From: kring@efes.physik.uni-kl.de (Thomas Kettenring)
Subject: [L] Dragon Riders at the Castle
Organization: FB Physik, Universitaet Kaiserslautern, Germany
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 18:40:49 GMT

ADMIN: Again, posting for The Dreamer, this time without adding anything.

     At the appointed time, Mat, Salamander, and Prince Permus mounted the
blue dragon and took off for the castle.  They all hoped that Luthor, Bakr,
and Brycur had been successful in their infiltration.  If not, they were in
for a short and deadly encounter.
     A few minutes later, they arrived at their destination, the castle of
Queen Shana Tremor of Cormyr.  Immediately, the alarm was sounded by the
shocked and paralysed guards of the castle.  The dragonriders could see them
running about confused; some were trying to run away while others were trying
to keep them at their posts.  Needless to say, they were in no shape to fight
off a HUGE blue dragon with a 100 yard wingspan.
     The dragon landed and its three riders dismounted.  One stepped foreward
and in a commanding voice said, "I am Prince Permus.  I was banished from this
land by my mother who has lost her reason.  I have come to claim the throne
which is now rightly mine.  Let me pass and I will reward you well.  Try to
stop me and I will unleash the power of this dragon upon you."
     Immediately the soldiers began talking to each other about this incredible
event.
     "Is it really Permus?"
     "Looks like Permus."
     "Look at the size of that thing."
     "Permus, look guys, Permus has returned!"
     "If we let him through, we all go to the Red Room."
     "Only if he loses."
     "That dragon is enormous."
     "Let him pass."
     "You got my vote Permus...kill the Bitch."

     "QUIET, all you shut up or I'll have your hides," said a large man in
full plate armor.  He turned toward Permus, "Prince, I am sorry, but I am
honor bound to defend the Queen.  I will fight you single handedly.  If you
defeat me, you can enter the castle, but if I win, I'll have your life."
     "Permus, that guy is HUGE, I'll have the dragon breathe on him," said
Salamander, noting that the guy who challenged him was twice Permus in weight,
and it didn't look like it was from too much food either.
     "No, I have to do this myself," Permus replied.

     The two warriors faced off, circling each other looking for an opening.
Permus was the first to attack.  He stabbed at the large guard's middle,
but the attack was blocked by the guard's sword.  Then, the guard made a
clumsy counterattack, but his sword was blocked and thrown from his hand.

     The guard winked at Permus and wispered, "I had to make it look good.
May the luck of Tymora help you this day."
     Then he turned to the spectators and said, "Permus has beaten me fairly
and without trick or magic.  Let him pass."
     The guards obeyed and let Permus, Salamander, and Mat enter the castle,
some even wished him luck as he passed.

     Love and Peace and Fair Fights,
             -The Dreamer-


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