Counceller,

Perhaps you remember me from before. The gnome you expelled from your establishmet after he risked his life and used a fortune worth of potions in the process without providing any compensation in anyway shape or form despite he sheer amount of artifiacts that were found.

I'm a reasonable man. So here's what I want, ten potions of cure serious wounds and 500 gold to cover my supplies. This is not unreasonable. Now should you decide not to be a reasonable man. I'm afraid I'll have to do something utterly unreasonable. I'l have to tell every rag tag adventurer under the sun what these artifiacts that you need so badly look like and there sheer value to your establishment. As well as searching for them myself and going as far to destroying them if they have no other use.

Do you really wan tto put yourself through that? Oh and don't think having someone take care of me will make this go away. I've taken precautions that should I happen to go missing word will spread like a wild fire. Aswell if you deliver the goods and they turn out to be faulty in any way. Especially if they result in my death the same conseqeunces will befall you.

Its not much to ask for really. You have until the end of this day to respond otherwise I'm just going to go ahead with my plans. All I want is replacement supplies for those I used and the compensation I was promised by your initiate.

Send word to the Crone.

Zan

The letter is given to Granard Rube to handle.

a letter sent in reply, the letters large and blocky but neatly written

Gnome,

You have been found guilty of transgressions against the faith of the Lord of Earth and Stone as witnessed by all present. You are hereby removed from the rolls and stripped of all ability to enter into the Hold or any religous ceremony, or to receive any blessings from a member of the Faith until you have paid penance for what you have done.

In order to properly return to where you should be in the sight of the Faith, you are to tithe 800 gold coins and give proper prayer before receiving the Rite of Earth before the alter in the Hold and dedicating yourself to the true Faith of the Eternal Grumbar before a poper priest of Grumbar as recognized by the clergy of the Hold. Once such penance is given we will be assured you work for the faith and you will be blessed not only with things physical, but those things of greater worth.

May your soul return quickly to the earth and stone, before your mortal frame does.

signed Initiate Granard Rube of the Hold, Priest of Grumbar

* a reply is penned to Granard Rube *

One of the more amusing replies considering what you have already robbed of me thus far. I did'nt wish payment merely compensation for what I lost I have yet to been able to replace what I used on that trip.

Your response is what I expected from one of the establishments the greedy rich establishments of upper dedicated to keeping the poor of lower poor. It is only a blessing that there are goodly shrines in lower wishing to accomadate such things.

Well then I already said what I was going to do. I shall proceed as planned. I have already informed a few contacts of these artifiacts and I must say they are rather interested.

I will cease my search for them once I am compensated for what I have lost. Once again I'll underline the fact that all I want is some REPLACEMENT supplies for what I used to HELP YOU.

Zan

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