TSR 1144 the New Adventures of Fafhrd and Gray Mouser

8/18/2019 TSR 1144 the New Adventures of Fafhrd and Gray Mouser

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Adventures

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Lankhmar

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F af hr d

and

theGray

Mouser

e two of the gr e at e s t

heroes

n f an t as y f i c t i o n . The

New

dventures of F af hr d and

t he

rayMouser c a p t u r e s " t h e

wa i n ' s "

f ant a st i c

adventures

hroughtheADVANCED

DUNGEONS

RAGONS®gam

Get ready

f o r

i gh- s pi r i t ed

he r o i c s ,

t hr i l l i ng

e r ,

narrow

e s c a p e s ,

and

c t i on,

ac t i on,

a c t i on

Beforeyou t r y t o p l a y,

we

suggest

youread at l eas t a

few

of

F r i t z Lei b er ' s i nc r e di b l e

t a l es

of

he r o i c f a n t a s y Y ou' l l

be

gl a d

ou

di d, and there

i s no b e t t e r

source f o r

atmsphere

and

adventure

i de as

than

t h e

or i gi -

n al .

Lei b er ' s LANKHMAR' books

i n c l ude

Swords andDevi l t r y

( 1 970) ,

Swords AgainstDeath

( 1 970) ,

Swords

i n

t he

Mi s t

( 1 96 8) ,

Swords

Aga i n s t

Wzardry

( 1 96 8) , The

Swords

ofLankhmr

( 1 96 8) , Swords and

I ce Mag c

( 1 977) ,

andThe

Kn i ght

and

Knave

of Swords ( 1 98 8 )

.

Noted

f ant as i s t

Robi n

W

Bai l ey i s now

c on t i n ui n g

theLANKHMARs er i es

wth

new

i c t i o n

fromWh te

Wol f

.

Only

the person

who

wi l l

serve

as the gr oup ' s Dungeon

Master should

r e a d t hi s

book,

and

then onl y

a f t e r

r ea di ng

the

Rulebook

A

de s c r i p t i on of

r o l e- p l ayi ng

gams and

these

r ul es i s

found

there Onceyou

are f a m l i a r wth the b as i c con-

c e p t s ,

you

can

r e t u r n

h e r e

and

l e a r n

how

youw l l

l ea d your

f r i ends on da r i ng,

t hr i l l - p ac ked

adventures

i n

the

world of

Nehwon

heNehwon

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product

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Thi s

onef oc us e s

on

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worldof Nehwon

as

presented

i n

F r i t z

Lei b er ' s

Swords s er i es

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Adventures

i n

Nehwon ar e

f a s t - p a c e d

and

oc c as i onal l y

t on gue - i n - c he ek

.

Heroes

l i v e by

t hei r w t s

and

t hei r swords .

They r a r e l y d i e ,

but the t h r e a t of

deathhangs

over

them

o n-

s t ant l y

Dr e a df ul

monsters,

v i l e

s o r c e r e r s , and

oc c as i onal l y even

thedei t i es themelves

w i l l

mke

the

c h a r a c t e r s '

l i v e s as p er i l ous

as

they

ar e

ex c i t i ng

.

Your p l aye r s

wi l l

t a k e on

the

r ol e

o f r o gu es ,

w z ar ds ,

and

wa r r i or s .

Sommy

mdel

t hei r

c h a r a c t e r s a f t e r

F af hr d

and the

Gray Mouser .

Ohers

wi l l

c r e a t e

ent i r e l y or i gi nal

adventurers

.

Thei r ex p l oi t s

wi l l

oc c as i ona l l y

t a k e

them

o

the

f ar t hes t

reaches

of

the

KnownL a n d s ,

fromhe f ab l ed

DeathPol e t o

the b i z ar r e Ci t y of

theGhoul s .

More

f r e que nt l y ,

they

wi l l

wan-

der

t h e s t r e e t s of

Lankhmr, the

Ci t y

of Th eves .

Theheroes

must watcht hei r

s t e p he r e ,

f o r

though

Lankhmr

i s

thel ar ges t

c i t y i n

Nehwon,

i t i s

s t i l l s ma l l

enough

f or

a

s c ur r i l ous

rogue

t o

q ui c k l y

develop

an

unsavory

r e p ut a t i on . I t

d oe s n' t

do

t o

mke

a l l

of one ' s

nei ghbors

a n gr y , and

mst

Lankhmrts ar e

unf or gi v i ng

At the heart of

the

Nehwon

camai gn

ar e r o gue s ,

t hi e ve s,

and

vagabonds

.

Unl i k e mst

AD&D©worl ds,

t hi s s et t i ng

emhasi zes

heroes

w t h a

shade

of

gray

t o

t hei r n a t u r e .

There

are

no

k ni ght s

i n s hi n i n g

armr

o r pure-hearted

p al -

adi ns . I n st e ad, the

heroes of

Nehwon are

c a r e f r e e

scoundrels

l ook i n g

t o mke

a

qu ck

f o r t u n e and

cravi ng

adventure Nehwon

heroes

ar e

never e v i l ,

but mrely

possess

a strong rougi sh

s t r e a k .

A

hero

w l l rusht o

the

ai d

of somone

i n

di s t r es s, but

i f thev i c t i m

seemungr a t e f ul ,

thehero i s

j us t

as l i k e l y t o p i c k

hi s pocket

af terward.

An i mortant note

must be

mde

hereconcerni ng

t hi e v e r y .

Though

the

rogues

of

Nehwon

do

not

t a k e

a f t e r

the l i kes of

Robi nHood,

ne i t he r

w l l they

v i c t i m z e

the

poor

and

down-

trodden Thei r t a r g e t s

ar e

always

hyp oc r i t i c al

t e mp l e s ,

greedy mrchants,

bl ack-hearted n ob l e s,

or

even

other t hi ev es . Th s

does not

mke

t hei r a c t i ons

r i ght ,

of

course, but there

i s

c er t ai nl y

an

unspoken code

o f

honor

t ha t

f or b i ds

preyi ng

on

the

weak

The l at t er i s

thedomi n

of

Nehwon' s

v i l l a i n s

. The

heroes mynot

consci ously

seek

t o d ef e at t hei r

l es s hon-

orabl e r i val s, but

F a t e

o f t e n

causes

t hei r paths

t o

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1- a f i r d

a r u l

t he Gray . Nouserf or c ed

each o t he r

a c r o s s

t he hUo

s e ns el e s s t hi eves . . .

for a t t a c k . . .

Yet

nei t her mved

Each

di s c er ne d s onl et hi ng

i r l a r l p i c a b l y

fandl i ar

ot her .

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Yet i n Lanklmar

Lankhmr's

two

g r e a t e s t

he r o es havehad

mny

da r i ng

a dv e nt ur e s . They

s ur v i v e

through

t hei r own w t s ,

c o u r a ge ,

and

oc c as i onal l y b l i n d

l uc k

.

Thei r

gam

st a t i st i c s

appear

on

thecard

s heet s i n c l uded

i n

t hi s

set

.

But

i t i s

" t h e Twa i n ' s " adven-

t u r e s t ha t def i ne themmre

than t hei r st a t i st i c s .

Below

ar e

hi ghl i ght s

of

the

two

he r o es '

t r i -

al s

.

Each

entrycoms f roma

s i ngl e s t o r y

i n

oneof Fr i t z

Lei b er ' s seven

books .

Thesesummri es, o f t e n

i nv ol v e de at h- de f y i n g f e a t s ,

c l os e

brushes

wth

d e a t h,

and

breakneckescapes . Seethe n e x t

c h ap t e r

f or howmortant p a r t s

o f

a dv e nt ur e s

i n

Lankhmr

c oul d

be turned

i n t o adventures

f or your

p l a ye r s

.

The

Snow

Women

[Swords

and

Devi l t r y ]

F a f h r d i s

aruggedbarbari an

from

heCol dWastes . H s c l an

i s

l ed

by

a

c oun c i l

of

s t e r n

ma t r i a r c h s

c al l ed

theSnow

Wmn Oneo f

themst power-

ful -andcruel -of

theSnow

Wmn

i s

Mor , F af hr d' s

mther

.

Her

husband, Na l -

gr o n, r e si s t s thepower of

theSnowWmn

and

openly f l out s t hei r

edi c t s

. Wenhe

def i es

t hei r

order

not t o cli m

t he

muntai n

Wh te

Fang,

Na l gr on' s

rope

and

p i c k

s h a t t e r ,

mst

l i k e l y

duet o

Mor' s

i ce

sorcery

S hor t l y

a f t e r wa r d ,

thec l a n

mkes

the

annual

t r e k

t o

a

c l ear -

i ng c al l ed Cold Cor n er , where

mrchants from

t he

southset up

t hei r

wagons

f or t r a d e .

Aong

wth themrchants coms a t he -

at r i c al troupe

One

of thep e r -

formrs

i s

Vl a n a,

ab ea ut i f ul

s h owgi r l

a nd, unknown

t o most ,

a

f r eel anc e

t hi ef i n

t r oub l e w th

the

Lankhmr

Thi e v es '

Gui l d

.

F a f h r d

f a l l s

i n l o v e w t h

Vl ana

and

t u r n s hi s backon hi s p r e g -

nant

w f e ,

Mara

Needless

t o

s a y ,

Mor

di sapproves of her s on' s

a c t i ons . F af hr d, l ur ed awayby

both

Vl a na' s

charm

and t he

al l ur e of

s ee i ng t he

c i v i l i z e d

c i t i e s of

the

so ut h, f l ees

t he

encammnt

and

t he

s o r c e r o u s

r e p r i s al s of

theSnow

Wmn

The

Un ho l y Gr ai l

[SwordsandDevi l t r y ]

The

Mouser s t a r t s

hi s

adven-

t u r e s

as

the

a p pr en t i c e of

a

gent l e hedgew z ar d"

namd

G a v as

Rho

Thetwo

l i v e

e a s t of

Lankhmr i n

the

f o r e s t s o f Duke

J anar r l

. "Mouse, "

as

the

Mouser

i s

c al l ed at t hi s s t a ge i n l i f e ,

gr adual l y

f a l l s

i n

l ov e w t h

t he

Duk e ' s

d a ug ht e r ,

I vr i an,

who

i s

al s o l ear n i ng G a v a s Rho' s

whi te

sorcery Wh leMousei s awayon

a quest

f or hi s me n t o r , Duke

poi sed

nl

t he

J anar r l

becoms alarmd a t

hi s

da ught e r ' s sorcerous i nt e r es t s

and as soc i at i on w th commn-

er s . When theMouser e t u r n s , he

f i nds G a v a s Rhodead. Hesus-

p e c t s

t ha t I vr i an

betrayed the

k i ndl y

whi te

wzardand

vow

t o

t u r n t o b l a c k mg c t o avenge

G a v a s Rho' s

deathHe i s

c a p -

t u r e d

b e f o r e

hi s p l a ns

com

t o

f r u i t i o n , however,

and

theangry

Duke t o r t u r e s

h m

But I v r i a n

had

not betrayedher f r i ends ,

and

theMousechannel s dark

s or c e r ous throughher The

p ai r

escape

a f t e r

av i c i ous

a t t a c k

on

t he Duke

and hi s

mn, then f l e e

t o

Lankhmr

as

l ov er s

.

I l l Met

i n

Lankhmr

[SwordsandDev i l t r y]

Both

couples- Fafhrd

and

Vl a na ,

I v r i a n and

t he newy

namd

Gray

Mouser- takeup

r e si de nc e

i n

the

l ower - c l as s d i s -

t r i c t s of

Lankhmr .

The

s t a ge of

de s t i n y

i s

now

set :

F a f h r d and

t he

GrayMouser

met

whi l e

t r y -

i ng

t o

amusht he

sam

v i c t i m

The

two

f e e l a

commnbond

and g at he r

t hei r

l ov er s

f or an

eveni ng

o f c a r o us i n g

.

Duri ng t hi

t i me ,

Vlanac o nf e s s es

her

h a t r e d

of

the Thi e v es '

Gui l d .

She

t a u n t s

the

two

young(and

i neb r i at ed)

heroes i n t o

he l p i ng her ga i n ven

geancea ga i n s t

the

Gui l d .

The

two

rogues

di s gui s e them

s el ves as

beggars

t o p e n e t r a t e

theT hi e v es '

Gui l d , and get so

f a

4

F a f h r d

and

t he

GrayMouser


17/174

t o met

Krovas

t h e

Master

hi e f

. Kr o v as ' comani on,

ahor -

s o r c e r e r named

Hr i s t om l o,

the

pai r ' s

b l u f f ,

howeve r ,

ndsends theml eei ng

f or

t hei r

. But theb ar b ar i a n

and

hi s

a gi c a l l y

s ki l l ed comani on

c r e -

e

suchhavoc

on

t h e suppos-

dl y

i mregnable gui l d t hat

r i s t om l o i s comel led

t o s e e k

i s own

revenge

When

the

o gu e s r e t u r n t o theMouser' s

deout i n Bones Al l ey , they

f i n d

lanaand

I v r i a n dead

by

s o r c e r -

smans, t hei r r e ma i n s

near l y

voured

by

s c o r e s of r at s

under

h e i nf l uenc e of

Hr i s t o m l o

.

I n a

r a ge , thetwo

r e t u r n t o

the

i e ve s '

Gui l dand

s t a ge an

nc r edi b l e f r o n t a l

a s sa ul t . They

ackt hei r way

through

s c o r e s of

e ss er

t hi ev es

and

o t he r

m n-

on s,

f i n a l l y

c onf r ont i ng

Krovas

nd Hr i s t o m l o . Theb l a c k

w z-

ar d ' s

sorcery i s about t o get the

b e t t e r

of t h e two he r o es when

F af hr d hur l s Vl ana' s

dagger i n t o

t he

w z ar d ' s

eye, s l ayi ng h m

i ns t a nt l y Thetwoescape

Kr o v as ' ga t h er i ng hordewth

som

d i f f i c u l t y ,

but

s t r i c ken by

g r i e f , l e av e Lankhmr and

do

not

r e t u r n f or

s e v er a l

years .

The

C i r c l e

Cur s e

[Swords Aga i n s t Death]

The C i r c l e Curse i s

ati me

of

wanderi ng

f o r

F af hr d

and

the

GrayMouser . Tr av el i ng mst of

theKnown L a n d s , they t r y

un suc c e ss f ul l y t o put the deaths

of t hei r

f i r s t

l ov es beh nd

them

One of t hei r j ourneys t a k e s

them

o

Col dCorner

t o s e a r c h

f o r

F af hr d ' s

c l an, but

t h e r e

they

F af hr d

and

t he

Gray

Mouser

e

5

f i n d

onl y

rumrs t h a t t h e

ent i r e

c l an was

mssacred

by i ce

gnoms .

L a t e r

they

t r a v e l t o

the

C i t y of

B e gg a r s ,

Tovi l yi s ,

where

theMouser, an

orphan, b el i ev es

he

may

have

beenborn That

q ue s t ,

t oo, proves

f r ui t l ess . The

twowander

depressed

f o r

a

short whi l e

l on ge r , then

encounter

two

s t r a n g e

s up e r -

n at ur a l

i ndi v i dual s

who

encour-

age themo

r e t u r n t o

Lankhmr

.

Thoughthe p ai r

do not yet

know

t ,

these

msteri ous ent i -

t i e s

ar e

Sheelba

of theE ye l e s s

Face andNngauble

o f theSeven

Eyes, who

w l l be t hei r

s o r c e r -

ous

mntors i n

t i me s t o com

The J ewel s

i n t he

F o r e s t

[Swords

Aga i n s t

Death]

Therogues

ha ve n' t beenback

i n

the c i t y

l ong when

they di s -

cover

a

mp

t o the

t r e a s u r e

of a

l ong-dead s o r c e r e r

namd

Urgaan They

f ol l ow

t h e mp

i n t o the

Lankhmr

out l a nd s and

t h e r e l oc at e the

s t r a n g e

r ui ns of

Ur ga an ' s mnor

.

They

d i s c o ve r

t ha t

thes o r c e r e r

i mued i t wth

l i f e ,

t ur ni ng

i t i n t o a

p r o t e c t o r

of

hi s a nc i e nt

t r e a s u r e

. The

house

a t t a c k s

the

e x pl or e r s

w th hypnoti c

t e r r o r and

by

mldi ng

i t s

wa l l s , c ei l i ngs,

and

f l oor s

i n t o powerful

c l ub s

. Thi s

i s another

b a t t l e

l os t by

the

Twai n,

though

they

narrowy

escape

once a ga i n

.

Thi e ve s ' House

[Swords

Aga i n s t

Death]

A

ogueo f the

T hi e v es ' Gui l d,

F i s s i f ,

t r i c k s F af hr d

and

t h e

Gray

Mouser

i n t o

s t eal i ng an a nc i e nt

s kul l fromh e

Temle

of

Vot i s ha l .

Theheroes

do

so

w t h

l i t t l e di f f i -

c u l t y ,

onl y

t o haveF i s s i f

s t e a l

t h e

s k ul l fromunder t hei r noses .

The

p ai r

e vent ual l y r e al i z e F i s s i f

i s

w t h t he Gui l d

and rush

t o

the

Gui l d House

There

t h e y

f i n d

Master Thi e f Krovas

s t r angl ed

and

w t n es s

the

escape

of hi s

paramur, I v l i s ,

who

now

has

t h e

my s t e r i ous s kul l . Thetwo

ar e

about

t o g i v e chasewhen

t he y

ar e

di s c ov er e d and f o r c e d

t o f l e e .

Un f or t una t e l y , F af hr d

st umbl es

i n t o

t he c r yp t s below

the

T hi e ve s ' Gui l d

and

di s c ov er s

t ha t

the l ong- b ur i ed

Dead

Master

Theves

haver i s en . TheDead

Masters

r e veal t hat thes t o l en

s kul l

belonged t o oneof t hei r

own,

Ohmhal

.

They

t h r e a t e n

F af hr d wth

a

hor r i b l e f a t e

i f he

does

not recover the

s a c r e d

r e l i c .

F af hr d agr ees

but

i s c a p -

t u r e d

on

hi s

way

out

by

S l e v ya s ,

the

newGui l d Ma s t e r , who

t h r e a t e n s F af hr d' s death un l e ss

the

Mouser r e t ur n s t he s kul l

.

( I f

you

do

not b r i ng t h e j ewel ed

s kul l by

ne x t m dni ght ,

we

w i l l

b egi n

t o k i l l theNortherner

. )

F or t un at e l y ,

t he

Gray

Mouser

has

al r e ady

ob t a i n ed t h e s k ul l

from

v l i s by

a

c l e ve r di s gui s e .

When

he

r e t u r n s

t o theGui l d

House,

he

and

F a f h r d s t r uggl e

w t h

S l e vy as who

ac c i dent a l l y

smshes

theskul l of Omhal .

Thi s

sends the

Dead

Master

T hi e v es i n t o a rage, and

t he y

com

c r a shi ng

throughthewal l s

t o t e a c h

t h e

Gui l d

a ,


18/174

p ai nf ul l e s son

i n

r e s p e c t . T hi e v e s '

House

i s

near l y d es t r oy ed as

F a f h r d and t he Mouser

once

a ga i n

mkead ea t h - d e f y i ng escape

The

Bl eakShore

[Swords

Aga i n s t

Death]

F a f h r d

and

theGray

Mouser

ar e

s e n t t o seek

t hei r

doombya

s ma l l ,

p al e,

msteri ous

mn

Unable t o r e si s t hi s c ur s e,

t he

two

s a i l

o f f

i n F af hr d' s sl oop

as i f

i n a

t r a n c e

. The

sl oop i s

crewed

by f our

Mngol

s ai l or s

i ndebted

t o

serve

i t f o r

l i f e

a f t e r

bei ng

savedby the

Twai n

f romthe

Ci t y of Bl ack

I dol s

dur i ng t hei r

ear l i er t r av el s . A f t e r a dr e am l i k e

voyage

of

over 40 days, the

s ma l l

v e s s e l reaches l a nd, and

t he Twai n

send t hei r

Mngol s

back

t o

Lankhmr

.

(Onl y

one,

Ourph s ur v i v es

the

j ourney)

On t he

rocky i s l and t ha t

i s t he

Bl e ak S ho r e ,

F a f h r d

and

the

Mouser d i s c ov er

two

s c o r e

gi a nt

eggs . Ter r i b l e gl adi at or l i z ar ds

hatch

fromwo

eggs

and,

w t h

t al ons as

l ong

and

sharp

as

swords,

a t t a c k

theheroes .

I t

t r u l y

seem

the

twohave

mt

t hei r

doom

when t he

GrayMouser

f i nds

and

smshes

an

eggc o n -

t a i ni ng

the

emryoni c

form

f

thep al e mn, " l yi ng h e r e and

sendi ng i t s s p i r i t a b r oa d ,

l yi ng

here

andc a l l i n g men

t o doom

The

Mouser

s t a b s t h i s

form

w t h

hi s b l a de .

I ns t ant l y, t he

twosnap

out

o f t hei r s t u p o r ,

t he

l i z ar ds

f a l l

dea d,

t he

eggs

crumle

t o d us t ,

and

thecurse i s

broken-leavi ng

thetwo he r o es

s t r a n d e d

"on

Nehwon' s western c ont i nent , or

on the

easternmst

shore o f i t s

e a s t e r n

c on t i n en t

. No

one

know

. Theyspend t he n e x t

t h r e e

s t or i es t r yi ng t o

get

home

TheHowi ngTower

[Swords Against Death]

TheTwai n ar e

drawn t o a

somer

g r a y tower somwhere

i n

Nehwon' s w l der ne s s . A

c r a z e d

bl ackwzard

t r i c k s

F a f h r d i n t o dr i nk i ng

a

magi cal

p ot i on

t ha t

sends

h mo a

shadow

di mnsi on

Therethe

b ar b ar i a n

i s

b e s e t by

the

s p i r i t s

of

the

w z ar d ' s

hounds

.

These

ha un t i n g

b e a s t s

seekvengeance

on themge f or i mpri soni ngand

s t a r v i ng themo

d ea t h,

and

t he

mge

hopes t ha t

F af hr d' s

soul

wi l l

s a t e

t hei r hunger .

The

Mouser

di s r up t s the

ma ge' s

p l a ns ,

however,

and

f o r c e s h mo dr i nk hi s own

p ot i on,

sendi ng

h m

o

the

shadowp l a n e

. The

Mouser

j our -

neys t o t ha t p l a ne as wel l ,

and

the

two

f i n d

F a f h r d

j us t as

he i s

about

t o

succum

t o

theangry

hounds

.

When

the

c r e a t u r e s see

t hei r

former

ma s t e r , howeve r ,

they

qui c kl y

f or ge t

t he

b ar b ar i a n

and

chaset he

wzard i n t o the

shadow . When

theTwai n

awaken,

they

f i n d

the

o l d man

dea d, hi s soul consumd

by t he

dreadedhounds .

The

Sunken Land

[Swords

Aga i n s t

Death]

Wh le f i s hi ng i n

theOuter Sea,

F af hr d

f i nds a

s t r a n g e

gol den

key

i n

the

b e l l y

o f a

f i s h

.

F a f h r d

guesses

t ha t

thekey i s

from

a

l a nd he

heardabout

i n

hi s

6

e

F a f h r d

and

t he

Gray Mouser


19/174

EV

M I N E S '

th the

sunken

ki ngdomo f

nci ent S mrgya

Though

the

ray

Oneexpresses abad

f e el -

ng

about

i t , Fafhrd l aughs

and

ucks the key i nto hi s cloak

Onl y a short wh le l at er , a s

hei r sl oop

d r i f t s i n thestorm

ght , a

dragon- prowed

gal l ey

ursts throughthe

darkness

.

afhrd

i s knocked

onto the

ga l -

ey' s

oars wh letheMouser and

esl oop arepushedaway

i n t o

e

ni ght . WenFafhrd cl i ms

p

from

he o a r s , oneo f the

ga l -

l ey' s

s ai l or s

attacks h mbut the

barbari an

catches

themn's

ri sts and hurl s h mnt o the

storm

sea

Wen

Fafhrd

mkes

i t on

board,

hedi scovers

that

the ga l l ey

i s commndedby

Lavas

Laerk,

a s t r i c t captai n who

f orces

hi s

crew

t o dri nk heavi l y

and

take

a

vow

o f

s i l enc e

.

Fafhrd

i s

forced to take the pl ace o f the

mn

he

pul ledoverboard . Soon

he

f i nds that Lavas

Laerk

has

sworn to

r a i d sunken S mrgya

As

Fate

woul d

have i t , S mr-

gya

r i s es

from

hedepths

duri ng

thestorm

Lavas

Laerk f orces

Fafhrd and the r e s t of hi s crew

mnonto the i s l and and i n t o

e er i e

phosphorescent hal l s .

Unchal lenged,

thep i r a t e s reach

the

end

o f

a great

tunnel

and

f i n d scores o f r ot t i ng treasure

chests . The

crewmen beg n

f i ght -

i ng

over

thepalegoldand

j ewels

i ns i de, wh le

Lavas Laerk

gri eves

t ha t

hi s l i f e l o ng quest has com

t o

such

an easy end .

Suddenly,

however,

Laerk

f i nds a

sml l

l ocked doorway To

F af hr d ' s hor r or , he sees that

Laerkhas stol en hi s key

and

i s

about tounlock the door

.

The

Fafhrd

and

the

Gay

Mouser 9

7

barbari an

suddenly

r e al i z es

t ha t

no acci dent or

coi nci dence

brought h mhe key ,

and

i t

wasn' t mre fortune

that put

h mon

thedeckof

thega l l ey .

Wth

a l l hi s

energy he

s pr i nt s

away from

he

p i r a t e s

and back

up theglownghallways .

H s sus-

pi ci ons are conf i rmd

whenthe

i s l and beg ns t o

si nk r a pi dl y ,

drawng

Laerk

and

hi s

doomd

crewdownwth i t .

The

barbar-

i an i s rescuedbyhi s

comani on,

theGrayMouser,

whowas

prowi ng

the

i s l and

i n

the

sl oop

As

they s ai l

away, the

GrayOne

t e l l s Fafhrd

that the

p i r a t e s

attemted to escapeas

we l l , but

were taken byf r i ght e ni ng

b l a n-

k et - l i k e sea-creatures (seac l oa k-

e r s ) that envel oped them

and

draggedthemdownwth

the

si nki ng

i s l and

.

What s i ni s t e r

f o r c e was

unleashedbyF af hr d ' s key i s

never

r e ve al e d,

but i t seem l i k e l y

these

l es s e r s er v i t o r s

l at e r

awakened

Smrgya's dreadedsurvi vors .

SevenBackPri ests

[Swords

Agai nst

Death]

Theheroes are t r a v e l i ng

i n the

muntai ns

known

as the

Bones o f

theOd

Ones

when

they

di scover

a

mssi vegem

near anci ent

Kl e s hi t e runes . The

runes

hi n t

t ha t

thegems theeyeo f

the

sl umeri ng

Earth

God

Fafhrd

takes thegemand the

Twai n ar e

pursued

by

seven

s i l ent

and

f a nat i c al p r i es t s

i n

black

robes .

The

eyegu des the

heroes

through

themuntai ns,

however,

and eventual ly l eads them

oa

sacredgreen h i l l deep i n the


20/174

Kl es hi t e

j ungl e

.

There

they

d i s -

c o v e r t ha t

t he

E a r t h

Godneeds

t he

bloodo f he r o e s ,

so

t ha t i t

may ar i s e

i n

t he

"formof mn

andr i d

theworld

of

mnki nd's

v i l e

i nf l uenc e

.

But

a f t e r

s l ayi ng

t he

p r i es t s ,

the

Mouser s h a t t e r s

t he

eyew th

hi s

dagger .

Both

he r o es

escape

as thegreen h i l l

c r a c k s

and

b l e eds

mlten

l ava

.

Cl aws

From

he

Ni ght

[Swords

Against

Death]

Lankhmr

i s

s uf f er i ng

under

a

p l a gue

o f

i nt e l l i gent

b i r d s

.

Ravens and

other

ev i l b i r d s

have s t ol en j ewel s ,

and

nowar e

s w t c hi n g

t o

murder and

mut i l a -

t i o n wth poi soned

beaks

and

t al ons

.

The

Twai n' s

t r oub l es begi n

when theys t e a l amssi veruby

from

Muul sh

the

Moneyl ender

.

A f t e r

l os i ng

the r u b y , the

p ai r

hi de

out i n the supposedly

abandoned

Temle of

Tyaa

Therethey di scover

t h a t At y a ,

Muul sh' s

w f e ,

i s

an

a v at a r

of

Tyaa, al ong-shunned

goddess

o f Nehwon I t

i s

Atyaand

her

b i r d s

o f

Tyaat ha t are r e sp ons i -

bl e f o r

the

c i t y ' s a vi a n

cri m-wave

F a f h r d

and

the

Gray

Mouser

b a t t l e

Atya

at

t he

he i ght

of

her

power

and

mnage

t o

d ef e at

her

.

ThoughAtyaplunged from

the top of thetemle

tower

and

i n t o theHl a l Ri v er , no

body

was

ever recovered

The

Gray

One l at e r

t o l d

F af hr d

t ha t hesawa

f l i ght of b i r d s

f l y

across

the

The

Pr i c e of

Pai n- Eas e

mon mments

l a t e r , a

much

l a r ge r b i r d t a i l i n g r a gge dl y

beh ndthemI t

i s

qui t e p os si b l e

t ha t

the

a v at a r

of Tyaa

escaped

t o

astronghol d rumred

t o

l i e

i n theMountai ns o f

Darkness

.

[SwordsAgai nst

Death]

A f t e r

s e v e r a l years

of

adven-

t ur i ng, F a f h r d

and

theGray

Mouser' s

gr i ef

over the deaths

of t hei r f i r s t l ov es haswaned

l i t t l e

.

S ep ar a t e l y, the

two

seek

out

t hei r

ma s t e r s ,

Nngauble

of

the

SevenEyes and

Sheelba

o f

theEyel ess F a c e ,

and

ask

f or

r e l i e f from

he i r

consumng

p ai n . Bothmntors

agree

t o

he l p ,

but onl y

i f

the heroes can

b r i n g

them

he

Mask

of

Death

fromShadowand Each s t i l l

unaware

t ha t

t he

other

i s

com

p et i ng

f or

the

Mask,

the

twoset

o f f f or

the l a nd

o f

Death

Wenthey

ar r i ve,

t he

two

ar e

mt

by

shades o f

t hei r former

l ov es ,

whop r a i s e,

thenr e j ec t

themor t hei r r e c kl e ss ne ss

i n

comng t o

Shadowand .

The

heroes

ar e onl ymre

gr i ef - s t r i c ken

by

the ap par i -

t i ons ,

however,

and

they

push

on

t o

the

hal l s of

Death There

they

encounter Duke

Da n i us ,

a

Lankhmr noble

whof e a r s

"death" somuch

t ha t he

has

com t o b a t t l e

"Death

.

Deathi s

nowhere

t o

be

f o un d ,

but

the

t h r e e ev ent ua l l y f i n d theMask

of Dea t h,

wh ch

DukeDanius

s l i c es i n ha l f

. Deathr e t u r n s

and

s l ays Danius

as

t he heroes f l e e

wth

ha l f o f

theMask

of

Death

Nngauble

and

Sheelbaar e

not pleased

t ha t

the

p r e c i ous

ar t i f a ct

has been r ui n ed, but

keep at l eas t p a r t of t hei r b a r -

ga i n . I vr i an and

Vlanaar e

not

f or got t e n, nor are they

r e t u r n e

t o t he l and of the l i vi ng, but

t hei r

mmri es

b r i ng

onl y

qui e

p l e as ur e

t o

the

heroes

ever

a f t e r

.

B a z a a r of t he

Bi z ar r e

[SwordsAgai nstDeath]

NngaubleandSheelbasum

mn

F a f h r d

f or another task-

t hi s ti mt o r i d Nehwon of

the

Devourers, an

evi l

race

of w z -

a r d s from

som other

plane

The

Devourers e r e c t

shops f u l l

of f i l t h

and

ga r b a g e ,

then

use

i l l us i ons t o mke

t hei r

di s -

gui sed

wares

appear

as val u-

a b l e t r ea s ur es .

So

i ns i di ous

ar e

these

otherworldly

mrchants

t ha t

t hei r p l a n i s

t o

t u r n a l l

mr

t a l s

i n t o s l a v er i ng f ool s whodo

noth ngbut

purchase

the

Devourers'

worthess

goods

.

I gn or a nt o f al l t h i s , the

Mouser

ar r i v es

at

awondrous

newshop i n the Pl a z a o f Dark

De l i ght s

.

He f a l l s prey

t o

a

Devourer' s

i l l us i ons

.

F a f h r d

ar r i v es

and

i s

about

t o

f ol l ow

when he i s stoppedby

Nngaubleand

S he el b a , who

gi v e

h m

he

Cl oak

of

I n v i s i b i l i t

and

theVe i l

of

TrueSeei ng

Usi ng

these

i t e ms , F af hr d r e s -

cues hi s comani on

and

s l ays

the shopkeeper . TheBazaar

vani shes

at

the s or c er er ' s

d e at h, and

Sheelba

and

Nngauble

r e t u r n

t o

c l a i m

t hei r

preci ous

mg cal

ar t i f a ct s

.

8

F af hr d

and t he Gray

Mouse


21/174

[Swords

i n t he Mst]

E v i l

p r i es t s a t the

Temle

of

Hatesummn a

v i l e

" c l oud of

Hate Thes ent i e nt m st d r i f t s

f romthetemleand b egui l es f our

renowned a s sa s si n s t o

do i t s

b i d-

di ng

Thea s sa s si n s f ol l owt hei r

s up e r n a t ur a l

master

as i t d r i f t s

through

t h e

s t r e e t s

of

Lankhmar,

c a us i n g

mrder and

myhem

a l on g

i t s

path

As

F a t e wouldhave i t , F af hr d

and t h e GrayMouser

ar e

s er v i ng

as

hi r e d

guards

f o r

t he b e t r o t h a l

p a r t y of Ov er l or d G i p ker i o' s

daughter The

h er o es

mnage

t o

di s p at c h t h e charmd

a s sa s si n s,

but

t h e c l oud

form t ent ac l es and

f i ght s

onw th t hei r f a l l e n weap-

ons

. TheTwai n c a n n o t seemo

get

the

b e t t e r

o f

t he t e n

f l a i l i n g

t ent ac l es ,

unt i l t h e

Mouser

s p ot s

t h e

c l oud' s

" si l ver

c o r d "

t ha t

c o n -

n e c t s i t

t o t h e Temleof Hate

He

s e v e r s i t qui c kl y

andthecl oud

di s s i p at e s i ns t a nt l y

LeanTi mes

i n

Lankhmar

[Swords i n t he Mst]

Boredomau ses F af hr d t o

becom i nt er e s t ed

i n,

and

f i n a l l y

j o i n , t h e Temleof

I s sek

of t h e

J ug,

a

poor

god

w t h

few ol l owe r s

and

l i t t l e power

S i mul t a ne ous l y ,

theGrayOnebecoms an

e nf or c e r f or Pul g' s church e x t o r -

t i o n r i n g

As

I s seki ani t y gr ows,

t ha n k s l ar gel y t o F af hr d' s i n f l u -

enceand

s t r e n g t h ,

sodoes i t s

power andwe al t h . Pul g t h e

E x t o r -

t i oni st ev ent ual l y

t a ke s not i c e

and

demnds t ha t

t h e

Gray

Mouser

F af hr d

and

t he

GrayMouser

e

9

c ol l ec t t h e a p pr op r i a t e " f e e s "

fromBwadr es ,

t h e t e mp l e' s p r i es t

.

Though

theMouser i s

he si t a nt

t o

ac t agai ns t

hi s

o l d f r i end,

he

d ec i d es t o f u l f i l l hi s

dut i es

t o Pul g .

F or t una t e l y , F a t e i nt e r v en es

b e f o r e thetwoheroes com t o

blow . F af hr d, a f t e r a

n i ght

of

bawdy r evel r y,

stumles from

hi s hovel

t i e d t o

hi s

w r e - f r a me

b e d ,

hi s

head

shaved,

and

a

l ar ge j u g i n

hi s

hand-a near

p er f ec t r e pr e sent at i on of I s sek

of t h e J ughi ms e l f . P ul g,

b el i ev-

i n g t ha t F af hr d i s the a v at a r of

thegod hi ms el f , r e p e n t s and

i ns t a nt l y c o n v e r t s t o I s s ek i ani t y

TheMouser

r e al i z es t h e

mstake

and qui c k l y

s p i r i t s F af hr d

away

At

theend

of

the

s t o r y ,

we l ear n

t ha t theTemle of I s sek l as t e d

t h r e e mre y e a r s . Af t e r wa r ds ,

the

Gods

of

Lankhmr,

j ea l ous

of

t h e r el i gi on' s p op ul ar i t y, arose

anddestroyed

i t

. BothPul gand

Bwadres

di sappeared i n the

mayhem

hat

ensued

Thei r Mstress,

The Sea

[Swords i n t he Mst]

Thi s

t a l e f e at ur e s F af hr d and

t h e Gray Mous e r ' s un s uc c e s s f ul

a t t e mp t s

t o

be

p i r a t es

.

They

s a i l

i n

t hei r

s l oop , t h e Black T r e a -

s u r e r ,

p i l ot e d

by

Ourphthe

Mi n -

gol .

The i r

f i r s t r a i d

i s

a ga i n s t a

s i mp l e b ai t s hi p ,

whose

angry

s l i ng- w el di ng crew

i t s Ourph

on

t h e head

and

c r ac k s s ever al of

F af hr d' s r i b s . The i r

n e x t

t a r g e t

t u r n s

out t o be f i v e Mi n go l

w t c he s whohave

l i t t l e

andcurse

them

s t h e y t a k e

t hei r

l e av e

.

The i r

l ac k

of

s u c c e s s f o r c e s the

Twai n

t o

head f or shor e,

s p e c i f i -

c a l l y

t h e

l and

of t h e E i ght

Ci t i es

.

Wen

theSea Ki ng' s

Away

[Swords i n t he

Mst]

TheTwai n-mnus

awounded

Ourph

t h e

Mi n gol , who

has

had

enough

of

s a i l i ng- a r e

headed

f o r

t h e

l and

of

the

E i ght

Ci t i es

when they

d i s c ov e r

as t r a n g e

" t unnel "

l eadi ng

beneaththesea

The

p ai r

f ol l ow

the

t un n el

deep

i n t o the

enchanted l and of t h e

S ea- Ki ng

. At the t unnel ' s bottom

they

encounter

undead s ai l or s

drowned

a t

sea, agi a nt oc t op u s ,

and

s e v e r a l

other

c r e a t u r e s of

thesea Thetwo

ar e

near l y

ent hr al l ed by

beauteous

sea-nymhs

when

the

un d er -

water

ki ngdom

e gi n s

c r a shi ng

down

around

t hei r ear s .

As us ua l ,

t h e he r o e s reachthe

s ur f ac e j u s t

i n t h e ni c k of t i meand

reboard

t hei r ves sel , the

Black

Treasurer .

TheWong

Branch

[Swords

i n t he Mst]

S t i l l

adr i f t aboard

t h e

Black

T r e a s u r e r , F af hr d andthe

Mouser

becom convi ncedt ha t t he Sea

Ki nghas

c u r s e d

themThey

t r a v e l t o t h e c a v e s of

Ni n ga ub l e

t o

seek

r e l i e f

but

unf or t un at el y

t a k e

the

wong

branch

i n

hi s

t w s t i ng,

mul t i - d i me ns i on al c a v -

e r n s .

Theyemrge

i n T y r e ,

on

E a r t h ,

s hor t l y a f t e r t he

death of Al exander the

Gr e a t .

Thi s

s t o r y s e t s

up

then e x t ,

Adept' s

Gami t

.


22/174

Adep t ' s Gami t

[Swords i n theMst]

Theheroes have

l i t t l e

mm

ory of

Nehwon,

and

becom

emroi led i n

awar

between

Nngauble

and

aTy r i a n wzard

namdAnraDevadori s . Anra

c u r s e s thetwo so t ha t any

womn

emraced

by

F a f h r d

becoms a s w ne,

and

those

emracedby theMouser

becom gi a nt

s nai l s .

Nngauble

coms

t o the

rescue

andt e l l s

the

heroes t ha t

they

must f i n d

theShroud of Ahri mn, the

powdered

mumm

of the

Demn

Pharaoh, the

cup

of

S o c r a t e s , as p r i g

from

he

Tree

of

L i f e ,

and " t h e womn

who

wi l l com when

she

i s

ready

Theymust

t a k e these i tem

t o

t he Lost

Ci t y of

Ahri mn,

e a s t

o f

Armnia

Anra

needs the

my s t i c a l s p i r i t

of he r o es t o

c ha l l e nge

thegods

themelves

. F i r s t , however, he

mst r egai n hi s ol dbody When

t he heroes performa

r i t ual i n

t he

Cas t l e

Cal l ed Mi s t wth t he

i t e ms

spoken

of

by

Ni n ga ub l e ,

Anr a' s

s p i r i t

i s

r el ea s ed from

hi s

si st e r ' s c ap t i v e body

and

r e t u r n e d t o hi s own F o r t u -

nat el y ,

hi s

s i s t e r ,

Ahura,

al s o

nowr e t u r n e d

t o her

own

body,

f i nds t hat her l a ught e r weakens-

her

b r o t h e r and a l l ows

F a f h r d

V and

t he

Mouser t o

b e s t

h mn

comat .

Thi s

al s o

r e s t o r e s

the he r o es '

memry of

Nehwon

and

r e t u r n s

themo Lankhmr

.

I n t he W t c h' s

Te nt / S t a r doc k

[Swords

Agai nst

Wzardry]

F af hr d

and

t he

Gray Mouser

t r a v e l t o

S t a r d o c k , thehi ghe s t

peak

i n

theMountai ns of the

G ant s i n

theCol d

Wa st es,

t o

seek legendarygem . H gh on

the

t r e ac he r ous

s l op es ,

they

ar e

a t t a c k e d by

two

rogues w th

t r a i ned

b e a r s ,

snows e r p e n t s ,

and

the

s t r a n g e

" i nvi s i b l es " o f

Stardock i t s e l f . Theheroes

mn-

age

t o overcom

t hei r

f oe s w t h

t hei r w t s

and

the ai d of i n v i s i b l e

p r i nc es s es Hi r r i w andKeyai ra

The

l a t t e r s ' b r o t h e r ,

Pr i nc e

F ar oom a r ,

and

t hei r f a t h e r , Ki ng

Oom or a f or , becom

sworn ene-

mes

of

theTwai n

as

they

s t e a l

the p r i nc es s es '

af f ec t i ons and

the

i n v i s i b l e

gem

of

Stardock

.

TheTwo Bes t

Thi e ve s

i n Lankhmr

[Swords

Agai nst

Wzardry]

The"two b e s t t hi e ve s

i n

Lankhmr

ar e hum l i a t e d when

theyattemt

t o

s e l l the i n v i s i b l e

gem o f

Stardock

. Thegem

exudeas l i ght glowt ha t

encour-

ageF af hr d t o t a k e hi s

share

t o

a

f enc e known

as

Nema

of

t he

Dusk, whoconducts a l l her

b us i -

ness at t w l i g h t when thegem

wi l l bemst

v i s i b l e

. The

Mouser

t r i e s

a

s l i ght l y

mre

unscrupu-

l ous

pl oy

and

t a k e s

hi s

share

t o

Ogo the

Bl i nd,

whomhe

assums wi l l

not know

hat

the

gem

ar e

i n v i s i b l e

.

Un f or t un at e l y

f or hi m

Ogo

does

no t

t r u l y

ex i s t

. Ogo' s a ss i s -

t a n t ,

a

g i r l

namd Eyes, mai n-

t a i ns

the

f a c ad e

of

Ogo t o p r o-

t e c t

her s el f .

She

s e e s p er f ec t l y

wel l ,

and

teaches t he

Mouser

a

l e ss on by s t e al i ng the

gem

.

F a f h r d i s

al s o out w t t ed

when he

i s seduced

by Nema

and

hi s

own

gem taken Hum l i a t ed, the

he r o es l eav e Lankhmr s e p a -

r a t e l y ,

and as F a t e would

have i t

s i gn

on

as

mrcenari es

f or

the

Lords

of

Quarml l - on

opposi ng

s i des

of

amssi ve c i v i l war .

The

L or d s

of

Quarml l

[Swords

Agai nst

Wzardry]

Quarmll

i s

anunderground

ki ngdomn di spute The

two

sons

of Lord

Quarml , Gwaay

and

Has j ar l ,

are

bothmster s o r -

c e r e r s ; each

hopes

t o

s l ay t he

o t he r

and

becom

hei r t o t hei r

f at her ' s

throne F af hr d

f i ght s f or

Has j ar l ,

whi l ethe

Mouser

s i gns

w t h Gwaay

The

two

wzards

and t hei r

f o r c e s havereachedas t a l e ma t e

when t he Mouser,

us i n g p owe r f ul

b ut unc ont r o l l ab l e

s o r c e r y of hi s

own,

s l ays thewzardswhop r o -

t e c t

Gwaay

fromhi s b r ot her ' s

own

s pel l s

. Gwaay i s

qui c k l y

beset

by hor r i b l e a f f l i c t i o n s

caused

by Has j ar l ' s

s o r c e r y ,

but

summns enough

w l l p owe r

t o

proposeameti ngt o s e t t l e

the

matter

once

and

f or

al l

.

Ha sj a r l

a gr e e s

and

p r e s e n t s

F af hr d

as

hi s

chami on

The

Gray

One,

of

c o u r s e , i s Gwaay's

chami on

The

two s t a ge

amck

b at t l e

whi l e

thewzards

s l ow y b e t r a y

one

another Gwaaysucceeds

f i r s t , causi ngag r e a t c e i l i n g

stone t o squashHa sj a r l

f l a t

.

10 e

F af hr d and

t he GrayMouser


23/174

Be f or e

Gwaay p er i s he s

fromhi s

d i s e as e s, LordQuarml r ev eal s

hi ms e l f

and di s c l os es thee xi s -

t e n c e of

anew

h e i r ,

yet unborn

i n

thewom

of a

concubi ne The

heroes ar e s e n t on t hei r way

F r i t z

L ei b er c o - wr ot e t hi s

s t o r y w t h

hi s

c l os e

f r i end Harry

Ot t o

F i s c her ,

who

c r e a t e d the

twoheroes

f o r

L ei b er

i n

1934

F i s c he r never woteanymre of

t he

Twa i n ' s

a dv e nt ur e s ,

but

L ei b er of t e n

wote

of

F i s c her ' s

i mortance

t o

h m

s

f r i end and

i ns p i r a t i on . I ndee d, F i s c he r

md-

el ed theGray

Mouser

on hi m

s e l f , and F af hr d on L ei b er .

( F i s c her was al s o t he c r e at or o f

the f i r s t gam t o bebased

on

the

LANKHMAR

s et t i ng. I n 1937, F i s -

cher desi gned aboardgam

basedon

theLANKHMAR

wor l d ,

and

i t

was

f i n a l l y

publ i shed

by

TSRi n 1976as

one

of t he com

p any ' s f i r s t

mjor

r e l e as es . )

TheSwords of

Lankhmar

Thi s , the

f i r s t

comletenovel

of F af hr d

and theGray Mouser,

t e l l s

of

Lankhmr' s narrow

escape

fromo t a l de s t r uc t i on .

The t a l e

b e gi ns when the

Twai n

ar e hi r e d

t o

guarda

s hi p

c ar r yi ng

gr a i n

On

board

the

s hi p

ar e Hi s vi n, aweal thy

gr ai n

mer -

c hant , hi s

daughter Hi s ve t , and

her

t r a i ned

whi te r a t s .

Dur i n g

the

voyage, one

of

the

s hi p s

s i nk s .

Thee vi de nc e

p oi nt s t o

Hi s vet ' s

whi te

r a t s ,

b ut F af hr d

and

the

Mouser ,

i nf at uat ed

w t h thebeau-

t i f u l

young

g i r l , defend her . The

gr a t e f ul Hi s v et i nvi t e s thehe r o es

t o her

c ab i n,

but

t he y

f a l l prey t o

F af hr d

and

t he

GrayMouser

1 1

.

. _~

a t ai nt ed batch of c u r r y , drugged

by

t h e shi p' s g ua r d s who

s t i l l

b el i ev e Hi s v et gui l t y

The

guards

b u r s t

i n t o

t h e

roomsoon

a f t e r ,

and

i t i s r e vea l ed

t ha t

Hi s v et

and

her r a t s ar e i ndeed r e s pons i b l e

f or the

sunken

s hi p .

Hi s ve t , her mai d,

F r i x ,

andthe

r a t s

d ef e a t

t he guar ds, then l ead

awaveof commnb l a c k r a t s

f romthes hi p ' s

hol d

i n amti ny

They ar e t ak i ng

over the

s hi p

when Hi s vi n

ar r i ves

t o t a ke

c h ar ge .

The

hel p l es s F af hr d

and

GrayMouser hope

t ha t

Hi s v et

wi l l

spare t hei r l i v e s , b u t she

p u t s up l i t t l e

r es i s t a nc e

when

Hi s vi n i nsi st s theheroes

be

s l a i n.

F or t una t e l y ,

Chance

i nt e r -

venes .

I n t e r di me ns i on al

t i me

t r avel er andanimal c ol l ec t o r

K a r l

Treuherz ar r i ves

on

the

back

of

a

two-headed

dragon

t h a t has a conveni ent ap pet i t e

f o r

r a t s . K a r l b e gi n s thea t t a c k

whi l e

F af hr d, f i n a l l y

awakened

by

t h e cl aws of the s hi p ' s b l a c k

ki t t en, b r e a k s f r e e . Hethen f r e e s

theMouser, and t h e t r i o

f o r c e

thev i l l a i n s fromhe

s hi p

.

Af t er Tr euher z ' s d e p a r t u r e ,

t he

Twai nt r a v e l w t h t h e

gr ai n

s hi p s

t o t hei r des t i nat i on .

There

F af hr d

de c i de s t o l i nger f or a t i me , but

t h e

Mouser

r e t u r n s

t o

Lankhmr

Whenhe

ar r i ves , t he GrayOne

di s c ov er s t ha t

Hi s vi n

and

Hi s v e t

havega i n ed t he ear of t h e

Over -

l or d . Theyhaveconvi ncedh m

t ha t

t h e y

can

r i d Lankhmr of

i t s

r at p op ul a t i on

f o r e v e r ,

i f he

wi l l

wai t

u n t i l t h e s t a r s

ar e

r i ght b ef or e

st r i ki ng

a ga i n s t

themTheMouser

t r i e s t o warn t h e Ov er l or d of t hei r

d ec e p t i on , b u t f i nds t ha t awound

i n f l i c t e d

by

Hi s vet ' s ma gi c a l

s i l ver

d a r t s

p r e v e n t s

h mromr e veal i ng

t h e

b eaut i f ul

t r ai t or

.

Wh le

the

Mouser

wr e st l e s

w t h

hi s

sorcerous l ov e

f o r

Hi s v et , the

Lankhmr r at p l a gue

grow

worse

Commn r a t s , now

ex hi b i t i ng s t r a n g e

i nt el l i genc e,

commt t h e f t ,

a r s o n , andmrder

a ga i n s t

the c i t y

TheMouser ,

knowng

t ha t

Hi s v i n

and

Hi s v et

ar e a t thec e n t e r

of

the

p l a gue ,

s e e k s

hel p from

hi s

s or c e r ous

me n t o r ,

Sheelba

of

t he Eye l es s

Face Sheelba

gi v es

her

a p p r e n -

t i c e a p ot i on

t ha t a l l ows h mo

s hr i nk

down

t o

the si z e of a

r at

and

p e n e t r a t e Lankhmr Be l ow

t h e

underground

c i v i l i z a t i o n o f

t h e r a t s .

There

he

i n f i l t r a t e s the

r at s oc i et y anduncovers

t hei r

p l a ns f or

conqueri ngLankhmr .

Meanwh le,

F af hr d

i s

headi ng

homwhen

he

i s

summned

by

Nngaubleand

warned of the

danger

ahead He t e l l s the

b a r -

b ar i a n t ha t hemst

r i n g the

b e l l s atop theTemleof t h e

Gods of Lankhmr t o

r i d

t h e

c i t y of the

r at

scourge

F af hr d

ar r i ves

t o

f i n d t h e c i t y

i n

as t a t e

of

chaos and

war.

Ra t s

emrge from

every shadow

t o

a t t a c k theLankhmrts .

F af hr d

b at t l es

hi s way t o t h e

temle

and

r i ngs

the

b e l l s

j us t

as

the

Mouser,

hi s

di s gui s e

un c o v e r e d ,

races

fromLankhmr Below

nt o

theRai nbowPa l a c e of the

Over-

l or d

. The

Gods of

Lankhmr

emrge

fromhe i r a nc i e nt

r e st i ng

p l a c e

and

b at t l e t he

r at hordes

t o as t ands t i l l

b e f o r e t hei r

b r i t t l e

bodi es ar e

turnedback

by


24/174

r a t - a r c h e r s

f i r i n g

f i e r y

b ol t s .

However,

ammntary l a p se

i n

the r a t s '

a t t a c k

al l ows t he

heroes

of

Lankhmr achance

F af hr d , hi s

ghoul l ov er

Kr e e s hk r a ,

and

her comani ons

t a k e up

t he

f i ght

.

Then

t he

b a r -

b ar i an s e e s

the

ki t t en from

he

gr ai n

s hi p

and

i s

remnded of

a

whi s t l e

he

found

dur i n g

hi s

t r a v -

el s

. F af hr d

blow thewhi s t l e and

summns

theWar Ca t s ,

s u p e r -

n a t u r a l

ar i s t oc r a t s of the f e l i n e

r a c e

. These

c r e a t u r e s

send

the

r a t s

s c ur r y i ng

back

i n t o t he

shadow- just

as

a

group of r at

l e ade r s ,

now

grown t o f u l l s i z e ,

e r u p t from

Hi s vi n' s

mnor .

Meanwhi l e,

theMouser' s mg-

i c a l

p ot i on

wears

o f f ,

and

he

r e t u r n s

t o

norml s i z e . S t i l l

i n

the

Rai nbow

Pa l a c e, he suddenly

f i nds hi s r at

pursuers

have al s o

grown

t o

ma n- s i z e .

Outnum

beredand

outmtchedbya

c l e ver r a t - f e n c e r ,

t he

Mouser

i s

saved onl y by

the t i mel y

ar r i val

of F af hr d, who

has b at t l ed hi s

waythrough

the remai ni ng r at

wa r r i or s

t o

f i ght by hi s f r i end' s

s i de

.

The r a t s

ar e

d ef e at e d, but

Hi s vi n and

Hi s v e t

mnage

t o

escape

by

s hr i nk i ng

and f l eei ng

t o Lankhmr

Bel ow

TheSadness

of

t he

Ex ec ut i one r

[Swordsand

I ce Mag c]

Death

dwe l l s

on

how

he

wi l l b e s t

f i l l hi s

c u r r e n t

quota

He s el ec t s

one-hundred

and

s i x t y p e as a nt s

andsav-

ages,

w

twenty

nomds, ten

war r i or s ,

two b e g ga r s ,

a g i r l

of

the

s t r e e t s ,

amerchant, a

pr i es t ,

an

ar i s t o-

c r a t , ac r a f t s ma n, anda

k i ng .

The

l a s t

two

deathsmst bethose

of

he r o es . Deatht el ep or t s a

ghoul

wa r r i or

and

adeadl ys l av e

g i r l ,

E es a f e e m

i n t o t he bedroom

f

F a f h r d

and

the

Gray

Mouser, but

t he

two

mnage

t o

s ur v i v e

.

De l i ght e d

t ha t t h e r e

ar e

f o r c e s

mre p o we r f ul and e ni gma t i c

thanhi ms el f , Deathchooses

t o

s l ay two o t he r heroes i ns t e ad

.

Trapped i n

Shadowand

[Swords

and I ce

Magi c]

The

he r o es

ar e s ee k i ng

Kreeshkrat he

Ghoul

and

one

of

t he

Mous e r ' s

paramurs

when

Death

e x t e nd s

the

b oun da r i e s

o f

Shadowand over them

The

Twai n

a t t e mp t

t o escapeDe at h' s

l and

and

ev ent ual l y t ur n t o

t hei r

mntors

S he el b a

andNi n ga ub l e

.

When

t h e w z ar d s l ear n t he

he r o es weres ee ki n g

t he

p l e as ur e s

o f

t hei r

womn, they

un c ha r a c t e r -

i s t i c a l l y

send

themo e nj oy

t he

comany

of Fr i x ( f o r F af hr d) and

Hi s v e t

( f o r

t he

Mo user , who,

des pi t e

t hei r

t r oub l e s,

has

n e v e r

been

ab l e

t o

f or ge t

t he

b eaut i f ul

g i r l ) .

Thespel l s

" S he el " and

" Ni n g"

use

t o

t r a n s p o r t t he

two

t o

t hei r l ov es

f o i l

Deat h' s p l ans t o

do

i n t he

he r o es oncea ga i n

.

The Bai t

[Swords

and

I ce Magi c]

Another

s hor t s t or y

wherein

Death

uses a

b ea ut i f ul

nymhet

t o temt

theTwai n i n t o

l owe r i ng

t hei r

g ua r d s ,

then a t t a c k s them

w t h

two

demns . F af hr d

and

t he

GrayMouser

d ef e a t

thedemns

w t h

ease, but

thepromsed

nymhet

vani shes

.

Under t he

Thums

of t he

Gods

[Swords

and

I ce Magi c]

Kos, Mog,

and

I s sek al l l ook

down di s ap p r ov i ngl y

on

t hei r

f o r -

mr f ol l owe r s ,

F a f h r d

and

t he

Gray

Mouser

Col l ec t i vel y they

de c i de

t o

remndthe

he r o es o f

t hei r presence

by f or c i ng

them

on

an

e xt r a - di me ns i on al

e xc ur s i on t o

v i s i t

t hei r

former

l ov es .

A f t e r

b ei ng t ur ne d away

byeach of

them theheroes

t u r n

i n

d es p e r a -

t i o n t o Nema

o f

theDuskand

t he

Eyes

of

Ogo,

Lankhmr

f e nc e s

who

once

hum l i a t e d

them

The

two

womnmke

the

he r o es

s e r v e

t hei r

p e t t y needs

but t he

Twai nar e

gl ad f or the

r e sp i t e

from

he

torments of

t he gods

.

Trapped i n t he

Sea

of

S t a r s

[Swords and

I ce Mag c]

Theheroes

oncea ga i n set

s a i l

f or adventure Thi s t i me

they

converse

on

mtaphysi cs and

w t n es s

i nc r edi b l e

as t r ol ogi c al

s i ght s

b e f o r e

bei ng

drawn

i n t o

theSea

of

theEa st and the

n e x t

t a l e

i n t hei r

ep i c s t o r y

The F r o s t

Monstrem

[Swords

and

I ce

Magi c]

An

ev i l i c e- w z ar d namd

Khahkht

(whosebody

i s

i mp r i s -

oned

i n

i ce somwhere

i n

t he

1 2

e F af hr d and

t he Gray

Mouser


25/174

Col dWas t e s ) , Pr i nc e

Faroomar

of S t a r d o c k , andtwo

f l eet s

of

s e a- Mi n gol s , ar e

s et

t o

i n va de

R m I s l e

.

F af hr d

and

theGray

Mouser

ar e

asked

t o

defend

i t

by

Ci f

and

A f r e y t ,

two

Moon

Pr i es t -

e s s e s whohaves m t t e n t he

Twai n F af hr d crew

hi s

s hi p ,

Seahawk, wthadozen

n o r t h e r n

b ar b ar i a ns , and s e t s out

t o s a i l

a ga i n st

the

i n va de r s

. The

Mouser crew hi s s hi p,

F l ot s am

w t h t we l v e

f i ght er - t hi eves .

The

twov es s el s

t a k e t o

thesea

when

they ar e caught bytheF r o s t

Mon-

s t r e me ,

amammths hi p of

s o r -

c e r ous

i ce c o n s t r u c t e d

by the

e vi l Khahkht .

Unf or t una t e l y

f o r

t h e i ce w z ar d, t he waters f l ow

i ng

from

R m

I s l e ar e warmd

by

i t s vol canoes andmel ts the

v e s s e l b ef or e i t

can di s pa t c h the

heroes

and

t hei r

v es s el s

.

R m

I s l e

[Swords andI ce

Mag c]

Most

i nhab i t ant s of

R m

I s l e

ar e

n ot awareof t h e i mendi ng

approach

of

twoMngol

i nv as i on

f l e e t s .

Only

a

f ew

of

theMoon

Pr i e st e ss es ,

warnedby

two

wounded

and

f ugi t i ve

gods-Loki

and

Odi n of

Norsemthology-

know

of

thedanger

.

The

Moon

Pr i e st es s es ask thegods

f or

a i d ,

but Loki andOdi n, di s he ar t e ne d

by

af f ai r s

i n t hei r own wor l d ,

ar e

s ee ki n g agl or i ous

doomn s t e a d

.

They

i nf ec t t h e R m

I s l e r s and

t h e he r o e s w t h

r i di c ul ous

c onf i -

dence i n

di v i ne

f a vor .

The

Twai nt a k e t o seaonce

a ga i n w t h o n l y t hei r two

s ma l l ,

f a l s e l y

i ns p i r e d crews t o f a c e

the

Mi n go l t h r e a t . As l uc k would

have

F af hr d

and

t he

GrayMouser

e

1

3

i t ,

ac omp l i c a t e d

t u r n of e ve nt s

sends Odi n

hom

and

i mp r i s ons

Loki

w t hi n

a

ma gi c a l whi r l p ool o f f

t h e c o a s t of

Rm I s l e . The

god ' s

r a g e at

hi s

f a t e

c a u s e s

agr e a t

storm

hat s i nk s

mst of t h e Mi n -

gol

f l e e t s , and

R m

I s l e i s

saved

F af hr d,

who

l os t

a

hand

when

Odi n

was bani shed

from

Nehwon, deci des

t o set t l e

f o r

a

whi l e w t h

hi s

new

ove,

Ci f

.

The

Mouser a gr e e s

and

t h e two use

t hei r s hi p s t o

s et

up

as ma l l

t r a di ng house

Sea

Ma gi c /

The

Mer

She

[The

Kn i ght

and

Knave

o f

Swords]

I n these two

s t or i es ,

the

r ul er s of sunken

Smrgya,

Mordroog

and hi s s i s t er

I s s i s s i ,

schem t o recover

t hei r l os t

t r e a s u r e s fromthe

t r e a s u r e

v aul t s of R m I s l e .

I n humn

form

I ssi ssi poses as

a

ghost

and

l ur es

Fafhrd i n t o

the s e a ,

where

shea t t a c k s

h mn

her

mre

mnstrous,

s har k - l i k e

formThehero mnages

t o s ur -

v i ve, but I s s i s s i r e t u r n s

f o r

another attemt .

Thi s t i me

sheposes as

a beau-

t i f u l

stowawayon

the

Seahawk

TheMouser and

hi s

crew i ght

amng

t he ms e l v e s ,

eacha c c u s -

i n g

the

o t h e r s of

smggl i ngher

aboard f o r

t hei r own

p l e as ur e s

.

Wh le

they ar e

di s t r ac t ed,

I s si s si

summns aL ev i a t ha n,

theDeep

Rusher , t o a t t a c k the

Seahawk

The s hi p i s p ul l ed

under by

the

mnster

but

qui c kl y r e t ur ns t o

the s ur f a c e, buoyed

by

i t s

cargo

of

t i mber . TheMouser

f i n a l l y

b at t l es bothI ss i s si and

her

newy

ar r i v ed b r o t h e r , Mor-

dr oog,

and

b ar el y

mnages

t o

d ef e a t

them

n adesperate

underwater mlee

The

Curse

of t he

S ma l l s

and

t he

S t a r s

[ T he Kn i ght

andKnaveof

Swords]

For reasons

beyond

the

k now -

edge of

mor t a l s , bothN ngaubl e

and

S he el b a' s

mg c

seem t o

f a de

when F a f h r d andthe

Gray

Mouser

cease t hei r he r o i c

deeds

.

A f t e r

t h e a t t a c k

by

t h e

S i mo r -

gyans,

t hei r sedentary l i f e

on

f a r -

away

R m I s l e

a f f e c t e d the

two

s o r c e r e r s

gr eat l y Anxi ous

t o

r e ga i n

t hei r

po wer ,

thew zards

i nvoked

t h e gods

and

p oi nt e d

out theheroes

newound

l i f e s t y l e

as

honest

busi nessmn

Of fended

t ha t gr e a t

he r o es shoul d l i v e

i n

sucha

mnner, thegods

i s s ue

mnor

c u r s e s . F a f h r d becoms

f as c i nat ed

by t h e

s t a r s , and

the

Gray

Onebecoms an

avi d

c o l -

l ec t or

of s ma l l odds

andends

.

Word

of the- Twa i n' s curse

somehow

spread

t o

Overlord

Pulgh

Arthonax

and

Hamml,

l at es t

Master

Thi e f of

the

T hi e v es '

Gui l d . The

formr

despi sed

heroes i n ge ne r a l ,

and

l at t er

f e l t duty-bound

t o

puni sh

a

renowned

t hi ef who

had

no

p a r t

i n

the gui l d .

T oge t he r ,

the

_

two h i r e

two obsessed

a ss as s i n s

from h e

Sl ayer ' s

Brotherhood The

k i l l e r s

renam

themelves

The

Deathof

F af hr d"

and


26/174

"TheDeathof

t he

Gray

Mo us e r , "

and i m t a t e

t hei r

t a r g e t s i n

i nc r edi b l e det ai l .

The

a s s as s i n s

ev ent ual l y ar r i ve

i n

R m I s l e ,

and

ar e

c as ual l y

i nvi t e d i nt o

eachof t hei r vi c t i ms '

homs .

There

they

ar e

about

t o s t r i ke

when both

F a f h r d and

t he

Mouser, ec c ent r i c

and

somwhat

del i r i ous fromhe i r c u r s e s , hi n t

t ha t they have

not yet r ev eal ed

t hei r

" g r e a t e s t t r e a s u r e s .

The

a s sa s s i n s s t a y

t hei r hand

f or a

short t i me , hopi ng

t o

mke

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TSR 1144 the New Adventures of Fafhrd and Gray Mouser