| After your quiet hometown of Cowpat was attacked by hobos and, despite your young age, you were forced to take up arms to defend it, you decided that the life of a Fighter was the life you were looking for. It would be a long and difficult road, but it sure beat the heck out of being a bard like your cousin wanted. You rode into the city of Eggshire, and met a shadowy stranger in a hooded cloak who was sitting in the corner of the local bar. He told you about the legendary Silver Raven of Schmalbion, which is rumored to be hidden in an ancient pyramid near the village of Frog, and promised you a hefty fee if you could bring it to him. Figuring he wouldn't offer you the quest if it weren't level-appropriate, you readily agreed. You had a good handle on it until you got lost in a pyramid -- all the walls looked exactly the same! You did find a sweet brass knuckles +1 in a beholder's lair, though, and were able to intimidate some jocks into telling you where their boss's hideout was. Right before they stabbed you in the elbow. Bruised but unbroken, you readied your bardiche and marched forth into the darkness, where you were immediately captured by the Terror Marquis Englebert's army of squat badgers. They hauled you before their master, but got bored and wandered off during his long gloating speech. Seeing your chance, you pushed the evil asshat into his own antlion pit, and escaped to claim your reward from the grateful people of Eggshire.
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