| After your quiet hometown of Spazmotic was attacked by gnolls 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 serf like your cousin wanted. As you wandered the back alleys of Malph (and let's face it, most of that place is back alleys), a hand covered your mouth while a blade pushed gently at your ribs. You let yourself be dragged into a pitch-dark abandoned granary. A sultry female voice introduced herself as Fallow Grim blade. She asked you to undertake a quest to recover the Earl of Hambonia's lost earwig, Niles. Reasoning it was the best quest you'd get until you leveled up a bit, you agreed to help. At first it was a real breeze, until you got lost in a sewer -- all the walls looked exactly the same! You did find a sweet sword +1 in a gazebo's lair, though, and were able to intimidate some skeletons into telling you where their boss's hideout was. Right before they stabbed you in the lower back. But, you put on your brave face, and made your way through the caverns and caves to where the Horror Barbarian Englebert held court over his horde of cunning goblins, and with uncountable swings of your Greyhawk Army knife (and a few well-placed attacks of opportunity), you finally slew the horrible pig and rode back to town to claim your glory (and reward).
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