Frumious' Half-Baked Plan

Where evil may slumber, is it better to stay the course and not disturb it (as wickedness is a trait that depends heavily on being active, alert, and to an extent, ambulatory), or should heroes risk the incursion of evil's wrath in an effort to destroy it? That was the question before Frumious and his friends as they stood before the door to the Tomb of Naboo, a potential horror that was yet unknown to them. They had learned so much in one simple trip down to Helga's basement in the Gutted Candle - about the previous age, about Dalus - but the pursuit of knowledge usually leads to more questions as one discovers the answers. This present excursion, then, could be considered prototypical of such pursuits.

Ultimately, the "knights" decided to let this one sleep for the time being, hopefully to return with more power and information that could be used to destroy whatever dark forces lay within. Something about the recent arrival of that cleric and his friend told Frumious that they might be returning to the tomb sooner than originally anticipated.

In between, however, the pious gnome found himself in Shadowmount with two days to spare and little to occupy his time. He was not inclined towards idleness, and so took it upon himself to make himself useful vis a vis his family profession, and to get a sense of the spiritual nature of the town's compelled secular citizenry. Fortunately, there were two bakeries in town. The first one was disinterested in Frumious' assistance (even suspicious, sadly), but Theos, the second baker, was more receptive, and bestowed upon the cleric the gift of servitude. Frumious made himself useful over the next several hours, only asking for himself a single loaf of bread, which was itself a surreptitious carrying case for Dalus' talisman.

After the workday was completed, Theos became interested in what creed brought Frumious to his door that day, and thus presented the gnome with a second gift - the opportunity to bring another Omnian into the fold. Having given him so much, Frumious wanted to return the favor, and so presented Theos with his Valecommon edition of the Libram (he could make do well enough for the time being with his Gnomish translation).

Upon returning to his friends, he discovered that they had experienced an eventful few hours, and had been concerned with the cleric's disappearance. Frumious resolved to be more mindful of this in the future, and to make the rest of the group aware of his whereabouts if he were to stray for any length of time.