Thief (fur) (one who steals, especially secretly). Explained by Artist Andrew Bill.
Furunculus, was a dragon with an incurable taste for jewels, especially famous jewels, legendary jewels, jewels deemed by great adventurers to be so
fabulous, so magical, so desirable they inspired countless wildly heroic exploits to attain them.
As told in the the Third Book of Treasure, Furunculus, a fierce dragon, named by his creator and therefore given liberty
and freewill, slowly became a prodigious collector owning to his felonious propensities. In time his reputation began to rival those of the greatest treasure thieves of the all.
This of coarse inspired the more
industrious enchanters to devise even greater trials of ingenuity and courage in an attempt to thwart the devilish dragon. Callidus, arguably the most devious of the great labyrinth masters set to work on a new creation and
commissioned the Heaven's Tear -an iridescent diamond cut from the priceless slab unearthed at the legendary mine of Crystallum -the rarest of prizes to lure the dragon.
That Furunuculus would be tempted by this
glittering bubble was without question and Callidus, for his part, prepared his most tortuous endeavor to vanquish the dragon marauder.
At he end of an intricate maze, packed with deadly trials conundrums, the dragon
encounters the final, the ultimate test. A golden dragon statue bearing the diamond surrounded by writhing ring of fire; living flame crafted by sorcery into a giant nest of seething vipers, just on bite from which would seal the
dragon's fate.
As is his want, the verbuMMagus closes the book before we see whether Callidus becomes poorer by one priceless diamond or Furunculus the richer. Of one thing we can be certain; however, the dragon will not
feign from this task and whilst there is life within him, will not rest until the famous jewel is within his grasp. |
