History Lesson
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 50686
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"Well..." Elashi said. "I'm not much of a history buff myself, but I can
try. Let's see here... um. Well, the farthest back our history goes is to
the Dominion of the Dragon. All the time before that is shrouded in the
darkest recesses of time. Who knows what people lived like back then? Some
say that magic ruled the world and kept it a perpetual green paradise,
when humans flew like birds and the trees and rocks served man. Others
say - and this is by far the more believable story - that the earth was
divided into many rival kingdoms who fought each other in relentless,
bloody warfare." "Excuse me." Belboz said. "I happen to know all about that. I was alive back then. I'm curious to know what's been happening recently, out there in the great wide world while I've been entombed here in darkness." "Well." Elashi said. "All I know of our history is what I was taught by Friar Duke, the schoolteacher. And he... well, he was an odd sort, though rather likeable. He would never teach history straight, but in stories of the lives of individual people who were alive at the time. Some of those have rather stuck with me. Shall I tell you one of them?" "Please do." Belboz nodded. "It sounds like a delightful romp." "Well then." Elashi cleared her throat and began the story of...
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