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Moldy Tome

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The Moldy Tome is found in the Stony Field. It gives the Forgotten Tower quest. The dialogue goes as follows:

...And so it came to pass that the Countess, who once bathed in the rejuvenating blood of a hundred virgins, was buried alive... And her castle in which so many cruel deeds took place fell rapidly into ruin. Rising over the buried dungeons in that god-forsaken wilderness, a solitary tower, like some monument to Evil, is all that remains.



The Countess' fortune was believed to be divided among the clergy, although some say that more remains unfound, still buried alongside the rotting skulls that bear mute witness to the inhumanity of the human creature.

New players who read this expect quite a bit from the Forgotten Tower. Imagine their surprise when they see nothing but a crumbled few walls, and a hole in the floor. That dungeon was quickly dubbed the "forgotten cellar" by beta players.

The Moldy Tome.