“Often when one man follows his own will many are hurt. This happened to us. Nothing we advised could ever convince 3080 the prince we loved, our land’s guardian, not to vex the custodian of the gold, let him lie where he was long accustomed, lurk there under earth until the end of the world. He held to his high destiny. The hoard is laid bare, but at a grave cost; it was too cruel a fate that forced the king to that encounter. I have been inside and seen everything amassed in the vault. I managed to enter although no great welcome awaited me 3090 under the earthwall. I quickly gathered up a
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