Athletics Treatise III
Description
| “ | Journey to the East, Tome Three | „ |
Effect
Allows you to learn the following athletic abilities:
Acquired From
- Sometimes sold by Gerlot, merchant in Mannshire.
- Sometimes sold by Bert, merchant in Osbrook.
- Always sold by Unar, scribe in Mannshire.
Book content
...I decided to join the pilgrims on their journey to the mountains of Sundanar. By the time the coin purse I brought with me was empty, I had already managed to become close friends with the monks, earning their trust and a place in their community. I spent a few years with them, making pilgrimages across half the Jacinth Kingdoms.
And yet, even at the edge of the world, my fate still caught up with me. I received some troubling news from Aldor about my family - our trade empire was falling apart. I had to make a choice once more...
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In a truly inexplicable manner, my dear brother managed to make enemies of each and every one of our suppliers. He barely paid any attention to the business, instead wasting our fortune on studying questionable occult practices. It goes without saying that he didn't have a drop of magic talent in him. Or any business sense, for what it's worth...
To get us out of the debt, I had to sell off the pitiful remnants of our former wealth. Only a few things remained - the family house and our only profitable manufacture - a small typography near Maen.
( . . . )
After everything was taken care of, I started languishing. I yearned for the Jacinth Kingdoms, but I couldn't abandon my family in that dire of a condition. Ever since my return to Aldor, I had a growing desire to tell the entire world about my adventures in the East. Even though I had lots of stories to choose from, I was particularly interested in telling about the exciting life of Sundanarian monks, their strength of spirit, their grueling training, and the amazing martial arts they practice...
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