What did you come here for, human?
Don't you know this is a cursed place?
I am here because my village
has been razed by monsters
and I need the power that I lack
to enact revenge upon my enemies.
And you seek this power
from a being like me?
The ancients always told us
since we were little
to never enter the cave
or we would be devoured.
And you did not believe them?
If I don't get the power
to do what I must
I don't care about
what happens to me.
Very well, I can help you
but it will have a cost.
I will pay it, whatever it is.
Very bold of you,
a young destitute man,
willing to pay any price.
You will receive my mark
and in all things will do as I say,
your enemies will be my enemies and
my enemies will be your enemies.
You will grow powerful,
powerful enough to defeat me,
but you won't do so.
You will be my champion
and will defeat my every foe.
I will only raise my sword against you last.
With that said, the old dragon
put his mark upon your forehead,
a mark that every monster
in his service will know
and would grow to fear.
You can now breath fire once a day,
but you need a suitable weapon.
I would provide you one from my hoard,
but a dragon as old as me
has forfeited hoards altogether
for the privilege of living
a few thousand years extra
and learning the secrets of magic.
If that is a good deal, I know not,
but has worked for me.
There is a cave,
a thousand miles north,
where an old lich lies sleeping.
An old foe, from a more civilized time,
who created magical items
that some would now call cursed.
His abode been ransacked countless times,
what means it is now safer.
There shouldn't be many monsters.
Deep within, you will find a wall
with the drawings of a blue dragon in it.
You need only touch the wall
and it will open for you
revealling a chest.
The chest is alive and will try to eat you,
but it is loyal to me, and upon seeing
the mark I left on your forehead
will deliver the sword to you
and let you go. Now,
depart, perform your task,
and once you're done,
head to the Port of Kusrodar,
where you will find companions.

You then leave the cave.

You have 1 silver coin and a hand axe.

> start walking north
> gather supplies at ruined village
> walk east towards the nearest village
> write in