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."
Much nodding of heads and wise looks among the
gnomes. Sturm yawned. Tanin stood up and leaned over the
railing, where he was quietly sick.
"One extremely gifted gnome built an extension ladder
that actually worked. It carried him up to the moon and
there, with a net he had brought along for the purpose, he
captured the Graygem before the gods were aware of him.
He brought the gem down to the world below, but there it
escaped him and sailed off to the west, passing over the
lands and trailing chaos behind. Chaos entered the world in
the form of magic. Beasts and creatures were transformed
by the gem in its passing, becoming wondrous or hideous as
the gem chose.
"A band of gnomes followed the Graygem across the
sea, hoping still to catch it and claim it for their own. But it
was a human, a man named Gargath, who trapped the stone
and held it in his castle by certain magical means. Reaching
the castle, the gnomes could see the light of the Graygem
illuminating the countryside. They demanded that Gargath
give the stone up. He refused. The gnomes threatened war -
" shouts and cheers among the gnomes here - "Gargath
welcomed the battle. He built a high wall all around the
castle to protect it and the gem
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