All things come to an end.
((By the way I thoroughly think that I am cursed never to create scrolls. Every time I have the right ingredients (3 times now), I click to make, the wizard takes the stuff and nothing. No message. Just a blank black screen. Well, I guess wizards are the ultimate BM con artists.))
Real stuff as follows:
Alan has come a long way. He began his journey as a young and foolish fisherman's son, who had ambitions of becoming a city shopkeeper, but he had not an ounce of business sense. His travels led him far from his homeland, and out of necessity and survival, he learned to fight. Now, he has what appears to be the best equipment for adventuring and combat, consisting of several maps, tools, lamps, rope, and fighting gear of high quality plate armor and a really sharp sword. It is a vast improvement over his beginning equipment of a walking stick, simple peasant clothing, and a rusty butter knife.
Now Alan's journey comes to a close. Too many times have the wizards given him the big slip, taking away rare items without even saying a word as to their scrolls' whereabouts. Having enough of the adventurer's lifestyle, Alan prepares to return to Cjelegy and start a family with a local village girl. He hopes she is not ugly.
((Alan's story should conclude by April at the latest. I will post his final stats, including relative fame, at the end.))