The Greatest Storybook Ever by Drappi Sparkleshine

[Damien]

This is a compilation of the greatest gnome adventurers ever documented.

-----The Mines of Death-------

It was a windy, salty day at the beach! Our target being the magnificent cave of gems. AHHHH!!!!! were the screams of a dying gnome as his skin and blood boiled. Confused and scared we charged at several gem type beings and cut them down, then we found them!

They hissed at shot arrows at us, hiding behind barricades like sneaky cowards. Kobolds and plenty of them, led by the most sneaky kobold wielding a sword of filthy evil kobold magic! We prepared and charged like the great heroes we are, smashing barricade and kobold bone alike. Robby held off the kobold leader whilst the rest cut down the sneaky crossbow wielding kobolds, SLASH, WACK and they were dead!

Praising Garl we ran at the kobold leader, hitting him again and again and Dobby ever fearless accepting the slices from the kobolds longsword of sneakiness. After several close calls the kobold was killed so we pressed on, little did we know what awaited us!!!!

We were greeted by crystals of DEATH! shooting fire at us, burning us, IT REALLY HURT! but we managed to pass it and suddenly we were attacked by flaming undead and another SNEAKY kobold, dressed in fire! We swung with great fury at the many enemies, we were like boulders, like mountains! taking the blows and yet continuing to stand, fighting off the hordes.

Then they began to strike at us with fury. Demmy was surrounded but he was fearless, he continued his attack on the undead. With his might and hammer he cut down many before finally falling to the vast undead horde!!!

We mourned our loss briefly but we were not finished, we did not have time to mourn yet! we cut through the remaining spawns of undead and fire elementals. We sighed, were we done? is it finished?

Oh no! Another sneaky kobold comes along, this time covered in ice!
We charge the kobold swinging at it over and over, but this one would not go down! He disappeared before our very eyes before trying to stab one of us in the back, sneaky KOBOLD!
Dobby, Robby, Jane and Donjegar charged it together but were unable to hit the scaleface so with my ingenius thinking I pulled out a gnomish device and set the kobold alight, IT WAS PERFECT! Distracted and on fire Dobby managed to kill the kobold

Then at last we came to the end of the cave and found the very cave come alive and attacked us. Everyone charged it using all remaining strength to bring it down, it glowed shooting magic at everyone whilst still pounding at the floor, trying to hit us!
But everyone knows...we are gnomes! we smashed at it until in crumbled beneath our feet! Victory was ours. We had destroyed the sneaky evil kobolds and won the day, however we had lost our friend and began our mourning. May Demmy reach the Hills and live in peace forever!

--End--

[Damien]

*A new entry is added*

---Rotten Luck---

It was another fine day, and the gnomish union were calmly enjoying themselves. Everyone seemed at peace, meeting and greet each other. However, as per usual, this peace was broken by the rantings of a fine dwarf woman shouting at a SKULL wearing cripple!
"I ain't nae fear ye god" she said, "I be stonekin, ye canae stop meh an ' neither kin ye god!"
The SKULL FACE merely laughed before casting a most EVIL enchantment on the dwarven lass, after which he jumped upon his orc companion's shoulders and ran away!

The dwarven lass began to scream and cry, she had been CURSED. Her very skin boiled and rotted, "Soap!" Donjegar suggested but it was no good, the smell would not leave!
She screamed and ran away to the gates, followed quickly by a human and Sheldan. Intrigued the Gnomish Union followed and found them huddled in a circle, THEY HAD ALL BECOME INFECTED!!
Screams and prays to gods were said by the dwarves, hoping to overt the curse upon them but it was of little use.

To try and lighten the mood in a very upstanding manner I supplied them with several jokes, the guards however did not find this funny and tried to ARREST me! Luckily before they could do so the rot priest came, still ridding his orc mount! He glanced at the cursed dwarves and man. He raised his stump for an arm and jabbed at them "Yous been cursed by da rot god!" "Give me muniez and yous be healed!" A dwarven guard was astounded by this and arrest both the priest and his orc mount and took them in for questioning.

That's the end of that we thought BUT OH NO! A wounded footman came running through, "Oh gods help us, THEY OVERRUN US! ITS THE ROT!!!!", "Of course" said the gnomish Union. We readied ourselves before being greeted by the most beautiful sight, a woman of such beauty one could be glad she was the last thing they saw before they died, luscious long legs and a beautiful that could be compared to the silent beauty of a nights sky. Sewell is her name, we had met many times before! She joined us, along with the still infected dwarves.

After several minutes we arrived at the entrance of the Bog and were greeted by two more wounded footman, "They just keep coming, THERE ARE TOO MANY!" screamed one before running away.
The gnomish union prepared themselves, chanting various incantations and prayers to gods, then they came. Rotting tree freaks, black vines as dark and poisonous as DROW and giant trees the size of giants...THE SIZE OF FORESTS! We slammed against the enemies with great fury and were greeted with the same from the rotting freaks.

The battle seemed to last an age, the giant tree men would not go down easily but neither did we! We pressed our attack until all of the incoming forces were destroyed. We then continued onto the bog.

We all sighed, there was a forest of them ready to attack us once more. They surrounded some form of tumor, it glowed evil, spitting rot at all who came close! We charged at the rotting trees once more, cutting them down but receiving blows at the same time! THEN to our despair several more trees appeared to the side of us TRYING TO AMBUSH US! We thought all was lost...

Then SUDDENLY hardened veterans of The Order led by a beautiful woman came charging up, helping defeat the trees that had tried to ambush us! We cheered before quickly being ordered by the order woman to continue on while she dealt with the horde trying to creep up behind us!

We cut down the last of the rotting trees and were greeted by a CRAZED GNOME and two large rotting mounds twice the size of giants! But we were told to deal with the last of the rotters and that is exactly what we did! Robby led the charge, fearless of the large rotting mountains. Donjegar and I charged the tumor and quickly destroyed the tainted thing before anything more could spawn. The crazed gnome cried "NOOOOO!!!" before Robby cut him down with a glorious swing! Then we the help of Sewell and the dwarves we managed to defeat the rot mountains, burning them into a puddle of nothing!

We were VICTORIOUS, the heroes of the day! and yet...no praise was given by the Order woman to the Gnomish Union, only Sewell so I ask let this story be known by all so that what we have done may live in your hearts forever!!

--End--