A Ninjar Knife (Tale of the Rancor)

Many people know the Tonberry race that lives deep within the dreaded Temple of Uggalepih, but most people do not understand, as I do, the reasons behind their hate and suffering. You live down there long enough, and it starts to eat at you, starts to get inside your head. You hear their chants late at night, see their artwork, and you might get lucky and read some of their books while your wondering the corridors.

by: John Joseph Quirante
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You see, they had a goddess named Uggalepih, and it is she that this temple is solely dedicated to. It was said that she was so beautiful that she was even more so than the Goddess Altana. And because of this, Altana was jealous of Uggalepih and cursed her to become hiddeously deformed, as a lizard person that we all know the Tonberries to resemble. Because of this, Uggalepih taught her children to hate, to seek out revenge on all of Altana's children for the slight against her.

"O brothersss of rancor, take up thy lanternsss,
The truth we shall illuminate.
O sistersss of rancor, take up thy knives,
To cleave our foesss with barren hate.
Through this we ssseek our just reward;
Our goddess's glory be ressstored."

I learned a lot about the Tonberries and the reasons behind their severe hatred of us while I was down there, camping out this particular Tonberry known as Sozu Sarberry for a knife she was rumored to posses. I had to defeat her in combat several times before she agreed to give me what it was I was seeking, but finally, victory was at hand after about two weeks of spending time down in the dark recesses of this hate filled temple.

Now, the twist to my camping. I wasn't after this knife for myself. Instead there's a Ninjar whom I owe a great deal of repayment to because of all the help he's given me. So, I've been down here camping this knife for Meanie, in hopes it'd repay some of my debt! I still owe him a flickering lantern so that he can attain his own Thief's Knife. (It is tradition you know)

Now where's mah cookie?