In 1983, Marvel published 2 little storybooks under the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons trademark.
These are entitled The Forest of Enchantment and The Treasure of Time.
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In The Forest of Enchantment,
a young elven bard named Caruso survives an encounter with evil lizard
men who are invading his forest while he was just having peaceful
time...
With the help of his
friend, the elven druid Filaree, they get information from Figgen of the
Thieves' Guild that the army of lizard men is under the orders of
Warduke who is planning to rob the Ruby of the Seven Suns which is
carried by a certain Princess Mirra, whose caravan will cross through
the forest the next day.
They also learn that the evil wizard Kelek has joined Warduke.
Back in the forest,
stupid Caruso is made prisoner by the villains and guarded by evil thief
Foxfingers. But with some luck, he manages to free himself in the
morning while the Princess' party, composed of an escort of 6 horsemen,
Mirra herself and her hand-maiden Bess, arrived in the forest.
At the moment of the
assault, the villains got disturbed by the druid (who was hiding under a
tree form all night...) and our stupid bard. Swift, the druid cast a
Plant Growth spell and the bad guys got entangled.
And everything ends fine.
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In The Treasure of Time,
Kelek the bad bad wizard is spying the good magic-user Charmay who is
helding a scroll leading to "The Treasure of Time"... Kelek manages to
fool her and get the scroll.
On his way back, Kelek
avoids the attack of the good dwarf fighter Elkhorn with the unexpected
help of Charmay who still under his charm.
Elkhorn will then seek
the help of the good paladin Strongheart and they will start to
investigate at Charmay's. With a magic mirror they discover that Kelek
was willing to use the powerful spell. But Kelek was also watching the
good party with a crystal ball... and he orders the bad bad orc assassin
Zarak to stop them.
On the way to Kelek's,
Elkhorn got attacked by poisonous snakes and Zarak engages a fight with
Strongheart. After the defeat of the villains, they finally reach a
ruined castle in which they manages to find the chest containing the
Treasure of Time. But Kelek was waiting for the companions and traps
them with some spells. That time, Charmay, free of Kelek's charm,
arrives at the castle and order Kelek to not open the chest... but
well... villains being villains, Kelek opens it and absorbs the power
which makes him become young again.
In a try to attack the
party Kelek discovers that if he has lost his old age he also lost his
knowledge and powers ! Charmay then takes back the scroll and let the
crying wizard alone. End of story.
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