I'm beginning to run dry when it comes to fanfiction. So I probably won't update as much
anymore. I already got about two chapters of this story written so look forward to this story in
the future. But as to everything else...? Stop bothering me about it. But I still love you though.
: )
Oh yeah, get ready. This chapter is about Gheed. So if you like Gheed bashing then this is the
chapter for you.
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Zhon walked over to the fire. Next to it sat Warriv and Deckard Cain who were talking to a
small woman in black.
"And here comes the Magician now!" Warriv said to the small woman. Zhon not knowing what
else to do bowed respectably to the lady. She snorted in response and he looked up curiously at
the small woman.
She had short dark hair and a pale face which at the moment had a scowl on it. She wore a black
cloak over a short black skirt and greyish armor. At her sides she clutched two crude looking
knives.
"This is Eudora." Warriv said winking at Zhon. "She has defeated the Countess in the
Forbidden Tower."
"And I gained a lot of mulla in the process..." She added with a nasal voice.
"Yes, there was many treasures under the Forbidden tower as well as many dangers." Deckard
Cain added.
"And it is all mine!" Eudora added. A greedy look formed in her eyes.
"You should meet someone by the name of Gheed." Zhon said. "You would be perfect for each
other!"
She stood up angrily. "Gheed is here?" She demanded clutching at the Magician.
"Um yes..." Zhon answered confused by her outburst.
"Why that no good of an uncle..." She cursed under her breath.
"You mean Gheed is your uncle?!" Warriv asked in disbelief.
"Yeah." she answered in disgust. "And he owes me quite a bit of money." She answered.
"Where is he?!" She said staring at each of the men in their faces.
"Why I'll be darned!" Warriv commented. "I knew it wasn't a mistake to stay in the Rogue
encampment! There is never a boring day!"
"I know what you mean." Deckard Cain added. "Why just the other day I think Akara was
winking at me from afar." He chuckled.
"WHERE IS GHEED?!" Eudora yelled like a child wanting attention.
Warriv shrugged. "He could be by his wagons..."
"Or taking another bath in the creek." Zhon added.
The three men laughed merrily.
"I'll find him!" Dora stated. "This stupid town can't be too big for him to hide in..."
And with that she marched off. Zhon curiously followed her.
They found Gheed trying to peak into a tent. Zhon immediately saw it was Ki-Ki's tent and
became very, very mad.
"Uncle Gheed!" Eudora called with her hands on her hips. But both Gheed and Eudora were
surprised when Zhon rushed up to Gheed and held him five inches off the ground.
"What do you want?" Gheed said surprised beyond anything to see his niece and Zhon there at
the same time.
Zhon raised him another inch.
"You wouldn't be spying on my lovely assistant would you?" Zhon said in a low voice.
"Gheed have you become a peepin' Tom now, as well as a swindling thief?!" Dora asked besides
him.
"What if I was..." Gheed challenged and Zhon shook him violently. "There's nothing wrong
with just looking..." Gheed said in a squeaky voice.
"Ooooooh." Eudora said. "You're in for it now, Uncle." She continued obviously liking what
Zhon was doing.
"Oh yes there is!" Zhon said getting inches away from the stinky man's face. "And as long as I
am here I better not ever catch you spying into Ki-Ki's tent or anyone elses for that matter!"
Zhon added.
"Do you understand?" Zhon said darkly.
"Uh huh!" Gheed answered shaking his head up and down fearfully.
"Good." Eudora said. And Zhon let the man down who was gasping for breath and holding his
hand on his chest.
"Now about that money you owe me!" Eudora said. Gheed tried to run away, but Eudora
stopped him. "Hey you!" She motioned to Zhon. "Hold him again."
Zhon smiled. "No ma'am." He answered. "This is between you and your uncle."
"Yeah! That's right!" Gheed said gaining courage. "And I don't owe you any money."
Eudora took out one of her strange knives and held it in front of Gheed's face. It gleamed under
the pale light. "I'm not the same girl you knew two years ago when I last saw you Uncle."
Eudora warned and Gheed's face immediately turned pale.
"Don't hurt me!" Gheed whined. "I'm your Uncle remember?"
"Too bad." She muttered. "It's a curse to have a lazy, stealin, cheatin, coward of an Uncle like
you around who steals money from his own kin! Why I should chop you into pieces right now!
Starting with your..." Her knife moved downwards towards Gheed's abdomen.
Gheed squealed. "I'll give you whatever money you want!" He agreed.
And Zhon chuckled to himself as he left the two loving family members to sort out their
differences in the only way they knew how.
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Everyone in the camp sat around the fire as Deckard Cain gave a speech. Even though the
residence in the camp had risen ever since Zhon's appearance, they still managed to fit everyone
around the fire.
Yet, it was time for Zhon to complete the last quest in the Rogue encampment.
"It is clear to me that we are facing an evil even greater than imagined..." Deckard Cain was
saying.
"This sounds awfully familiar." Ki-Ki whispered and Dru hushed her to be quiet.
"It is seems that the Dark Wanderer is really Diablo himself!"
Everyone gasped and began talking at once.
"And I just thought The Wanderer was just some crazy old man!" Charsi gasped next to Gheed.
"Who the hell is that Dark Wanderer?" Eudora asked.
"You've certainly been out of the loop for a while." Ki-Ki answered. "Does that mean we will
have to kill the Dark Wanderer or Diablo? Will we be killing a man or a demon or both?" Ki-Ki
continued.
"If what Deckerd Cain says is true than he is no longer a man..." Dru attempted to answer.
"Then that must be why Andariel is here!" Akara pondered.
"By the Holy Light! I had nearly forgotten about her!" Dru answered.
"How could you have forgotten about her?" Rouge the Rogue asked angrily. Willy patted her on
the back and snorted at Dru for forgetting such an enemy as Andariel.
"You must help us defeat her!" Kashya said to Zhon.
"I'm going with you!" Eudora said on the other side of him.
"And I can take you toward the East after you defeat Andariel!" Warriv said excitably. "I think
it should be safe to travel again!"
"Wait, wait, wait..." Zhon said.
"We're going back to the Desert?" Ki-Ki exclaimed.
"And I will travel with you on the remainder of your travels." Deckard Cain said. "Who could
pass up such an adventure. Being around you is better than seeing one of those Comedy plays in
Kurast!"
"Ok! Silence!" Zhon yelled and everyone stopped talking and looked at him to see what he
would say.
"I will defeat Andariel." He said looking over at Kashya and Akara. "Then I will travel East
toward the City of Lut Gholein searching for this...Dark Wanderer or Diablo or whoever he is."
Everyone began to murmur, but Zhon held his hand up for silence and everyone quieted.
"But first I want to know who is coming with me."
"I am!" Eudora jumped up. "I'll kill that Maiden-whore of Anguish."
"I think it is just Maiden of Ang--..." Dru began.
"I know what I said!" Eudora interrupted.
"You know you can count on me!" Ki-Ki said standing next to Eudora. Eudora eyed the skinny
woman up and down and scowled, but Ki-Ki didn't notice.
"My services to you are at your disposal!" Dru said standing up.
"And you can always count on us!" Rogue said petting Willy on the back of his skull.
"Good..good." Zhon muttered.
"I know I can trust Ki-Ki and I am pretty sure I can trust the skeleton and the Rogue, but how do
I know I can trust you two?" Zhon said looking at the Paladin and the woman in black.
"Of course you can trust them!" Ki-Ki defended. "Well, you can trust Dru, I don't know about
her..." Ki-Ki added.
"Please." Zhon said. "Before we go into battle, I wish to know your stories."
"And I wish to know yours!" Eudora said. "I've never heard of someone with your powers."
"You first." Zhon challenged.
"Very well..." Eudora said.
And thus began her story...
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"After me Uncle here Gheed, left me without a home and without any money I became a beggar
on the streets."
"I didn't know my brother had died and left you nothing!" Gheed said. "I would never have left
my family crippled!"
Eudora snorted and continued with her story.
"There were only two choices for me all alone on the streets without a home, without a family,
without a title or money! I could either become a thief...or a whore!"
"So you chose to become a thief..." Zhon said.
She smiled mysteriously.
"Yeah..." She answered. "You wish I'd have chosen the other choice, eh?"
Zhon shocked at her comment was at a loss of words. "No...I...you see..."
"That's Ok." Eudora said. "You've actually been quite a gentlemen. But this Paladin here..."
"What about Dru?!" Ki-Ki shouted.
"Well nothing against you ma'am," she said smiling. "But he's been staring at my boobs ever
since I got here!"
"What!" Ki-Ki squealed and spun over to look at Dru who had turned a lovely shade of tomato
red.
"I don't know what she is talking about!" Dru said, but couldn't help but turn his eyes towards
Eudora's chest.
"Why you!" Ki-Ki said. "I thought you were a Paladin!" She said huffily.
"Never mind that." Eudora said. "On with my story."
And Ki-Ki glared at Eudora, but Eudora ignored her.
"I became involved with this guild you see..."
"The Assassin's guild or the Viz Jaq'taar!" Zhon said seemingly remembering something.
"Yeah! How'd ya know?" She answered amazed by his knowledge.
"I knew I recognized that blade you use. Only assassin's use it to sneak up behind people and slit
their throats."
Eudora pulled out her Katar. "Yeah. Got this one specially made."
"My niece? An Assassin?" Gheed muttered. "How can it be?"
"What did you expect, Uncle?" Eudora swung over to him. "This is all your fault that I am like
this!"
"Um...sorry?" Gheed said. And with that, Eudora punched him in the face. Charsi tried to catch
him on the fall down.
"I've always wanted to do that!" Eudora explained to everyone who had a look of shock on their
face.
"Poor Gheed..." Charsi cooed over him and his bloody nose.
"Don't you coo over him like that, you whore!" Eudora yelled.
Zhon jumped up. "Do not talk to Charsi like that Eudora!"
"Aww! So you like the chick too?" Eudora smiled mischievously. Charsi looked up at him with
questioning eyes. Then back down at Gheed. Yet everyone's eyes were now upon Zhon.
Zhon tried to remain cool and run his hands through his hair. Then he sat down. "Just continue
with your story." He mumbled.
Eudora laughed and continued...
"I heard about all the evil going on down here. And a reward was put up for Diablo's head. So I
figured in order to catch evil, I gotta go where evil is. And I know Tristram has a history. But
when I went there everything seemed to have washed away in a flood.
So I traveled on till I came upon a book in the wilderness which told about treasure under the
Forbidden Tower being guarded by this chick who had bathed and blood and all that demonic
stuff.
Being one who always looks out for a bargain, I figured I'd check the place out. And there was a
lot of money there, let me tell you! I had to kill in order to get it, but that's no biggie!"
"She's not like you." Warriv whispered to Zhon. "She seems to be the 'kill first and ask
questions later' type of gal. Do you think we have a chance?"
"Why are you asking me?" Zhon whispered back.
"You set up the Rogue and the skeleton together. And whoever saw that one coming? Perhaps
you could...set us up too."
"---And so I decided to come here! See if I would get any payment for assassinating the
Countess. But I saw you already have your hero! The Magician." She looked over at Zhon.
"I've never heard of a magician killing monsters and all. Back home they are just men who can
perform the type of trick that tricks you out of your money! That is why I am curious to hear
your story!"
"I've already told it once..."
"And it didn't make a bit of sense.." Kashya muttered.
"Yeah, well...I wanna follow you to the Desert. If the Dark Wanderer is truly Diablo then I can
get 10 billion gold pieces for his head!"
"All right then." Zhon agreed.
"Too bad you can't share some of that money..." Ki-Ki muttered.
"I'm willing to fund the Magician on this trip." Eudora announced. "But first I wish to hear his
story..."
"I will tell it again with more detail than last time. But I'd rather like to hear the Paladin's side
of the story first."
And they all looked over toward the Paladin who shifted uncomfortably in his chair.
Thus began the Paladin's story...
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"It is not that great of a story really." Dru started humbly.
"I went off on a quest a year ago in order to better my skills and to meditate on what was right.
My brethren had been persecuting any one who would not follow the teachings of the Church of
Zakarum, and I disagreed with their methods, so they sent me off on a quest to find the Sword-
Fist of Heaven. Though I now know they never expected me to find it and had nearly sent me
off so that they may carry on their plans in peace."
"Did you ever find the sword?" Ki-Ki asked.
"No." Dru answered sadly. "I begin to wonder if it even exists."
"But I traveled many places. I wandered through Kehjistan and up to Scosglen. I tried to set
foot in the Barbarian lands, but was sent away. I traveled back towards my home in the West
never having completed the quest. But what I found there was death, destruction, and ruin..."
Dru said in a strained voice.
Ki-Ki put her hand upon his shoulder and Dru paused to control himself.
"I wondered aimlessly for a while. Then I found myself in Aranoch and I remembered in my
youth of the traveling circus that I had seen there. And when I heard of the Sisters of the
Sightless eye who were in need of help, I came here and who should I learn of than the same
Magician who had amazed me in my youth."
"So that is how you know of the Magician?" Ki-Ki asked him.
He smiled down on her. "Yes."
Zhon smiled to himself. "I never knew I had touched any young boys heart..." He commented.
"But it is nice of you to help me in the search for Diablo...and you also Eudora assassin of the
Viz Jaq'taar."
She smiled showing off crooked teeth. "Thanx." She said.
"And now I suppose I should tell you of my story because you were not here when I first relayed
it to the inhabitants of the camp."
Thus Zhon te Fee'iar told his story, again....
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I already told you Ki-Ki and I come from far away. Our lands have not even been charted on the
Sanctuary map. If you travel East on the River Argentek and go through the jungle East of that
and then travel northeast for a while you will come to our lands. In my youth I had always
wanted to become a magician and so I practiced and read every book I could read. I read
everything from the Zann Esu book of Magic to the Holy book of the Zakarum."
"You have read our teachings!" Dru said approvingly.
"I came to Sanctuary and started a traveling circus in the Desert of Aranoch. I followed this
career for ten years." Zhon continued. "Later Ki-Ki followed me. Then we heard of the trouble
brewing in the West and decided to help the Rogue encampment in need."
"And for that we thank you." Kashya said smiling.
"Yes--Gee--Thanks!" Charsi added quickly.
"So lets go kill Andariel!" Eudora said jumping up excitably.
"Not so fast Eudora." Zhon said. "First we must all prepare."
"I'm ready as I'll ever be!"
"Meet back with me in an hour." Zhon said and everyone got up and went their separate ways till
the hour would pass.
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So how was that? Do you like the extra character, the assassin? I have soo much fun writing
new characters! Heh heh. And I have so much fun reading reviews. So make my day! Review!
I dare you!
: |-
anymore. I already got about two chapters of this story written so look forward to this story in
the future. But as to everything else...? Stop bothering me about it. But I still love you though.
: )
Oh yeah, get ready. This chapter is about Gheed. So if you like Gheed bashing then this is the
chapter for you.
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Zhon walked over to the fire. Next to it sat Warriv and Deckard Cain who were talking to a
small woman in black.
"And here comes the Magician now!" Warriv said to the small woman. Zhon not knowing what
else to do bowed respectably to the lady. She snorted in response and he looked up curiously at
the small woman.
She had short dark hair and a pale face which at the moment had a scowl on it. She wore a black
cloak over a short black skirt and greyish armor. At her sides she clutched two crude looking
knives.
"This is Eudora." Warriv said winking at Zhon. "She has defeated the Countess in the
Forbidden Tower."
"And I gained a lot of mulla in the process..." She added with a nasal voice.
"Yes, there was many treasures under the Forbidden tower as well as many dangers." Deckard
Cain added.
"And it is all mine!" Eudora added. A greedy look formed in her eyes.
"You should meet someone by the name of Gheed." Zhon said. "You would be perfect for each
other!"
She stood up angrily. "Gheed is here?" She demanded clutching at the Magician.
"Um yes..." Zhon answered confused by her outburst.
"Why that no good of an uncle..." She cursed under her breath.
"You mean Gheed is your uncle?!" Warriv asked in disbelief.
"Yeah." she answered in disgust. "And he owes me quite a bit of money." She answered.
"Where is he?!" She said staring at each of the men in their faces.
"Why I'll be darned!" Warriv commented. "I knew it wasn't a mistake to stay in the Rogue
encampment! There is never a boring day!"
"I know what you mean." Deckard Cain added. "Why just the other day I think Akara was
winking at me from afar." He chuckled.
"WHERE IS GHEED?!" Eudora yelled like a child wanting attention.
Warriv shrugged. "He could be by his wagons..."
"Or taking another bath in the creek." Zhon added.
The three men laughed merrily.
"I'll find him!" Dora stated. "This stupid town can't be too big for him to hide in..."
And with that she marched off. Zhon curiously followed her.
They found Gheed trying to peak into a tent. Zhon immediately saw it was Ki-Ki's tent and
became very, very mad.
"Uncle Gheed!" Eudora called with her hands on her hips. But both Gheed and Eudora were
surprised when Zhon rushed up to Gheed and held him five inches off the ground.
"What do you want?" Gheed said surprised beyond anything to see his niece and Zhon there at
the same time.
Zhon raised him another inch.
"You wouldn't be spying on my lovely assistant would you?" Zhon said in a low voice.
"Gheed have you become a peepin' Tom now, as well as a swindling thief?!" Dora asked besides
him.
"What if I was..." Gheed challenged and Zhon shook him violently. "There's nothing wrong
with just looking..." Gheed said in a squeaky voice.
"Ooooooh." Eudora said. "You're in for it now, Uncle." She continued obviously liking what
Zhon was doing.
"Oh yes there is!" Zhon said getting inches away from the stinky man's face. "And as long as I
am here I better not ever catch you spying into Ki-Ki's tent or anyone elses for that matter!"
Zhon added.
"Do you understand?" Zhon said darkly.
"Uh huh!" Gheed answered shaking his head up and down fearfully.
"Good." Eudora said. And Zhon let the man down who was gasping for breath and holding his
hand on his chest.
"Now about that money you owe me!" Eudora said. Gheed tried to run away, but Eudora
stopped him. "Hey you!" She motioned to Zhon. "Hold him again."
Zhon smiled. "No ma'am." He answered. "This is between you and your uncle."
"Yeah! That's right!" Gheed said gaining courage. "And I don't owe you any money."
Eudora took out one of her strange knives and held it in front of Gheed's face. It gleamed under
the pale light. "I'm not the same girl you knew two years ago when I last saw you Uncle."
Eudora warned and Gheed's face immediately turned pale.
"Don't hurt me!" Gheed whined. "I'm your Uncle remember?"
"Too bad." She muttered. "It's a curse to have a lazy, stealin, cheatin, coward of an Uncle like
you around who steals money from his own kin! Why I should chop you into pieces right now!
Starting with your..." Her knife moved downwards towards Gheed's abdomen.
Gheed squealed. "I'll give you whatever money you want!" He agreed.
And Zhon chuckled to himself as he left the two loving family members to sort out their
differences in the only way they knew how.
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Everyone in the camp sat around the fire as Deckard Cain gave a speech. Even though the
residence in the camp had risen ever since Zhon's appearance, they still managed to fit everyone
around the fire.
Yet, it was time for Zhon to complete the last quest in the Rogue encampment.
"It is clear to me that we are facing an evil even greater than imagined..." Deckard Cain was
saying.
"This sounds awfully familiar." Ki-Ki whispered and Dru hushed her to be quiet.
"It is seems that the Dark Wanderer is really Diablo himself!"
Everyone gasped and began talking at once.
"And I just thought The Wanderer was just some crazy old man!" Charsi gasped next to Gheed.
"Who the hell is that Dark Wanderer?" Eudora asked.
"You've certainly been out of the loop for a while." Ki-Ki answered. "Does that mean we will
have to kill the Dark Wanderer or Diablo? Will we be killing a man or a demon or both?" Ki-Ki
continued.
"If what Deckerd Cain says is true than he is no longer a man..." Dru attempted to answer.
"Then that must be why Andariel is here!" Akara pondered.
"By the Holy Light! I had nearly forgotten about her!" Dru answered.
"How could you have forgotten about her?" Rouge the Rogue asked angrily. Willy patted her on
the back and snorted at Dru for forgetting such an enemy as Andariel.
"You must help us defeat her!" Kashya said to Zhon.
"I'm going with you!" Eudora said on the other side of him.
"And I can take you toward the East after you defeat Andariel!" Warriv said excitably. "I think
it should be safe to travel again!"
"Wait, wait, wait..." Zhon said.
"We're going back to the Desert?" Ki-Ki exclaimed.
"And I will travel with you on the remainder of your travels." Deckard Cain said. "Who could
pass up such an adventure. Being around you is better than seeing one of those Comedy plays in
Kurast!"
"Ok! Silence!" Zhon yelled and everyone stopped talking and looked at him to see what he
would say.
"I will defeat Andariel." He said looking over at Kashya and Akara. "Then I will travel East
toward the City of Lut Gholein searching for this...Dark Wanderer or Diablo or whoever he is."
Everyone began to murmur, but Zhon held his hand up for silence and everyone quieted.
"But first I want to know who is coming with me."
"I am!" Eudora jumped up. "I'll kill that Maiden-whore of Anguish."
"I think it is just Maiden of Ang--..." Dru began.
"I know what I said!" Eudora interrupted.
"You know you can count on me!" Ki-Ki said standing next to Eudora. Eudora eyed the skinny
woman up and down and scowled, but Ki-Ki didn't notice.
"My services to you are at your disposal!" Dru said standing up.
"And you can always count on us!" Rogue said petting Willy on the back of his skull.
"Good..good." Zhon muttered.
"I know I can trust Ki-Ki and I am pretty sure I can trust the skeleton and the Rogue, but how do
I know I can trust you two?" Zhon said looking at the Paladin and the woman in black.
"Of course you can trust them!" Ki-Ki defended. "Well, you can trust Dru, I don't know about
her..." Ki-Ki added.
"Please." Zhon said. "Before we go into battle, I wish to know your stories."
"And I wish to know yours!" Eudora said. "I've never heard of someone with your powers."
"You first." Zhon challenged.
"Very well..." Eudora said.
And thus began her story...
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"After me Uncle here Gheed, left me without a home and without any money I became a beggar
on the streets."
"I didn't know my brother had died and left you nothing!" Gheed said. "I would never have left
my family crippled!"
Eudora snorted and continued with her story.
"There were only two choices for me all alone on the streets without a home, without a family,
without a title or money! I could either become a thief...or a whore!"
"So you chose to become a thief..." Zhon said.
She smiled mysteriously.
"Yeah..." She answered. "You wish I'd have chosen the other choice, eh?"
Zhon shocked at her comment was at a loss of words. "No...I...you see..."
"That's Ok." Eudora said. "You've actually been quite a gentlemen. But this Paladin here..."
"What about Dru?!" Ki-Ki shouted.
"Well nothing against you ma'am," she said smiling. "But he's been staring at my boobs ever
since I got here!"
"What!" Ki-Ki squealed and spun over to look at Dru who had turned a lovely shade of tomato
red.
"I don't know what she is talking about!" Dru said, but couldn't help but turn his eyes towards
Eudora's chest.
"Why you!" Ki-Ki said. "I thought you were a Paladin!" She said huffily.
"Never mind that." Eudora said. "On with my story."
And Ki-Ki glared at Eudora, but Eudora ignored her.
"I became involved with this guild you see..."
"The Assassin's guild or the Viz Jaq'taar!" Zhon said seemingly remembering something.
"Yeah! How'd ya know?" She answered amazed by his knowledge.
"I knew I recognized that blade you use. Only assassin's use it to sneak up behind people and slit
their throats."
Eudora pulled out her Katar. "Yeah. Got this one specially made."
"My niece? An Assassin?" Gheed muttered. "How can it be?"
"What did you expect, Uncle?" Eudora swung over to him. "This is all your fault that I am like
this!"
"Um...sorry?" Gheed said. And with that, Eudora punched him in the face. Charsi tried to catch
him on the fall down.
"I've always wanted to do that!" Eudora explained to everyone who had a look of shock on their
face.
"Poor Gheed..." Charsi cooed over him and his bloody nose.
"Don't you coo over him like that, you whore!" Eudora yelled.
Zhon jumped up. "Do not talk to Charsi like that Eudora!"
"Aww! So you like the chick too?" Eudora smiled mischievously. Charsi looked up at him with
questioning eyes. Then back down at Gheed. Yet everyone's eyes were now upon Zhon.
Zhon tried to remain cool and run his hands through his hair. Then he sat down. "Just continue
with your story." He mumbled.
Eudora laughed and continued...
"I heard about all the evil going on down here. And a reward was put up for Diablo's head. So I
figured in order to catch evil, I gotta go where evil is. And I know Tristram has a history. But
when I went there everything seemed to have washed away in a flood.
So I traveled on till I came upon a book in the wilderness which told about treasure under the
Forbidden Tower being guarded by this chick who had bathed and blood and all that demonic
stuff.
Being one who always looks out for a bargain, I figured I'd check the place out. And there was a
lot of money there, let me tell you! I had to kill in order to get it, but that's no biggie!"
"She's not like you." Warriv whispered to Zhon. "She seems to be the 'kill first and ask
questions later' type of gal. Do you think we have a chance?"
"Why are you asking me?" Zhon whispered back.
"You set up the Rogue and the skeleton together. And whoever saw that one coming? Perhaps
you could...set us up too."
"---And so I decided to come here! See if I would get any payment for assassinating the
Countess. But I saw you already have your hero! The Magician." She looked over at Zhon.
"I've never heard of a magician killing monsters and all. Back home they are just men who can
perform the type of trick that tricks you out of your money! That is why I am curious to hear
your story!"
"I've already told it once..."
"And it didn't make a bit of sense.." Kashya muttered.
"Yeah, well...I wanna follow you to the Desert. If the Dark Wanderer is truly Diablo then I can
get 10 billion gold pieces for his head!"
"All right then." Zhon agreed.
"Too bad you can't share some of that money..." Ki-Ki muttered.
"I'm willing to fund the Magician on this trip." Eudora announced. "But first I wish to hear his
story..."
"I will tell it again with more detail than last time. But I'd rather like to hear the Paladin's side
of the story first."
And they all looked over toward the Paladin who shifted uncomfortably in his chair.
Thus began the Paladin's story...
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"It is not that great of a story really." Dru started humbly.
"I went off on a quest a year ago in order to better my skills and to meditate on what was right.
My brethren had been persecuting any one who would not follow the teachings of the Church of
Zakarum, and I disagreed with their methods, so they sent me off on a quest to find the Sword-
Fist of Heaven. Though I now know they never expected me to find it and had nearly sent me
off so that they may carry on their plans in peace."
"Did you ever find the sword?" Ki-Ki asked.
"No." Dru answered sadly. "I begin to wonder if it even exists."
"But I traveled many places. I wandered through Kehjistan and up to Scosglen. I tried to set
foot in the Barbarian lands, but was sent away. I traveled back towards my home in the West
never having completed the quest. But what I found there was death, destruction, and ruin..."
Dru said in a strained voice.
Ki-Ki put her hand upon his shoulder and Dru paused to control himself.
"I wondered aimlessly for a while. Then I found myself in Aranoch and I remembered in my
youth of the traveling circus that I had seen there. And when I heard of the Sisters of the
Sightless eye who were in need of help, I came here and who should I learn of than the same
Magician who had amazed me in my youth."
"So that is how you know of the Magician?" Ki-Ki asked him.
He smiled down on her. "Yes."
Zhon smiled to himself. "I never knew I had touched any young boys heart..." He commented.
"But it is nice of you to help me in the search for Diablo...and you also Eudora assassin of the
Viz Jaq'taar."
She smiled showing off crooked teeth. "Thanx." She said.
"And now I suppose I should tell you of my story because you were not here when I first relayed
it to the inhabitants of the camp."
Thus Zhon te Fee'iar told his story, again....
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I already told you Ki-Ki and I come from far away. Our lands have not even been charted on the
Sanctuary map. If you travel East on the River Argentek and go through the jungle East of that
and then travel northeast for a while you will come to our lands. In my youth I had always
wanted to become a magician and so I practiced and read every book I could read. I read
everything from the Zann Esu book of Magic to the Holy book of the Zakarum."
"You have read our teachings!" Dru said approvingly.
"I came to Sanctuary and started a traveling circus in the Desert of Aranoch. I followed this
career for ten years." Zhon continued. "Later Ki-Ki followed me. Then we heard of the trouble
brewing in the West and decided to help the Rogue encampment in need."
"And for that we thank you." Kashya said smiling.
"Yes--Gee--Thanks!" Charsi added quickly.
"So lets go kill Andariel!" Eudora said jumping up excitably.
"Not so fast Eudora." Zhon said. "First we must all prepare."
"I'm ready as I'll ever be!"
"Meet back with me in an hour." Zhon said and everyone got up and went their separate ways till
the hour would pass.
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So how was that? Do you like the extra character, the assassin? I have soo much fun writing
new characters! Heh heh. And I have so much fun reading reviews. So make my day! Review!
I dare you!
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