From: pcalvert@economics.adelaide.edu.au
Date: 19 Aug 92 00:46:30 GMT
Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
Subject: [KQ] ...sage [library] Thk's trident ...part 1

characters : ...sage, Thk's Trident, interest to Kronquesters(?)

ADMIN: Trident recovery has been ok'ed with Michael Rigler

It lay forgotten on the plain of Brass, silver tines twinkling softly in
the ruddy light. The Trident of Thk, abandonned during his jaunt to the
plane of Fire with Quruuminias, lay next to a vent spewing forth its
sulphurous contents, looking for all the world like, ... well ..., a fish
out of water.

The Plane of fire is an odd place, forever in a state of flux as it contends
with the more passive major planes on either side.
Earth and Air and water are cold to fire, and are far more passive, so the
boudaries between those planes are more stable in their respective environments
whereas the boundaries of fire are well known to planar travellers as being
places to avoid if possible, no landmarks stay for long, and the denizens of
fire are always on the look out for more energy to consume.

So it was that an efreet in a nearby tower noticed the arrival and rapid
departure of Thk and Quruuminias, and the twinkle of an object left behind.

He arrived at the spot within moments, for one never knows when other eyes
are looking as well, and reached down for the prone trident.


                tssssssssssssss   and a cloud of steam rose from the point
where the efreet ahd touched the trident, and
                aaaarrrrrggghhhh  cried the efreet as the cold metal of the
trident (being linked to the Plane of Water) chilled his skin.

                "grijak!" cried the efreet and an elemental bubble formed
around the trident. Then, causing it to levitate and follow, the efreet
trumped back to his tower, pondering over what to do with his new toy.

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"Elemental imbalance?"  and a puzzled expression crossed ...sage's brow.

While waiting for Iglyarch he had decided to mentally map out the path that
he and 'Raelf had taken from Earth to get back to Generica, and part of that
route had been through the Plane of Fire.
Since it was a lot quicker than ...sage's initial route to Earth, ...sage
thought that it would be a good idea to map the path as best he could, in
case any future trips were needed.
The Plane of Fire was causing problems though, due to its continually changing
nature, however, ...sage had found that by aligning the path with the
elemental matrix of the Plane, he could rough out the appropriate set of
vectors needed for the quickest journey through the Plane.

However, he had found that there was a trace of elemental Water along the
path and that was throwing his calculations off centre.

Focussing in on the water ...sage scryed the Plain of Brass and the form of
Thk's trident swam into view, moving slowly behind a travelling efreet.
The trident seemed familiar, and then he remembered that he had seen a
the trident in the hands of a lizardman through the eyes of his servant, when
the servant was still in the group accompanying Kron.

"This will never do" thought the drow to himself, "and I need some action while
waiting for Iglyarch to prepare himself."

Slowly a plan for the Trident's recovery began forming in his mind

                                                TBC

                                                        ...sage