Mission:Tip - An Unearthly Shard

An Unearthly Shard
Alignment Mission
Type	Alignment Tip
Place	Rogue Isles
Available to	Villains and Rogues
Level range	20–29
Choice	Villain or Rogue

An Unearthly Shard (20-29)

You find a chipped shard on the ground. It almost looks like just another piece of pavement until you notice some odd runes on the side of it. You do some investigating as to what exactly this shard could possibly be...

Your investigations turn up information that this is a chunk hewn off of the Table of Ore'eal'azor, an eldritch artifact said to have the ability to control powerful entities of the underworld. Some time ago it was split into several shards to prevent anyone from using its full power.

As you wonder what to do with it, a nearby thug lunges at you, trying to stab you with a small knife! You easily dispatch the thug and question who sent him. Turns out he is one of Mangle's hired goons. The man easily spills everything to you. Mangle has several other pieces of the tablet and is trying to acquire yours - by any means!

You almost feel embarassed for Mangle - is he so idiotic to think this lowly thug could take you down? Regardless, if he thinks so lowly of you, perhaps it's time to really put this creature in his place - and also take several pieces of the tablet for yourself! It could always be handy - in case you stumble across more pieces of the artifact later on.

Then again, do you really want to go through the trouble of dealing with Mangle? It'll be much more profitable to just find someone who would be interested in buying the shard - no doubt there are plenty of demon summoners in the Isles who would kill - literally - for this. Selling them the shard will make you an easy profit and put this whole mess on someone else's shoulders.