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AD & D - The history of the bard, the story of Conan: Diary of the Silver Rose.

      The history of the bard, the story of Conan


         Diary of the Silver Rose

             (Part Two)



         Continuation of the Second Day

          Quest continues.


  After some discussion, we first decided opredelitya queue. To 
do this, for each of the We had to throw the dice Sat. I am 
opposed to this because knew about the presence of invisible 
servants, but because I stayed in menshenstve, I had to agree. 
First they threw dice for Jason. Dropped 3. Then they threw 
dice for Ragnata. Dropped 7. Then, for me - fell 7. Then for 
Shata - fell. Still had to throw the dice

for me and Ragnata. First perekidysh nothing
did not give - they both fell 7. On the second I alas
lost: the Ragnata fell the maximum
value - 12, I have much less whether
six, then a three. Thus was formed of all: Sat, Ragnat I and 
Jason. Jason was offended, and said that he disagreed with the 
results and deeper into his magic

book. Sat interested in whether someone
teach him something new. He de jitteriness a thirst for new 
knowledge. Long speaking on this issue, we (and the Shat too)

came to the conclusion that our dear priest is best to explore 
Determination Magic. But on this until we have had

time and all decided to wait until better
times. I decided to try to wear a helmet
I've found. To make it nalez
at me, I nyal mail and said the spell to change themselves. My 
head was swollen and I wearing a helmet, but nothing much 
happened. Yes, and I'm not sure he gave, so I took it, put back 
his hat and coat of mail and regained the original appearance. 
"And you know that you hang constant mantra from the scope of 
the changes? " - Asked Ragnat. "Of course I know" - otvtil

I (still do not I know it's my darling hat). "This chance does 
not change Paul? "- Sarcastically asked Ragnat." Listen

Rugar! I'm offended and I "- I lost my temper." Rosochka, not 
nervous, "- Ragnat said. In general, we strongly quarreled. 
Anyway, I nursed a grudge against Ragnata. I offered to go back 
and look I killed kobolds - suddenly find

something interesting. My suggestion was supported, but Jason 
did not follow for us and Ragnatu had to ignite the torch. To 
me, darkness is not a problem - I see it is 20 meters, because 
I'm half-elf. We moved all of the light the torch, because the 
visibility is just me. Alas, we Kobold found only three silver 
coins, which really got me. While someone else they could get 
for justice? After killing kobolds I! We got to

room, where they met with the leader of kobolds - there was 
still a closed door, for which we were not. Passing

through it we found ourselves in an ordinary room,
raze it is very dusty. In addition to another
the door is closed nothing interesting happened.
Passing through this door and we found ourselves in
dusty room, but now with three doors,
not counting the one through which we entered. Ragnat asked me 
whether I feel sorry for year of life, and that is his one 
spell ... I thought long and replied that Basically no, if it 
was a question of my life. We went through a door. In one of 
the walls was carved Next picture: svyashennik with an amulet 
on his chest, which is inserted into a gem (Not the one that I 
found not one that circled Shatom over when he was at death) 
pointed to the assassin, an adherent of the god death in the 
crowd. Moreover, the garment of the priest were depicted 
familiar to me medallion found swords. I have carefully

examined the painting and suddenly it seemed to me
that in the left part, where the crowd, hidden secret door. I 
tried to find a secret button that would have opened it, but My 
idea has failed. Carefully inspect the painting again, I found 
nothing and decided that this is only a rozygravsheesya

my imagination. We returned to the previous
room and went through another door. Dust
dirt and no secret doors, as far as I could judge. There 
remained a third door and we went through it. Suddenly we heard 
a roar from the cave and from the north A cold wind blew. 
However, since more nothing happened, then we moved on. For the 
third door was a long corridor. Somewhere in the middle of it 
lay dead kobold. Omotrev I noticed his wound chopped wound in

his stomach. Apparently she was the cause of his
death. I offered to go first to the Shat
and Ragnat because They are invisible and not injured.
They agreed. We have gone forward a little,
when someone of my companions-nevedimok
stepped on one of the plates and there was a
whistling spears. I jumped aside in time,
although the spear still did not reach to me.
It fell into the shoulder loose and he stopped
to be invisible. I helped him pull out the spear and took it 
himself (in the economy all come in handy). Meanwhile Shat 
muttered some spell and told us that one of the plates is a 
trap. If it occurs, then a hole in the far wall crash spear. I 
screened the shield and cautiously approached the plate, and 
then stepped on it. Seeing my actions Shat rushed to the floor. 
From the wall and slipped the spear I was not prepared, but it 
struck for me. And hit very hard. Sat and

Ragnat long cursed, but the priest still
pulled the spear (which I also conferred
itself) and bandaged my wounds. Angry
I overclocked and decided to jump plate
(Sat hid behind a corner, calling out my suicide). Alas, summed 
up the feelings for action me and again I came to this 
unfortunate plate. True, this time I managed to avoid the 
spears (and this has removed the spear in my luggage). At the 
second attempt I managed to jump over the plate and moved on

along the corridor. The corridor turns right and
Before going any further, I turned and
shouted: "Well, thank you! you go or how?" For
turning nothing found. Only some iron door was at the very end.
Deciding not to risk it (I've had enough traps
with spears), I waited for when the suit Shat
and Ragnat. When we met, the Shat said he did not see any 
pitfalls with THIS hand on the door, and ragnat said he did not

sees nothing magical about this side
door. It was decided to tie a silk rope to the door handle and 
pull it because of the angle (Ragnat long resisted, but

a burnt rope had long
back and eventually he gave up).
So we did. The door opened Be
any EVENT and we went on. More
a dusty room. Two locked doors
keyhole. On the far drawn
sword (which is clear). I peered into the hole
doors painted on her sword and saw
room with a bed. Seen it used to be the apartment of a chief 
priest, I think so. My attempt to dislodge The door was 
unsuccessful. But when the saint brosils father throughout his 
carcass on the door ... He not only knocked it, but flew to the 
farthest corner of the room. Suddenly out of bed slipped six 
skeletons and rushed to Shata. Because He has not regained 
consciousness, it is not could return the undead in the tomb. I 
decided help the priest. Drew his sword I threw in one of the 
skeletons, as a result of which forces the attackers were 
divided. Three struck by the Holy Father, three to Mapai

me. Of the three who attacked the Holy Father
Only one got his stick on the Shat
(I forgot to write that they were armed with
Like previous met us skeletons
clubs). Of the three who attacked me neither
one could not hurt me. I waved a sword and struck with full 
force on the skeleton. Suddenly I felt something like my life 
force moving into the sword. Skeleton same way in my stroke has 
not responded. Meanwhile, the Shat came around and mumbled 
something. Immediately All six skeletons turned to dust. I

thought: why my life force rushed to the sword, and my shock 
did not cause harm to the skeleton? I got it! Not for nothing 
that the sword is called a thief of life. I have seen so well 
struck that the sword was to absorb life strength of the 
skeleton, but because they had not! So he took the life of me. 
I also remembered the fight with merchants. And I thought,

that the wound healed over the removal of Jason.
They are healed because of the sword stolen
vitality from a merchant and part of it gave
me. One must be careful when you hit
undead that sword. Incidentally, in this Ragnat
time somewhere to sit out, using his
invisibility. I pleaded with me to treat Shata. Then they say 
I'll go in front of the unit. Shat did not want that. It 
reminded me about the incident with spears, but in the end

agreed, moreover, that Ragnat requested
him about it (I think from a purely selfish reasons, I have a 
suggestion that Ragnat - neutral, evil). Sat twice muttered 
prayers and healed my wounds. True, he cautioned that it was

the last prayer of the first level to date. There is one locked
door. Sat forbade me to knock it and myself
decided to do it. Alas, he did not
turned out - he, like a ball bounced on the
door, slipped and nearly broke his
leg. Had I still kick
door. From the first blow cracked the door, from
the second flew. We were in a small
koridorchike the going right to left. First
we turned to the left room. Dusty room with a very interesting 
mural on the wall: man in the robe neatly holds a sword, a very

similar to the vision had swords in their hands
stick up, ie He holds a sword over the tip of the tip. On the 
right is the room from the corridor is located the altar on 
which lay dust in the form of the body. Otherwise, he was

very clean room with an altar looked
so, as if it always someone cleaned. On the altar was painted 
or carved bloody letters the inscription: "Refer to

God for protection. "We have long argued about what is to pray 
to this god or no. I offered to put me found

medallion on the altar, but Ragnat refused.
Shat started talking about what a good idea to
here was to drag the body (kobolds, etc.)
order to put them on the altar, but the conversation about
This somehow hesitated. Good thinking, we decided that it will 
come back here later, when isleduem remainder of the passage 
leading from the cave. We returned to the cave (of course 
neatly jumped trap-plate). The rest of the door was open, 
although when we went it was closed. Ragnat kriknulv

pass: Jason are you there? " Yes - heard
we have the answer. "There's no traps there?" -
asked Ragnat. "No, check for yourself. Get over here" - was the 
reply. Bare popetlyav the hall we went into the

cave even more than the previous one. In the middle of this 
cave is located in the lake which floated pieces of ice and a 
few kobold corpses and people dressed as rangers. I pulled the 
corpses to the shore and carefully examined them. They had 
multiple stab wounds on top, and Rangers have been short bows 
over their shoulders. Then Do Sat, whether Ragnat reported that 
no water poisonous and then I started to search his pockets

corpses. I found it all, only 20 pieces of silver. Well, 
naturally I took them myself (Although Ragnat called me miser at

this). Here I feel that from somewhere
the north is blowing cool air. I began to carefully inspect the 
walls of the cave and found passage of small stones piled. After

how I put these stones removed the entire company
included in the formed passage. A little down the corridor 
ahead, we noticed the door the left side. Before her dispute:

go beyond (a supporter of this view Sat)
or go to the door (all others)? Ragnatu
managed to convince Shata: "We need to clean up
path of retreat. "I opened the door and went inside the 
company. We were in the armory. All the weapons in it was in 
very good state (the layer of oil, etc.) So we found: a folded 
chain mail with sword iobrazheniem on it (took a the Shat), a 
long sword (taken I do) and two short sword, bow, a quiver with

20 arrows (also became my property) and the pieces 10 daggers, 
which are captured mean-spirited way ("All the same, you do not 
know I use them) Ragnat. Ragnata have a question: "And for whom 
these weapons for?" In order to figure out that we came out 
weapons and moved on. Having more forward, we have seen, that 
the corridor razvetlyaetsya - one of its branches turn left. We 
went there with Jason (Jason is still was visible only by the 
light of his staves), and tried to convince Ragnat Shata go

with us, because Sat for some reason did not want
go there. Soon Ragnat overtook us - he
failed to convince the stubborn priest. We
went to the gym. He stood in the middle of the throne on
was sitting on a skeleton wearing a crown and the medallion 
around his neck. Next to the throne left standing full armor, 
and right in the mummy robe. Around his neck hung a mummy 
locket I saw a picture of a hired killer, Once he was no gem. 
Mummy skeleton bowed and said: "Do not worry sir, now I'll deal 
with them and started muttering. From these words, I stood for 
a moment, and Jason and Ragnat steel, as I think back down. The 
mummy has been muttering behind me and broke a wall of fire. 
Ragnat and Jason came close to her and burned. We were three of 
us in the trap. Shat Can not do anything for us. I finally came 
to his senses and rushed with a sword a mummy, but she deftly 
dodged and again mumbled something - ogonennaya wall collapsed 
on top of Jason and Ragnata. Suddenly I heard mutterings 
Ragnata and where no disturbances appeared dyavolskaya Hound -

terrible creature, capable of breathing fire,
as is well known mummies are afraid of fire. Fearing
come under fire hound, I jumped at the
skeleton, which sat on the throne. It was a normal skeleton, 
ie, not busy. However, the flame from the hound still oppalilo 
me, do like a mummy. I again ran a mummy and this time hit her 
with his sword. Beagle too rushed at mumuyu, but

could not inflict that their claws no
the slightest harm. Suddenly I felt something like
I grow in size and speed of my
movements increased. Now I could attack the mummy twice as 
likely to beat in two times stronger. Ragnat threw a bottle 
into a mummy with water (probably a saint). Flask crashed

a mummy and broke. Mummy puffed,
screamed and started something bormatat,
why her wounds were delayed. Here I
came into effect and to forcefully hit
mummy with his sword. Mummy howled and turned to me. My second 
attack failed. Ragnat threw the second bottle of holy water, 
but this time missed (Or rather got just as invisible Jason,

why he immediately became visible. By the way,
Ragnat too, was now visible. This happened after he called 
dyavolskuyu beagle). I again attacked, but missed. But the kick 
was parried by the mummy. Ragnat took the third bottle and was 
going to throw her into a mummy, but then I paid the strongest 
blow. Mumm crumbled into dust. I Ragnat rushed immediately 
rushed to the mummy, but ring there was not found. Then rushed 
Ragnat to the skeleton and found the ring, which immediately

appropriated. Because Shat was not involved in
fight with a mummy, but it here and not there, then
decided to divide the treasure without him. Thus,
behind the throne, we found the chest, and in it: 100
platinum coins and 500 gold (from 33 platinum and 166 gold per 
capita. Remains of Chatou), two necklaces of precious stones 
(One to me, the second left Chatou), a crown with head skeleton 
(Jason said it was magic) to get me. Ragnat took the medallion 
from the neck of a skeleton and a medallion without a stone 
mummy. Also, I took the book with the spell Magic Arrows, but 
was unable to learn and gave Jason, who quickly learn it.

Jason also got a scroll of
Transformation (Polymorph). When the wall of fire
disappeared came Shat, he swore a long time and reminded us 
about the place, but do nothing I could not. By the way, the 
armor (they are also magical) left him, too. The next day, 
decided to get to town (Ragnat promised encourage the horses) 
to buy pearls there needed to spell Indetifikatsiya and find 
out what magical things have got to us. 


            To be continue ...
 P.S. I can immediately notify the end is not
Happy End.



             Warrior Mage Conan.
  History Conan Fighter Agdal - a history of racial love.

  Being neobizhenym nature and endowed with
nedyuzhey physical strength, he is the head
dips into the risky adventure. They are the rules of cool head 
and the Magic Sword confiscation of the dead Lord of the caves 
in North.


  One day, driven by East somehow
podsputnym strange feeling that
it was impossible to interpret, hourly drawn into the horrific 
battle, he met her, Elven Maiden. Miraculously, he rescued her 
from the clutches of Higher Powers, and was blessed for it.


  Elves gave him his magic armor, but it was nothing compared 
to the boundless love Araceli - so called black-haired nymph of 
heavenly beauty, which captivated his heart.


  However, not long lasted for their happiness. Araceli 
destroyed by God of Darkness and the thin thread of meaning in 
life Conan broke. He was nothing he could do - Araceli was

lost forever.

  It remained only to follow her there - into oblivion, eternal 
nothingness. But like a true warrior, he wanted to do it in 
combat, to last heard them in this mortal world was a song of 
death and the sound of swords. 

  So, it seems time has come true ...


  When the motorcade escorting a princess
disappeared in the distance, I looked back at the Tower Sakrosa 
and realized that death has once again avoided meeting with me. 
Unable to describe words the feelings that engulfed me in next 
time. 

  Oh, my beautiful Aracely! Again, we
shared an incredible distance, and again
I give life to continue my
mental anguish. Forgive me, darling.

  I barely pulled myself together to
to hide from colleagues emotion so deep
overwhelmed me. They had no reason to it
know - with them all gone.

  -Let 's go back to the Tower and search
everything as it should - the bard gasped, rubbing
hand the terrible wound on his head.

  I felt some pity for him.
Time has taught me to appreciate life in all its
manifestations, and it also taught me to feel pity.

  I also thought he was mad: its a
present condition, with severe wounds
throughout the body and go into the tower. One stroke
randomly lurking there orc and he -
corpse. Although, he may also, as I had nothing to lose?

  Silver Rose ... I wondered where he could
hear this name, whether it is connected with some incredible 
events. However, could not remember anything: bard clearly 
vegetating in obscurity. 

  The remaining two members of the quest seemed quite 
satisfactory. 

  -Rosochka, you fool! - Quipped
kondzhurer Ragnat, squinting into the sunset. He gently leaned 
on the long magic stick, which I gave to him this morning.


  Reverend Shat silent, feverish
fingering his cassock and constantly checking on
place whether his amulet.

  We shall move on - I snapped coldly. "And fast.

  At night we have covered a dozen leagues and camp housed in a 
small undergrowth. Further, nearly a mile or two, stretched the 
vast steppe. 

  Bard suffered a magical healing and
morning has a wry smile, leave room
neither got their stupid jokes.

  We moved one after another light trot
- Firebox area of ​​the steppes is alarming.
Sat father was a slave, rode behind him
I am, and closes the circuit Ragnat and Silver Rose. We were 
all visible and connected with a rope, not to be lost. 
Therefore, you can imagine my surprise when I felt that the 
segment of rope that connects me with the reverend, sharply 
weakened. 

  I immediately realized that the Shat has got into the 
quagmire. We had to immediately get out of here. 

  -Lord, we sink! "- Said the Rev.
from the void, and the next moment I heard
its noisy racket.

  Showed up from behind inviza Ragnat and Silver Rose. They 
took their horses farther back, in safety, what to

ours with the Reverend, they all sank
deeper and deeper. I'm very sorry because
that attached to his horse, although he
was not the best. Anxiously looking around
around in impotent hope all still try to save him, I felt
fluctuations Mageweave in space.

  Ragnat called for reinforcements from Hell!

  He majestically raised his hands up,
whispering incantations Sammon, and then abruptly
lowered and the earth shook.

  Next to him I saw three armored
beetles of enormous proportions. They are uniformly stirred 
mustache and sank into the swamp. Well, that Well! It was not 
something that we all secretly had hoped, but still better than 
nothing. 

  I quickly cut the rope connecting me with a sword and armor 
on the beetles moved to land. Seconds later, there has been and 
Reverend Sat. 

  We could not help to estimate the losses and realized that
got worse. So we decided, before
move through the swamp on, relax a bit.

  Healing went to sleep for the benefit - we
managed to overcome 50 miles, moving night
and day and night. Every step of the unsteady surface 
inexorably closer in the wrong us to the terrible temple, where 
the revived evil Demon of death and hope. Healing Death

for me!

  However, the night was the last full
surprise.

  I woke up and jumped like a wild cat
took fighting stance. Sword bright in
my right hand. I shrugged, averting
shield to the side and heard the hacking howl bard.

  He grabbed his right arm, wincing
pain. Blood was flowing and I knew that he had lost two fingers.

  The reason for that were two, taivshihsya ahead
with long swords in their paws, people, lizards.
I got fired an arrow into one of
them, but the effect was negligible. C
just as well I could stick a
weaving cap.

  The next moment I was attacked with a sword in his hand, 
feeling some kind of sixth sense that behind to take game 
invouker Ragnat iprepodobny father Shat. Roused the magic cloth 
and thunder roared peals of sacred prayers. I felt that I began 
to move faster, almost double - someone employed me spell 
haste. This takes me to the best If year of life, but I did not 
mind. There was the rapidity and the movement toward death. 

  A second before hitting people, lizards as if
numb. Inhuman horror reflected in the
their unblinking eyes. And then they were
lie four hot rough chunks.
I slowly lowered his bloody sword, and I thought that just 
perhaps the first time in life, killed the helpless, and on and 
unarmed people. Damn Shat Framed them freezing their prayerful 
ecstasy Deductions Persons. How inappropriate! 

  Then, when there were as if from nowhere
Three more people, dinosaurs, the attack resumed. While Silver 
Rose ran to him with bare naked short sword, the monk 
Shat-intensive metal Spirits Hammer. 

  I just took a few steps forward and stopped. No doubt that
again calling people were a magician. First,
What is understood rest, one lizard have
lay the bloody, on the ground - Rev. tried their best.

  -Go into the bushes! - Hissed razdosadovany
Mag. , And search it all!

  Two lizards with a respectful bow, departed.

  They soon appeared again, and allowed
themselves closer to the magician up close. And then
unbelievable happened. Raptors in a jiffy
sights swords and Ragnatu this action
just was not worth living.

  Fortunately Silver Rose responded
time, releasing the remaining palyutsev
two deadly rays.

  No sooner had the charred remains zveroboytsov
touch the ground, as appeared from the undergrowth
two more. They slowly, as if unaware of
our strained persons marched to invoukeru.

  "We did not find anyone, sir, - cold,
but with great respect "they replied.

  Mag-blank look at them, and then
said:

  -If so, So go away! "- Short
wave of the hand and people-lizards caught a cold trail.

  I allowed myself to relax a little,
however, when the bard began to play guitar
knew nothing. He was truly insane, interrupting the brazen 
restless marsh silence.


  -Shut up, you crazy! "- Cried the magician, but
It was too late.

  A dozen arrows crumbled dense swarm
on the Bard and he cried. Broken into splinters
guitar fell with a plaintive shrieks, aSerebryanaya Rosa 
exhausted looked around. 

  But no sooner had at least someone had to move,
as in the dense thickets of the night - to where
flew boom - rushed spell
Sammon Svorma released steel hand
magician.

  Immediately out of the bushes jumped out, shouting wildly
and scratching, ten people-lizards. They
drew their long swords and rushed at us
with the bard.

  Just a few arrows, advancing enemies
struck me in different places, but I just
sneered and entered into an unequal battle.

  Bloody shroud enveloped my eyes, as
it's not just byealo in many battles and
My sword sing a song inexorable Death.

  I have not seen as at once to death bard
as inflicted several wounds to me. I do not
saw nothing but the indomitable brilliance
Blades and feverish movements dark
bodies, and woke up only when my
legs subsided last hated enemy.

  Impenetrable darkness descended on the marsh.

  Among the dead lay bard Silver
Rosa, his face was terribly poluelfiysky
pale. Not surprisingly, he suffered a second
death.

  Offing. by Reverend Shata,
in the mud fumbling magician.

  Flashing magic ring right hand, I
pulled out from under his coat gray scroll. At first
strange characters on it are woven into
powerful spell Levitation from the dead. This
Bard was the last hope ...

  Morning, our eyes were opened long-awaited temple ruins. 
There we waited Mage animating demon and there waiting for us, 
thank Almighty, Death!


  I watched the final preparations
my companions, and then, when we all four went into the ruins, 
turned and looked at the blue clear sky. 

  Araceli! Darling, I'm coming for you.
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