The Maiden

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 115905

Fred decided that meddling with anything in the cavern would be unwise, and that he should proceed with his quest. So he went further into the cave system, which took him away from the voices that he had heard in the direction of the entrance. Just as well, he thought. If they saw him and they were evil, then that would mean trouble. And if they turned out to be good, then in such a remote and dangerous place as this they would almost certainly be other questers, and he didn't want to have to share the glory of killing the dragon with anyone - and he didn't want to have to share the dragon's hoard either.

He soon realised that the cave system was something of a labyrinth, and also that his map was pretty useless. Eventually he emerged into a cavern, and was startled to see facing him a beautiful naked maiden, shackled by her ankles and wrists to the rock wall. She was tall, athletic and full-breasted, and had an impressive mane of red hair.

Fred had a feeling of deja vu when he saw her, almost as if he had been here before. "Er hello," he said. "I am Lord Fred. Do I know you from somewhere?"

"Yes. I am Princess Astra of Aqualaria. We met when you were a member of the Allarian delegation that visited my country about a year ago. At the ball that was held in your party's honour, we danced together. You trod on my foot."

"Oh yes. Sorry for not recognising you."

"Well it was a masked ball. Though I'd have thought that my hair might have given you a clue."

"So what are you doing here?"

"Not a lot at the moment. It's hard to do much when you're chained to a wall. But before that I was on a quest to kill the dragon of these caves."

"So I assume that it was the dragon who chained you here?"

  1. "Yes. He proved to be much more forrmidable than I had expected, and with his magic powers he has toyed with me! But together perhaps we could defeat him."
  2. "No. It was an old necromancer called Belboz." "You don't need to worry about him any more. I have slain him." Which wasn't quite true, but Fred was not averse to bigging himself up.
  3. "No, it was the orcs." "Orcs? What orcs?"
  4. "No, it was...." Astra's eyes roll back into her head, and she promptly melts into a purple puddle.

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JH (borrowing a little from episode 38)

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