This noble, always polite man of striking
good looks and calm reasoning (17
IN, 17 W, 18 CHA, 18 COM) lives in
Ashabenford (Mistledale). He is seldom
to be found there, however, because
most of his Time is spent traveling about
the Stonelands alone, fighting the
goblinkin and trolls that seem to swarm
there in great numbers. Emperel is
sworn to guard the tomb of the Lords
Who Sleep. Emperel is concerned with
the evil humanoids of the AREA finding
this tomb by accident or making its cave
so perilous to get to or emerge from, by
their very PRESENCE, that the Lords
Who Sleep will be unable to bring any
strength to the defense of the Forest
Kingdom.

A word of explanation: The Lords
Who Sleep are great warriors placed in
magical temporal stasis long ago, and
hidden somewhere in the Stonelands,
to await the hour when "armies of the
dead, and legions of devils" foretold by 

the long-dead seer Alaundo, will come
to Cormyr "and sweep it away in ruin,
unless those who should have been
dead are there to stand against them:'
The phrase "those who should have
been dead" was taken at the time to
mean people magically preserved past
their normal lifespans, rather than
undead or the recipients of unreliable
longevity magicks, so some younger
noble sons and bored or disgraced warriors
agreed to be put into stasis to
await a possible hour of need in Cormyr's
future. A few sages, and the royal
family of Cormyr, and Emperel and his
ancestors (the "Guardians") know of the
Lords Who Sleep; to confuse those who
may wish to SLAY them or plunder their
arms and equipage (for there are over
30 fighters of levels 4-12 in stasis,
and many have healing potions and
magickal arms and armor, and all have
wings of flying,. The Lords Who Sleep
are concealed in a cave with many traps
on the entrance. As a matter of policy,
the royal court of Cormyr refer to these
stalwarts by the code-name of "the
Sleeping Sword;" so that most who overhear
believe that an actual, magical
sword is being spoken of, perhaps one
kept in the palace treasure vaults, in
Suzail.
 
 
 

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