punish You will not be able to learn Cygnus' scrolls if you are evil.