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The nine spellstones of power. (Spellstone flavor text)
Neat story and my new favorite set of flavor texts. Not sure if there is a specific order though, certain ones seem to be at the start and end.
Pearl Spellstone:
In ages old, when Ancients broke
Azari of the Legion spoke
To tempt the mortals: gems of power
The weak succumbed, their souls devoured.Amethyst Spellstone:
A purple stone Azari carved
For dark hearts, craving, power-starved.
The first to bow, the warlock Rin,
Embraced the darkness, slew her kin.Onyx Spellstone:
The trolls of old embraced the gift
A jewel of black for daggers swift
No party lasts who finds the stone
Those wielding it soon stand alone.Mithril Spellstone:
To dwarves of stone the demon called
With promises of might, enthralled
In grasping greed they found their doom
Forever bound in mithril tombs.Emerald Spellstone:
An emerald stone for Tauren hands
Who sought its strength to save their lands
Their tribes now lost, their rage released
Who’s hunting now? And who’s the beast?Jasper Spellstone:
In ancient woods, elves fought the curse
The demon’s shadow to disperse
But hatred raged and frail souls turned
Now horned and hooved their forests burned.Sapphire Spellstone:
A stone of blue, embraced with glee
By murloc lords beneath the sea
Soon numberless they swarmed the shore
First two, then four, then more...and more...Diamond Spellstone:
A diamond, white, this stone the eighth
A precious jewel for those of faith
A whispered prayer restores the lost
But none among them know the cost.Ruby Spellstone:
The final stone undid its master
Spun into wards by nameless caster
Azari wailed a savage roar
Now sealed in nether, evermore.
Mike Donais
Nice, good ordering too!
Dave Kosak
Some trivia: The origins of Azari, Rin, the Spellstones, etc. weren't connected until we wrote the Spellstone flavor text. At that point, a lot of the history of the dungeon came together.