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==The Plot==
==The Plot==
In a thieves' guild somewhere, an old Korbat tells [[Galem]] about a special gem in Terror Mountain called the Heart of the Mountain. Galem sends [[Valin]] on a special mission to retrieve the gem.
In a thieves' guild somewhere, an old Korbat comes across an ancient manuscript mentioning a large stone hidden in Terror Mountain. It is called the Heart of the Mountain, purported to possess the powers of eternal life. The writing also tells of a "key to the heart deep within a tomb" with strange markings on it. Intrigued, the leader of the guild, [[Galem]], orders his best thieves on a hunt for the gem. He sends [[Valin|Valin the Quick]] on a "special mission."


Meanwhile, Hannah was dancing around in a dojo. [[Kanrik]] found her, and asks Hannah to save his sister, who is dying. He tricks her into finding a lost tomb, which he says where the cure for his sister is found. His only clue were symbols, and Hannah said she has seen those symbols before-- it was a long time ago which was in the Lost Desert.
Meanwhile, famed adventurer [[Hannah]] is in a tavern boasting of her many deeds. A cloaked [[Gelert]] named [[Kanrik]] approaches her; he believes she can save his sister, who is dying of a plague affecting his entire village. He shows her a piece of parchment with symbols similar to the ones on the old Korbat's manuscript. Hannah has seen them before in the [[Lost Desert]]. Although at first reluctant, she agrees to help when Kanrik gives her a generous amount of gems, promising more later.


Kanrik gives Hannah some gems and they set off to the [[Lost Desert]]. Hannah asks Kanrik how his village got infected, and he told her that it was first just one or two people-- then it began to spread.
They arrive at the Lost Desert. Kanrik explains how his village got infected: at first it was just one or two it began to spread.


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He started to fall off, so Hannah helped him up. She asks Kanrik about what his sister is like, and he tells her that Hannah reminds him of his sister-- she (Kanrik's sister) loved to sing and dance. Kanrik starts to worry about her, because his sister now barely has the energy to whisper. Hannah tells Kanrik not to worry, and that they'll find it.
As they are walking, Kanrik starts to slip off a ledge, but is hastily helped up by Hannah. Around the campfire that night, Kanrik describes his sister, who loved to sing and dance. Since the onset of the plague, however, she barely has the energy to whisper. Hannah comforts a despondent Kanrik.


Hannah says to Kanrik that the markings are very old, while walking in a tomb. Hannah examines the markings and found out it said "''A demi-god of awesome power lays within.''"
They find their way to an ancient tomb. Carved into the walls are markings that read, "A demi-god of awesome power lays within." Hannah effortlessly evades every booby trap. At one point she thinks she hears something behind them, but quickly dismisses it. Eventually they find their way to the inner chamber, where she accidentally triggers a secret button on the floor. The giant Mark of Ta-Kutep on a slab of rock lights up, and her arm is branded with a matching symbol. Stunned, Hannah slips off a ledge, and Kanrik reveals his true colors: he allows her to fall. His two accomplices, alerted by her screams, appear.


Then Hannah was dodging arrows and escaping booby traps with ease. Hannah says she heard something behind her and Kanrik, but then she guesses it was nothing. Hannah steps on a secret button, therefore giving her the Mark of Ta-Kutep, a cursed mark. Hannah begins to fall off a cliff, and asks Kanrik to help her. Kanrik looks at her evilly. Then, she screamed while she did fall.
Now alone, injured, and hurt by the fresh betrayal, Hannah bandages herself up. Further up, Kanrik and his associates attempt to loot the tomb, but they find only a coffin. The three thieves take it with them and hurry to meet with Galem at Terror Mountain. Hannah climbs back up and enters the now-empty room. As she dusts off the mysterious markings engraved in the walls, she finds a secret compartment that holds a large, red gem. When she returns to the village, she meets with the [[Lost Desert Medicine]] doctor, who explains that the marking on her arm is a curse that cannot be healed through normal means. Hannah insists it is "just a burn" and decides to go after Kanrik at Terror Mountain.  


Hannah was lying on the ground, at the bottom of the cliff. Hannah stares at a wall with markings, and then touches the wall. She reaches for the gem. Then she put the Keystone around her neck.
Meanwhile on Terror Mountain, Valin feigns exhuastion at [[Taelia|Taelia's]] door. She carries him inside, believing him to be a "lost soul." To her surprise, he jumps up and begins wreaking havoc in her home. He blasts her with her own wand, encasing her in a block of ice. Assured that the Snow Faerie is indeed immobilized, Valin escapes through a window.


She was wandering around a desert village and finds a doctor [[Cybunny]] in [[Lost Desert Medicine|a stall]]. The doctor dresses Hannah's wound, and Hannah says it's just a burn. Then she thanks the doctor, and tells her that she must leave for Terror Mountain at once. The doctor gives her a snowsuit because of this.
The effects of the cursed mark is taking their toll on Hannah, who collapses in the snow. The red gem, which she now wears around her neck, begins to glow. Fortunately, a strange creature named [[Armin]] comes to rescue her. He tells her the tale of the [[Boris]], hundreds of whom once lived within the mountain. However, a terrible, treasure-greedy beast, implied to be the Bringer of Night, appeared and killed many of them. Their leader, the [[Keeper of Time]], cast a spell of protection on his people, trapping them in ice. A magical gem called the Heart of the Mountain kept them safe. The monster too seeks the gem, but for a different purpose. Armin is unsure what has happened to his people since. He explains that he woke up a few days ago, alone, with that story running through his head.  


Meanwhile, Valin was travelling around the snow, and then he knocks on [[Taelia]]'s door. Taelia opens the door, and takes Valin inside. Taelia wraps up Valin in a robe, only to find out that Valin jumps out of the robe.
Valin reports his success to Galem and his lover, [[Masila]]. She decides to go out and encourage the thieves.  


Then, Valin broke a vase and jumps on a dresser. He then throws Ice Dice and a snowball at Taelia, who tells him not to touch it. The snowball hit Taelia-- SPLATTT!
After taking her leave from Galem, Masila gathers a few trusted aides and finds Kanrik. She tells him that the great monster within will help them oust Galem and seize control of the thieves themselves. Kanrik, however, is not convinced, alluding to a past attempt to take over the guild. Masila's attempts to persuade him come to naught, and he initially refuses to betray Galem. However, her sly words begin to tempt him, and by the time he awakens from his sleep, he is determined to open the sarcophagus. From it emerges the Bringer of Night, a massive [[Moehog]] that refuses to heed anyone. It attacks the thieves, aided by its soldiers made of ice. They fight all night, but there appears to be no end in sight. However, as dawn breaks, the light of the sun melts the soldiers. Galem seizes his chance to broker a deal with the Bringer, offering to help him find a way into the mountain.  


Taelia squints her eyes, while Valin holds up a wand. Valin then zaps Taelia with the wand, who is now a frozen block of ice. Valin jumps out of the window, and escapes.
Enraged, Galem threatens to kill Kanrik for his error. Masila intercedes and offers an alternative: banishment. She forces Kanrik to drink a poisonous blue potion. Hours later, he finds himself alone in a frozen tundra with a light in the distance, which turns out to be Armin and Hannah's campfire. They react violently to his presence, and during the ensuing scuffle, a secret passage further into the mountain is revealed. Hannah, however, is too weak for a prolonged fight, and Kanrik manages to apologize and share his story. Together, they agree that alerting the Boris within the mountain is a priority, despite their mutual reservations.  


Meanwhile, Hannah is in a snowstorm, and asks herself what is happening to her. Hannah falls in the snow, and then her Keystone necklace starts to glow, along with the Hearth of the Mountain.  
Both parties reach the Bori chamber at the same time. Kanrik instructs Hannah and Armin to hide, while Galem and his men have made considerable progress in the caverns using their digging machines. There, they find frozen Boris and the Heart of the Mountain. The Bringer reappears and summons his ice soldiers again. As a battle rages, the Keeper of Time recognizes Hannah's pendant as the Keystone, and urges her to unite it with the Heart, but she needs the help of her companions to reach it.  
 
A [[Bori]] finds Hannah's unconcious body in the snow, and drags her to a cave. He introduced himself as [[Armin]], and proceeded to explain the history of the long lost [[Bori]] race.
 
He explained that long ago the Bori lived on the mountain, but a monster known as the [[Bringer of Night]] arrived and desired their treasure. In order to protect them, the [[Keeper of Time]], leader of the Bori, used the magic of the Heart of the Mountain to freeze them in ice. Armin revealed he had woken from his sleep a few days earlier, and did not know where the rest of his people were.
 
The next morning, Kanrik was visited in his dreams by [[Masila]], a cunning thief planning to betray Galem. She urged Kanrik to release the Bringer from the coffin he recovered, and in a dazed state, he complied. The Bringer proceeded to attack the Thieves Guild camp, creating soldiers made of ice. The power of the rising sun melted the ice army, and Galem was able to forge a deal with the Bringer. However, enraged at the creature's early release, Galem banished Kanrik from the Thieves Guild. The wandering thief soon came across Hannah and Armin, and during the ensuing fight, a secret passage further into the mountain was revealed. The three made an uneasy truce and continued deeper into the caves, hoping to wake the Bori and warn them of the Bringer.


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Both parties reached the Bori's chamber at once, and Kanrik instructed Hannah and Armin to hide. Both the Bringer and Galem located the Heart of the Mountain at once, and the Bringer double crossed the thieves, summoning his ice soldiers once more. As the battle raged on, the Keeper of Time began to wake, and instructed Hannah to unite her pendant with the Heart. Kanrik challenged and bested Galem, while Hannah restored the Heart of the Mountain with her amulet. The magic of the Heart freed the remaining Bori, and they too joined the battle against the Thieves Guild. As Masila ran from the battle, the Bringer struck and smashed the Heart of the Mountain. The magic however froze him solid, and Armin took his chance to shatter the monster with a single pebble. Without their master, the ice army melted, and the remaining thieves elected to run. Hannah meanwhile collapsed from the power of the curse. She was immediately rushed to see Taelia, and the Keeper of Time freed the Faerie from the ice. Taelia succeeded in lifting the curse, though the mark remained on the Usul's skin.
Kanrik and Galem find each other in battle and begin a deadly duel in which Galem falls. Hannah reaches the Heart, and just as the Bringer is about to slay her, she unites the Keystone. A red mist fills the chamber, and the Keeper of Time calls in a hoard of Boris with his horn. Seeing the signs of trouble, Masila slips away. With the help of their newfound allies, they fight back against the Bringer. However, he strikes and smashes the Heart of the Mountain, a move that freezes him solid. Armin shatters the monster with a single, well-aimed pebble from his slingshot. Without their master, the ice army melts, and the remaining thieves elect to run. Hannah collapses from the power of the curse. Her friends rush her to Taelia, the only one with the power to help her. From a distance, Masila watches them in disgust and swears vengeance against Hannah and Kanrik.
 
The Keeper of Time frees Taelia from ice, and in turn, Taelia lifts Hannah's curse. The mark, however, will remain forever.  


With Galem gone, Kanrik assumed leadership of the Thieves Guild, while the Bori returned to Neopian life. Hannah meanwhile returned to telling stories of her adventures in Krawk Island taverns, all the while watched from the shadows by a vengeful Masila...
With Galem gone, Kanrik assumes leadership of the Thieves' Guild, while the Bori is reinitiated into Neopia. Hannah, meanwhile, returns to telling stories of her adventures in Krawk Island taverns.


==The Opponents==
==The Opponents==

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