A Worried Duke of Collins
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 16700
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A frightened fisherman came to the city guard at Collinsport with a wild
tale - or
so it seemed - claiming to have seen a golden city rising out of the sea.
But then the
captain of the guard recalled the old legends about Atlantis, and that
according
to those legends
the city's location had been in the region where the fisherman said he had
been. He decided
that perhaps the story was worth reporting to the Duke's chamberlain. The
chamberlain
consulted the Duke's wizard. The wizard took the tale seriously enough to
recommend
to the Duke that he send a vessel to investigate, and he also passed a
message to the head
of his order, the White Hand.
The "Heart of Oak" was despatched. The journey was at most two days' sailing time. When after a week the ship had still not returned, though the weather had been fair, Duke Barnabas was sufficiently alarmed to send a message to the King and to send a force of four frigates.
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JH
7/29/2001 2:20:41 PM
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