A Rumour about the Pharaoh

From: Frederic Ferro <ferro_at_clipper.ens.fr>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 12:07:22 +0100 (MET)

As reported by Hakiem the Storyteller of Refuge, in his vulgar dialectal Heortian :

"The Pharaoh proposed a game of Dice with the Sorcerers of that Godforsaken town. Their Dice are strange, with four triangles, instead of our Kethaelan cubes.  

Each side has three numbers, you see? [he draws in the sand]

It's weird but the Pharaoh was not surprised. The Sorcerer casted the die, damn'cheater, and, how surprising, he got a "natural" 4
(it's the highest number on these Godforsaken dice).

Bloody Soul-Drinkers, worse than Morokanths...

The Pharaoh threw his die, the die broke and two sides appear at the same time : 4 and 1. That's how he broke their Bank ! He got a result higher than 4 ! That should teach 'em."

(After Saint Olaf's Saga)

Frederic

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