| You grew up the son of a midwife, but decided such a profession was lacking in excitement. After much hard training, (if you never hyperventilate again, it'll be too soon) you finally became a mighty Fighter. You rode into the city of Lurkmoor, and met a shadowy stranger in a hooded cloak who was sitting in the corner of the local bar. He told you about the legendary Silver Shark of Swampleton, which is rumored to be hidden in an ancient tomb near the village of Cold Crick, and promised you a hefty fee if you could bring it to him. Figuring he wouldn't offer you the quest if it weren't level-appropriate, you readily agreed. Everything was going great but you soon were confounded by a fiendish rearranging of tiles with pictures of plumbing on them puzzle, and by the time you figured out to solve it, you were steamed as an underfed Vietnamese pot-bellied pig. Fortunately, "giving up" isn't in your dictionary (probably because it's two words), so you persevered. You fought your way through countless thieves and lizardmen -- even a weretiger! But eventually you found the lair of the sinister Ice Lord Baaaal, and were able to defeat him by knocking him into a sphere of annihilation with a lucky critical hit. Bruised but successful, you made it back to the nearby city of Calamaria and claimed your reward.
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