The Origin of the Demented One

This Story is background to explain how the Demented One became a wizard and to talk about his true parents.

54 years ago, in steam font a lone gnome walked through a raging storm as a normal gnome would stroll through a sunlit garden. Up to the gates and past the guards he strolled, as he passed, the guards felt odd warmth coming from him but paid it no mine they just chalked it up to long hours and low pay.

The Gnome’s Image shimmered as he moved and fire seemed to dance in his coal black eyes. But most gnome’s paid little mind to this, being an opened minded race. He walked to the hall and the local pubs, even though he spoke to no one and no one asked or knew his name, they all knew what they needed to know and that was he was a gnome and this was his home.

Nearly a week had pass and still the dark gnome went unnoticed by most, until

Tergon Brenclog return from an Eldritch Collective meeting held in Faydwar he happens to wander into the Pub for a quick pint before returned to his studies.

Being a wizard of high rank he was attuned to the primal forces and when he set sight on this dark Gnome something made his blood run ice cold, he wanted to flee, he wanted to shout out a warning to his fellow gnomes and sent them to the safety of the guards.

Tergon knowing that this Gnome could with a flick of an eye lay waste to all of Ak’anon he approached slowly and chose his questions with great care.

So Stranger I don’t think I have seen you around here, what brought you back home?? I can see in your eyes your journey has been long and hard here let me buy you a pint and we can catch up on what is going on in the world.

The Stranger lifted his head and stared straight into Tergon’s eyes the glare from the stranger seem to burn Tergon’s very soul and what had been a growing concern was now full fledged panic.

As Tergon stared into the strangers eye he seem to have a vision of a plane of flames pools of lava and fire which never went out… then a vision of a great wizard wielding arcane powers far greater then even the ones of old tearing a whole in the fabric of space and time and once and for all opening the realms of the Gods to the likes of mortal men.

So what is your business here?? What did you say your name was?

The Stranger points to the barmaid and mumbles under his breath “She is the one”

Oh Lily, yes she is a sight for sore eyes if I was only eighty years younger I would try my hand at wooing her myself, but then again half of the gnomes here would like to make time with Lily.  She is a seer you know, she has the gift as her mother and mothers mother had before her, in her off hours she is always spouting off about how a great gnome from her blood line with do this and that and I have heard the story a hundred times.

The Stranger said “She is right, from her womb will spring life and she will not know him, he will be taken from her and she will die of a broken heart, he will return and the signs will begin the signs of twelve”

Signs of Twelve stranger you are as touched as Lily is I think you have had a bit too much of the Ale.

Fire flared up in the stranger’s eyes as he grabbed Tergon’s hand, pulses of searing pain flooded Tergon’s mind. “You must watch over and train him you are the key I will send him to you, fail me and you will condemn all of creation to death”

Lily Walked over to were the two sat “Now boys there will be no fighting in my bar take it out side” with that she grabbed the stranger’s ear as if to toss him out, upon contact with the stranger her flesh burned and boiled Lily hit the ground in searing pain and writhed on the floor in agony.

The Stranger showing a compassion he very rarely felt touched Lily and removed the pain from her mind… the Stranger then placed one hand on her belly and the other over her mouth. “Listen to my words young lady for we shell not meet again, my time in this place is growing short and even I know not if I will last out till the proper time. There is far more powerful being in the heavens then even you have dreamt of. The Gods will need the help of mortals for the coming fight both on the sides of good and of evil.

You child is the key guard him well and even though you will never know the joy of holding him know this, he will be the greatest of all, he must and will for full his destiny”

With that the stranger dropped three coins on the table and walked away never to be seen again.

About three weeks later Lily began to notice she was with child, and deep in her mind she knew she would bare the stranger’s child.

Ten months later Lily Give Birth to a male child, a child she never saw for Lily had a hard time in the delivery and the doctors had to choose between the life of the child and the life of the mother. Lily begged and pleaded to spare the child and the doctors did so.

After working for many hours on the body of Lily the doctors did finely manage to pull the still living infant from his mother’s body, a nurse wrapped him in cloth and gave him to a waiting orderly.

What happened next is the best-kept secret in Ak’anon the mother’s body combusted and burst into flames it was consumed totally in mere seconds. The Doctors and nurses thinking the child was cursed placed him in a basket near the Kobold camp in hopes that by being eaten it would remove the curse from their fair town.

53 years ago deep in the swamp in a cave half flooded with Swamp water and Littered with froglok parts Kroon and Joon waited for the stork to bring their new bundle of joy. Kroon turned to his wife of 30 years and said “ Woomen you make me very happy weez have many big strong sons in bashers and green bloods Meez know you about to have one more big strong troll boy “ “I can’t take all the credit you had a part in this Kroony baby”. (High in the ski overhead not one but two storks were winging toward the swamp. What wasn’t known was these storks had been practicing the drinking skills the night before and they were still paying for it. In fact on of the storks had lost the child he was to deliver to a troll in a hot poker game. The he caught his big break for there was a child right there below him all he had to do was pick him up and deliver it.

(Hich) Was I supposed to take this to swamp or steam font? Where is that note… Opps… dammit dropped it… I think this one was going to swamp… Yep it’s ugly and bald. Kind of small but it must be a troll. I’ll take is to swamp yep that is where It needs to go.

(Back in swamp)

Kroon its time I can feel it… Ok (reaches into cage and Pulls out a froglok…) “Usez bash Froggy really good if it hurts me hold him here near your bed honey “

(8 Very Painful hours later)

It’s a boy come look at your son…. (Steps in puddle of goo that used to be a froglok) “Himz funny looking women me bash it… it no son of mine…”

“You will do no such thing or I swear your fate will be the same as that Frogluks”

“But Baby himz small and Pink him not make big strong warrior himz funny looking “

“He is your Son and you will be nice to him”

(Picks the screaming child up by his ear….) “But Honey him so small him can’t be troll, Him smell like last nights gnome chops”

“I DON’T care No go wash him off in swamp and then come clean up this Mess… AND DON’T YOU Hurt A Hair on HIS HEAD OR ELSE!!!”

(Carries the screaming child off to the swamp) {Hoping all a the time he will get eaten by a Kobold}

“Ok honey himz all clean…. What we call our new ER… Um … Son?

Well me want to name him after family… me gotz brother named dem, and sister names ente me thinks me namez him dementy”

Dementy’s Childhood passed Very quickly and when he was at last old enough to hold a blade his father took him out into the swamp to show him how to bash…. (Years of bathing in the swamp have died his skin a very trollish green/brown color, and if not for the fact that he was only 3 feet tall you might think him a troll)

“O.k...... Dementy me hold Froglok down you bash it good, me knowz you must be good for something, if not, wife or no wife Meez will eat you and say kobold got u”

“Ok dad I bash it well”

Summoning up all of his strength and skills Little Dementy charges at the froglok and hits it with a mighty blow of his shield.

The froglok Goes “ Ouufff” and begins to chuckle…. “That the best your boy can do Kroon, Froglok tads can hit harder then that”

(The laughter of the froglok at his son and the years of reducible from his peers at having such a small son had finely broken Kroon he rips the froglok in half and picking up a leg like a club starts to chase little Dementy around the swamp)

“Meez gonna bash you Good, you no SON of mine”

“RUN BOY Run as fast as you can me need to work up an appetite before Meez can eat you?”

(Little Dementy Ran as fast as he could but his little legs were No match for his fathers Much longer ones, and he felt that Froglok leg coming down on his back again and a again. Finely cornered and exhausted his could run no longer)

(The Troll he knew as his father all of his life was coming to give the DEATH BLOW)

“Youzzz gonna Die now, Youzzz no son of mine me gonna Kill you and wear you skin like a hat”

(Little Dementy put his arms up in front of him in some form of defense)

“Thatzzz not gonna help you now boy “

(Purely out of instinct or fear little Dementy’s fingers began to twitch)

(HE watched in horror as Swirls or blue and green energy began to move around him)

The Big troll was blasted back by raging Energy

Little Dementy fingers began to twitch again this time he seems to know our of pure instinct that he needed to be somewhere else…

Once again swirling Energy began to swim around himz and in the blink of an eye his was away from his angered father and in a strange land with lost of metal people walking around and clicking.

“Whir Whir Click Stand still this unit is equipped to dispense punishment Whir Whir”

“Red 5 Stop.” Screamed a short kindly man in Purple robes

“Whir Whir Click Red 5 Standing down Sir”

(Little Dementy put his hand up once again) “Stand back I don’t want to hurt you” (Little Dementy says with tears in his eyes)

(The kindly man says in a soft voice) “Don’t worry son no one will hurt you here you here.

(Little Dementy sits down and starts to cry… In between crying and sobbing he explains to the man what happened.)?

{Images from the past flood the mans mind can this be? it this the child that was to break down the barrier put in place by the Nameless its self and bring the realm of Gods and mortal together?  As if on queue a voice is heard in the back of the mans mind, “The Signs are coming soon take this boy and train him well and I shall reward you”

(The Kindly man. Says) “ You must be very strong in the ways of magic to make it all the way over here with no training I am wizard guild Leader here I will raise and train you. I have no son of my owe, so you shall be my heir, But first you need a bath” My name is Tergon

“Seeing I am starting a new life here with you I need a new name I shall be called Demented One after my old and new father”

The Demented’s Training went well and none but Tergon himself knew that this was lily’s child, Demented excelled in all form of magic but he seems to be most in tuned with magic drawing on elemental fire the easy at which Demented Wielded powers of arcane destruction caused a raising fear in Tergon, so when Demented was sleeping Tergon made trips to the temple of Soluk Ro and the great library in Eurdian to do research. It was on one of these trips that he ran into AL’Kabar and after a bit of background it was decided that the great wizard would take over Demented’s training.

The Wandering Wizard

Years ago when Demented was but a strapping young gnome he worked part time as AL’Kabar second, the Master of the Arcane him self was his teacher and Demented helped the great wizard with many of his research projects.

Demented was sleeping in a small cot in AL’Kabar lab when he was awoken by the master.

AL’Kabar Speaks

“Get up you Lazy Lump”

Demented Speaks

“Ok, Ok no need to shout I might be short but I am not deaf yet”

AL’Kabar Speaks

“Come on we must be off there is much to do and I need help carrying my books and magical items”

Demented Speaks

“I am not a Pack Mule! I am a wizard and I will not let you treat me like a Slave”

AL’Kabar Speaks

“There is no time to explain, just take this pouch of enchanted portal fragments and teleport to greater Faydwar I will monitor the experiment from here, now be off least I loose my temper and banish you from my lab”

Demented knew well that tone of voice and even though he was a powerful wizard in his own right he knew he would not stand a chance against the great AL’Kabar so he gathered his few belongings, cast his spell and in a shimmer of blue and green he was once again in greater Faydwar.

Now Demented though let me see what that Arrogant Erudite has given me this time. Demented opens the pouch and is shocked at what he sees inside. It’s not the harmless portal fragments he has used so many times before this time the bag contains a rune of The Combined Empire and some sort of spell scroll.

Demented Unrolls the Scroll and reads it

“To my Dim witted Assistant, for some time now I have since a growing power in you, a power much like my own, there is only room in this world for one great wizard and that will be me, so enjoy your trip, if you survive I might forgive your transgressions if not then you are fired”

As if on Queue the scroll begins to glow, streamers of blue and white twist and turn around Demented and a beam of white-hot star fire forms around his body and in a blink of an eye he is gone

For what seems like an eternity Demented’s body is wrapped in the blazing star-fire and he can tell he is moving he is just not sure where or when he is moving too.

Demented is Dropped roughly into a cold slab of stone, drained of his mana and many life points demented can do nothing but sit and hope that no one is around to harm him.

After a time of Meditation, and a bit of rest Demented summons a ball of light to aid his sight and slowly the ruins around him began to reveal their shapes

He is sitting on what is a Great teleport spire even though it is covered in dust and cob webs, the runes etched into it make it as being build by the combined Empire and he can only surmise that is had gone unused for eons.

Demented spends what must be hours or days exploring the caves around the Spires, four of the caves have what seem to be barriers of magic around them to keep people out or maybe to keep something else in.

After a few days of exploring deep in one of the caverns he finds the remains of what was once a library, in the center of the room is a skeleton and still clutched in his decaying hands is a book. At lasts a clue of where or when I am, Demented Pried the book from the cold dead fingers and opens it carefully.

It is written in Combined and judging by the runes and symbols it is a spell book of some time. After many weeks of research his skills at translating combined into gnome have increased and he is able to make out a few words here and there, and more then enough to piece together what the book was and when it was written.

All is now clear this is a Wizard’s spell book and despite what AL’Kabar would have people believe he is not a great wizard he is a thief and a liar, all of the spells of AL’Kabar are written in this book but they are named differently, it is obvious that AL’Kabar has been stealing the spells from the old Combined empire’s wizards and calling them his own.

Ah here is a new spell “Summon Family” hum maybe that will bring me to my family hump there seem to be three of them all of different circles of magic. Let’s try one and see what happens.

Demented Traces the Mystic Symbols in the air and calls for mana to cast the spell and in a flash of light… nothing…Bah what a waste of mana that spell did nothing. (FLAP…FLAP…FLAP…) what is that sound?? Demented turns around and there is an Imp right behind him, be gone you foolish imp I have not the time to trouble my self with the likes of you. (FLAP…FLAP…FLAP…) the Imp just hovers there staring at Demented Blindly. Demented takes a few steps back, the Imp follows him.

Demented takes a swing at the Imp with his staff but the Imp is unharmed. What vile form of magic is this? This imp can not be harmed and does not attack me how odd, Demented wanders back to the library and searched the book once more, I see not its not Family its familiars, hum intriguing, well at least his incepted flapping will keep me awake. Demented begins to feel his Mana returning and much faster then before, so that’s what your good for my Impish friend I might just have to keep you around.

After many more weeks of study Demented is ready to leave the library and journey to one of the cities talked about in the books.

Demented Picks the Tunnel that is supposed to lead to the Shadow Haven a small city right of off what the Combined Empire called the Nexus Spire. Demented Traces the Mystical Symbols in the air and the barrier of force around the tunnel crackles and vanishes.

What happens next shocks Demented to the core inside the tunnel are people, humans, and elves, dwarfs gnomes all the races of Norrath? In fact a whole city full of them, walking talking shopping people carrying on there lives like nothing is wrong.

Demented kind of sticks out like a sore thumb with that flapping Imp following his every move and its not long before people start to whisper and point.

Guards catch up to Demented and Inform him the Mayor wishes to talk to him, not wishing to cause no trouble Demented follows the guards back to visit with the mayor.

Demented explains how him came to be here to the mayor and the mayor explains how the group that was know as the “separatist” came to be here, but what really impressed the mayor was that demented was able to breech the magical barrier, now for the first time since they came to this place there was once again a way home. The mayor gives Demented a few Trinkets and a place of honor at his dinner table and demented spends the next few weeks helping the Wizards of Shadow haven breech the other barriers so that travel is once more possible.

With the Wizards of Shadow Haven once again free they start to work on re-energizing the Spires so that other can travel to and from. Demented Picks up a few supplies and stops by Geerlocks tinkering shop to purchase a few tools to work on during his trip then he once again is off heading towards the City of Katta Castellum, the last city of the Combined Empire.

Many adventures are had along the way but that is a different story so lets cut to the point where Demented Enters Katta Castellum.

Demented Walks into the local bar in Katta Castellum the residents of that town know of him and know of his money but few pay much attention to the short bald man with the annoying Flapping Imp.

Felicity Softpurr came up to take his order as she has done for many weeks now, of all the patrons of this bar Demented seems to be the only one that interests her, and in her own subtle ways she lets Demented know this fact. It is not know when Demented started to realize he was in love with the Soft Spoke Var’shir barmaid but it was love nonetheless.

Katta Castellum odd Trio is what they became know as The Tall Beautiful Var’shir the short bald gnome and his Annoying flapping Imp bringing up the rear. The Odd Trio’s love grew and grew, after only a few months Demented rented an apartment on the edge of the gray for himself, his beloved and the annoying flapping imp. Demented set up a small tinkering workshop there and managed to make a good wage tinkering fireworks and gem setters and other gnomish items, after a few months Demented set to work on an engagement ring for his beloved, Sun sparkle gems made the ring and provided the gem stone but demented would not be happy with just a ring it had to be special so into his work shop he went. After many nights of work the ring was done, Demented had tinkered a gnomish ring of travel, set into the diamond was twenty small stones each of them representing a city in Norrath and Luclin, and by turning the diamond to the desired gem you could teleport to that city with out the need of mana or spells. Demented’s tired old body was shaking when he got down on one knee and asked his beloved to marry him, and for an instant time stood still while he waiting for her response. After a long pause Felicity Softpurr agreed to become Ms. Demented One and they were wed soon after in a quite ceremony attending by just the families of the bride and groom. Sixteen months later there first child was born ErthaKit she had her fathers wander lust, and intelligent and her mothers good looks, as was the custom of her family ErthaKit was sent off to school to become a beastlord.

This concludes Chapter 1 Stay tuned for more, and if you are on the edge of the grey stop by and pick up some fire works from a shop ran by the Odd trio (remember they have a child to support)

Chapter 2

While Gnomes are blessed with very long lives Var Shir are not so blessed they are high strung, very active and burn up the life force given to them by the gods at an accelerated rate, this weighted heavily on Demented’s Heart for he was a young gnome in his prime barely ninety years old his love Felicity was not, as a Var shir she was only expected to live to be 60 or 70. but her memory would live on in Demented’s mind all of the memories would live, their daughters first wander Clawing up the carpet, the first kiss all the happy times and sad times demented would remember them for every which made it even harder to bare when that sad day came and Felicity drew her last breath and died in Demented’s little gnomish arms.

Demented buried his love in a sunlit spot in the garden under a patch of catnip he had cross breed to be just the way she liked it. And tried to forget his woos by throwing himself into his work but tinkering seems to have lost its appeal, the feel of the cold metal tools no longer brought a smile to the little gnomes heart and finely he had to stop. He returned all the un-repaired items to there owners boarded up the shop pick up an extra robe and left the little house on the edge of the gray with his flappy and a hole in his heart. He wandered here and there with no rhyme or reason just wandering to escape or maybe to find something he wasn’t sure which. He finely ended up in Eurdian and it is then he finely confronted the Arrogant Erudite AL’Kabar; AL’Kabar was giving a speech about how great a wizard he was when the little gnome wandered into town. AL’Kabar was showing off his latest rain spell when Demented walked up bold as can be and cast the same spell.

“Why don’t you tell them where you really got that Spell?” Demented Exclaimed

On seeing his old apprentice standing there holding a book of spells from the combined empire AL’Kabar face turned pale white, the Arrogant Erudite was about to be reviled for the sham two bit hustler he was.

AL’Kabar tried to brush it off as he said “my magical teachings are so easy to learn even my old apprentice can master the casting of such spells”

Oh really, (Demented Snarled) You tried to put me to death because you sensed I could surpass your powers and you were right, I am no longer a mere wizard I am now an Evoker I command the primal forces of magic, fire and ice and I shall have my revenge.

(Memories of all the anger, rage and pain inflected on the gnome by his old teacher came rushing back, that combined with the pain he has inside from the loss of his loved fueled his spells even more)  

Usurper (AL’Kabar Shouted) there is only room for one great wizard, and it shall be me.

And with that the two wizards faced off in a battle of magic. The cataclysmic forces unleashed by the two wizards shook heaven and earth but in the end low on mana beaten and near death AL’Kabar was defeated and with his last bit of mana he gated away never to be heard from again. Demented tired from his fight took a little bit of time to explain and offered the magic of the combined empire to all thus opening up the higher circles of magic to all wizards.

After restocking his supplies Demented went off to meditate at the lava pools in the temple of Soluek Ro the gases produced have been know to easy body and mind and to help a wizard find clarity of thought. It was here that the old nightmares started to return a plane of boiling lava and eternal fires that could never be quenched and a giant wielding a huge bladed staff torn asunder by his two haves one devoted to magic and one to pride

Shaken from one of these visions demented almost fell into a lava pool and if it hadn’t been for a black eyed gnome near by he might have burned to death,

The Strange gnome stared at demented with a look of compassion in his coal black eyes that was rare, after what seems like hours he spoke,  “I since you are seeking, I can tell from the look in your eyes you are missing something, maybe I can help, Have you every heard of the Plane of Knowledge?” “That place is just a myth I have traveled far and wide and have never meet anyone that has been there” ”ahh but yet it does exist I can point you on the path to getting there if you want me too” (with that the Stranger carefully unrolled a scroll one far older then even the combined empire, the Demented stared at the arcane formulas and mystical symbols for a few hours) “is this some sort of sick joke,  these formulas can’t possible exist no mortal has the mana needed to even think of casting that spell” “but you can’t deny the spell does exist,” So stranger what is your name “my name is Zebuxoruk err um my name is Zeb  uxoruk, I am but a simple Gnome studying here. I have been reading a book written long ago about the way to the planes of power being hidden from mortal eyes, I have a theory that with the aid of a powerful Wizard the way could once again be opened, the texts I have been reading point to alters from the combine empire as having the ability to channel environmental mana into a stable gateway but the way to build such an alter have been long since lost and nothing but dust remind of any of the alters built so long ago.

(Demented Speaks)

I have a spell book from the combined empire maybe some of the information about these alters is in there. With that the two gnomes carefully examined the book Demented had picked up so long ago. After many hours they had found nothing other then an odd reference to people with magical sight being able to truly see.

Hummm I have an idea but we will need an enchanter for this. Demented quickly dispatched a letter to the Enchanters in Draco Invictus, I have an idea but I need 2 lens formed from imbued rubies , I will tinker the frames and other items I just need the lens, the guild enchanters labored long and hard for many weeks to form the needed lens and once they were finished Demented fashioned them into frames and hooked them up to some class1 mana batteries, demented slipped the magically goggles over his eyes and begin to painstakingly adjust the flow of power from the mana batteries to the lens, slowly at first objects begin to take shape blurry outlines became sharper and finely he could see clearly.

Demented Opened the spell book and just had he had though there was new writing on the pages aided by his magical eyewear he could now make out designs and plans for dozens of new items, items for all the trade skill classes armors, weapons, arrows and even baking goods. After a few hours he found the plans for making the alters of the combines empire but he would need the aid of artisans from all corners of the globe, Demented contacts the league of bards to carry forth the messages far and wide in exchange for the new recipes demented would need skills of the grandmasters to complete this task. The great task had begin and the stone alters were placed near all the great cities of Norrath. Demented cut the yellow ribbon around the great divide alter and walked towards it not fully knowing it if would work or even how to activate it. As if on queue the alter started to glow as it almost knowingly sensed a source of mana coming near it blue streamers of mana starting being pulled from Demented and entered the alter, the look of pure horror on Demented’s face frighten the crowd as the Demented Crashed to the ground in a heap drained off all magical energy the Demented One needed to rest and recover while the alter glowed blue and hummed slightly. The Alter seems stable and no longer pulled Mana, Demented recovered and once again walked towards the now glowing alter.

As he approached the alter once again he could have sworn he heard a voice in his mind telling him to lay the spell book from the combined Empire on the alter, as soon as the book touched the alter it exploded in white light, beams of white hot star fire fired up from not just this alter but all the alters all over Norrath, converging in a point in the sky glowing brighter and brighter till the sun itself seemed pale, thunder echoed and lighting flashed the ground trembled and storm clouds rolled in, great shapes appeared in the sky some humanoid and some monstrous, a choir of voices shook heaven and Norrath in unison they exclaimed “the barrier has been breeched the prophecy had been fulfilled” with that a Giant of a man cloaked in fire his body dived into two one of magic and one of pride pulled the Demented One to the sky and in a flash he was gone, and the planet was once again calm the portals all worked and any who laid hands on them could travel to the plane of Knowledge and beyond.

The Demented One was no where to be found and it was widely assumed he was destroyed when he breeched the barrier but no one knew for sure. A city was founded in the New Plane of Knowledge and scribes and scholars from all walks of life put aside their differences to study and catalog all the new information as well as to figure out how to access the homes of the Elder Gods. We all know where the story goes from here the story never ends and it is what we make of it.

But what happened to the Demented One?

Deep in the tower of Soluek Ro the Still form of the Demented One floats in a pool of Lava, he is wrapped in robes of the finest spun gold and his wounds are being tended by

Soluek Ro’s own servants. A very impatient Soluek Ro paces back and fourth. “How is my son doing?’

Nurse replies

My Lord he will be fine his mortal half nearly died but we were able to treat him fast enough he will need a few weeks to recover but he will be fine.

“For your sake you better be right” Soluek Ro exclaims.

The Nurse Swallows hard

“I’ll go check on him now”

Five weeks later Demented Stirs slightly in his bed of lava, and just two week later he is able to move around on his own and it is at this time when he is summoned to the Throne of Soluek Ro,

The Tyrant of flame sees his only son, and for a second he almost feels compassion for this half breed but that feeling quickly fads and he gets down to business.

The Tyrant of fire talked to Demented for many hours told him of his birth and the upcoming problems.

Soluek Ro Speaks.

“Yes I am your true father, I cause my essence to be manifested in the form of a gnome, and against the judgment of the other Gods I traveled to the mortal world for I knew in the coming days the Gods will need the help of mortal if this world is to survive.

I infused your very being with the powers of living fire and cause you to travel on the path of a wizard, I have guided you on this path and by the right of succession you have been marked with my sign the pure elemental essence of fire can’t harm you and when the need is dire you can call upon it and it will aid you, study long and hard my son for in the coming days your kind will be needed.

There is a force coming a force maybe even greater then the Gods themselves, a force bent on only destruction and chaos this force must not go in challenged, Gather your forces my son obtain planar enlightenment and go forth to stop this new enemy. The power is with in you make me proud.”

The rest of what Demented discussed with the Tyrant he has never told anyone and just eight weeks after he was pulled to the sky and assumed dead Demented once again returned to Norrath,

Stay tuned for chapter 5 The Coming menace.