Such wondrous magic this was, but neither Sage, nor Magus, nor Adept could pay his price. Twas not like today, where lies ensconced in the Vault of Stones the largest ever hoard of wealth. No, then it was chaos, with twelve to twenty little kingdoms rising, falling, fighting, losing, winning, surrendering, aligning, capitulating, all their fortunes so in flux a man might live in five different principalities throughout his life and occupy the same house too.
So the magicians formed an alliance to gather together this one king"s price, and on the day of trade, the weight of gold all in one place caused the very bedrock under the castle to give and into the sea, this kingdom plunged, leaving a pit so deep and wide that the liquid rock all fiery and hot burst from beneath and hurled into the
