Role

Chapter 10

To say Daggan Ginch was bored would be a major understatement. He was
the mushroom king of the underdark and his kingdom was vast, dull, and empty.
after day he walked the empty warrens and tunnels with his large sacks
looking for mushrooms. Bright orange, black, neon yellow, green; he kept all
he found. Some mushrooms that shot spores at the lightest touch, some that
shriveled and died at the first sign of light. Mostly he found the meaty
white ones that were good for eating, and those he sold to the svirfnebli
merchant who gave him a fair price.

Needless to say, this was not the life he had envisioned for himself
while being raised by his escaped slave parents. They taught him how to
read, how to speak, how to survive, and how to think. Daggan learned from
them to think, and look out for number one, himself.

Daggan was always inherently cruel, joyous were the days when he
stumbled upon lone svirfs, weak drow, or any of the not overly dangerous
denizens of the Underdark.

One day, the Mushroom King found his royal treasure trove of
mushrooms. If he could have seen two thousand feet above himself, he would
have noticed the city watch of Voralian City changing, unaware of the hidden
terrors that lie beneath the stone of that holiest of cities. Daggan didnt
notice them either, though, he was more focused on the tell-tale twang of the
pungent mushrooms in the air, but damned if he could find them.He wandered
around for hours before finally stumbling upon the hidden crevice. He was
barely able to squeeze into the crack, and it was a miracle itself that he
somehow managed that feat. Upon entering the chamber, he knew something was
very strange. The mushrooms he saw had a very unusual, golden glow to them.
Daggan thought the mushrooms that were there would be more numerous from the
strong smell, but he only counted twelve of them. Wondering exactly what he
was dealing with, and long since having built up immunities to all side
effects of the fungus, he plopped a mushroom in his mouth, chewed
thoughtfully, swallowed, and felt a rush of blood to his brain before losing
consciousness.