From Cloudbringer's Chronicles as told to and edited by her Sister LadyWendyZekke
When the Black Knight walked into the glowing etheral doorway, his companions followed, and to their dismay Cloudbringer began chatting with the mage at the table in the dimly lit corner.
"Great, there goes CloudWindBag again, we'll have some hairbrained quest before you know it!", whined Memnoch the Jester to his nearest compadre, RudeDawg, the elven Archer. RudeDawg snorted and made a lewd comment which Melusine the Fluffy Queen overheard. "RudeDawg! That was rude!" cried Melusine, the most lovely and ambrosia-voiced bard of the Realms. "Hehe, that was nothin, Melusine! You oughtta see me at my parties, dancin with myself in my salsa party hat!" he leered in the Fluffy Queen's direction. Memnoch adjusted his sash and muttered about huge wastes of time, while eyeing the barmaids.
Meanwhile, in the corner of the room, Cloudbringer was gesticulating and speaking in higher and higher decibels. The Black Knight put an arm around her shoulders and said "Ok, Calm down, hon, we won't let this heinous crime go unpunished! We'll get it back, on my honor as a Paladin and True Knight of the Order!". He slapped his great sword on the table for empahsis. The mage, the Great and Mysterious All Powerful Ziroc, nodded and went back to his work with the bottles and jars on his table, mumbling about hackers who kill Diablos.
The Arch Lich Wah, plucking stray pillow feathers from his person, asked his pal Jerome, the Fallen Paladin, "So why exactly did we come here?" Jerome, busy gluing feathers back onto the unsuspecting lich, shook his head and sighed, "Knowing Cloudy and her rotten Storm Queen ways, it's gotta be some barbecue that involves roasting me!"
As the Black Knight and Cloudbringer returned to their waiting companions a hush fell on the group. The Black Knight spoke, "My tried and true companions in arms and many and adventure, we have a quest! A quest of great importance!"
"Oh wonderful! I just love new quests and meeting people!" chimed Fljotsdale, in her warm and caring voice. "I'll help Cloudy keep notes for her chronicle. A bard really ought to have a good note taker!" The bard in question, nodded and smiled grimly. "Listen everyone! That last great Tornado I sent out on the lands swooped up CHOC the mighty SUPER FELINE and tore his magical collar off! It blew off onto the iceberg near Icewind Dale and was stolen by a vicious pack of Ice trolls who saw the shinypurrtywonderful star tags on it that say ‘CHOC, MIGHTY OWNER OF ZIROC'. As you all know, the Ice Trolls hoard purrtyshinywonderful stars! " Cloudy wrung her hands in despair and turned to Sazerac the Wise. " Oh please Saz! Say you can divine where they've taken it! Say we can get it back!"
"Why do we need this collar so badly? Why not just go to the local leather shop and get the cat another?" asked Lord Shield as he sucked back his third FairyFizzAle. "Peasant! Bow to me, your Overlord!" shouted the bluewolfboy next to him. "Everyone knows that the Great and Mysterious All Powerful Ziroc ensorcelled that collar to cast "obedience" on mutant rabbit-eared mouse swarms that when controlled, have telepathic probe powers and are quite the force to be reckoned with!", said the Overlord Azurewolf smugly.
Notes from Cloudbringer's Chronicles: Our quest was to recover the collar or die trying. So begins the tale of
The Quest for Magical Choc's Ironworks Leather Collar of Obedience
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"To sleep, perchance to dream..."
[This message has been edited by Cloudbringer (edited 06-12-2001).]