Pages 1 - 3
Cale meets Richard and it's really awkward. They discuss philosophy, murder a farmer, and give clever nicknames to one another. Then Richard swooshes about 99% of Cale. Cale clutches to that 1% of life enough to: stay alive; talk; perceive the world about as well as when he was 100%.
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Pages 4
Richard, determined to help his recently-disintegrated new friend, meanders into
the first town he stumbles across, polymorphing the mouthier of two dwarf guards into a frog. The other survives, slightly crisped.
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Pages 5 - 9
A classic tale of priestess heals incinerated elf, elf protects priestess from bullying warrior, elf's animal companion mauls elf, and warlock has everyone peel the skin from their bones.
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Pages 10 - 12
Cale, Benny, and Richard's getaway wasn't as clean as they thought; A freakin' dragon gets the drop on them! Luckily, Krunch gets the drop on it.
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Pages 13 - 14
Saddle up your panther, the getaway continues into a man-eating mountain range.
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Pages 15 - 18
Cale, Benny, Richard, and Krunch's escape takes them inside a mountain defended by gnomes. Well, "defended".
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Pages 19 - 20
To stop the hilarious genocide of these gnomes, Cale agrees to help chief engineer Toyk with Mechastone's war with the trolls. No one is happy with Cale.
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Pages 21
Back in the caves, this time heading north with gnome scout Fitch.
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Pages 22 - 32
That's a big troll army, with their war machines and legions and Tim and Styx. Krunch kills Fitch as a cover story and because he has rage issues, and Stoll because maybe it was the right thing to do?
Also, ends up Richard can kick ass without magic.
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