The story of manneligs return. - just so you get it...

[Mannelig]

The massive merchant skipper ship sliced through the copping waters cleanly and crisply as the sunset loomed deep on the horizen. Manneling Grethrugen sat in hes bunkroom drinking a part of the suplly of coffee beans "supplied" by a nearby island. A man clad in rags with a sword at his side entered the room.
"Sir Mannelig, we are approaching the island of Trolls Bane"
Mannelig put the cofee down carefully, and queried.
"Time to estimated arrival?"
" About another half day, or tommorow morning if the weather clears"
came the crisp reply.
Mannelig looked calmed by this.
" Excellent, I Will clear the weather for us then..."

     Mannelig stepped onto the deck in the evening light and headed for the bow.
" Light Storm!"
He called to the skies.
The Clouds Subsided and the indigo of the sky showed through, the ship began to race now towards the small island in the distance.
Suddely, Mannelig felt a sensation.
"Someone has the artifact" he called to no one in particular. It drew some gasps from the deck crew and helmsman.
Mannelig knew the sensation, and knew someone had gotton the artifact from his brother, Lloyd The Third.
He retuned to hes bunk room and got into his sailing clothes, nothing more then rags.
He then returned to the Helmsman area on the deck of the vessal.
He asked the helmsman, A lanky elf with instant reflexes.
"Lorry, can you speed up the KNIGHTS any faster?"
The elf replied simply in a cold tone.
" The Bragons Knights cannot take this constant battering you put her through, this is her maximum at best."
" Then plot A new course, we have to land as soon as possible to retrieve the artifact!"
The elf replied in the same cold tone.
" I have already plotted the fastest course Manny, she isent going to get there any faster, go sleep."
Mannelig disregarded the elf and went back onto the deck to watch.
The night was rolling in and the last notes of red and orange were dissapating from the sky, on the island he could see a faint shimering, probably the town he thougt.
Mannelig returned to his bunk and went to sleep.

Mannelig awoke startled by a yell and the banging of the landfall bell.

"Island ahead all men to deck posts!"
Mannelig jumped out of the bunk and ran to the deck, where he saw the island slowly passing along the side of The Bragons Knights.
He orderd the helmsman.
"Enter between those outcroppin fingers then drop me there I will take care of the rest, you repair the dammage we sufferd from the enforcers at Gornal."

The ship enterd the bay and approached the beach, Mannelig threw a rope that was anchored to a sail mast and slid down the rope, he landed and threw the rope up the side agian as the ship began to turn back towards the seas he shouted.
" YOU KNOW THE SIGNAL!"

He walked into town, unaware that his quest was not ending, it was just beggining.

[Drathe]

A nice begining to an adventure. What artifact do you seek?......I wonder