Quest Three - The Legend of the Talking Frog feat Troubadour Goebwer
   
    Rumors of a talking frog, named Frgo, had been spreading around uBs for a few days.  This wasn't just another fairy tale that had captured the minds of the kingdom; there really was a magical frog out there, somewhere.  Someone would have to find this talking frog!  The kingdom had been abuzz with the talk of a frog...talk of a magical frog...that talks.  The castle requested an audience with Troubadour Goebwer to discuss these curious reports.
    In the throne room, Lady Redrum graciously welcomes Goeb into the hall.  The Monarch gets straight down to business, "Troubadour Goeb, I need to know the validity of these rumors.  Go now, and learn the truth.  If I'm satisfied, I may let you live.  Call it 'motivation.'"
    Goeb nods in agreement and wanders back to his tavern pondering the best way to find the magical frog.  Back in the confines of the bar he seeks out Kacey and asks if she's heard anything about Frgo.  She responds, "It's true!  I hear she used to be a queen!  Goes by the name 'Frgo'."  Guard Shauna overhears the conversation and adds more details, "Supposedly, you have to wear the magical 'Frogga Hat'.  It'll make you look so peaceful that Frgo won't be scared to talk to you.  It can be found among stalagmites the saying goes."  A peasant who just wandered in offers her information, "I heard a song about Frgo.  It said she could be found in a place surrounded by wooden giants that hold up canopies of green and autumn gold."  The barmaid serving drinks chips in her two cents, "A sapphire orb name the 'Ancient Frog's Tear' will lure Frgo out.  Myth foretells that it can be found in a place that has smothered the breathe of many a human.  Literally killed them, this place has."  Goeb takes down all the information he can and then decides on a course of action.  The first thing he will search for is the Frogga Hat.
    From the clue, Goeb deducts that the hat must be in the dark cave near the cemetery.  In the dead of night, to avoid being seen, Goeb rushes to the cemetery and straight into the black mouth of the cave.  He wanders for what seems like hours.  Deep in the cave, a dark tunnel yawns before Goeb.  He ventures in, and feels around in the pitch dark.  Amidst a pile of human bones, he finds the Frogga Hat!  He pulls it on and rushes out of the cave and back to the light and safety of his tavern.
    The next item on the list is finding the Ancient Frog's Tear.  After some deliberation,  Goeb finally decides to explore the waterfall in the middle of the kingdom.  At the top, he sees a sparkle of something deep within the pool at the bottom.  With a battle cry, he leaps off!  Down below the water, Goeb wraps his hand around the sapphire and comes up with it in his possession.
    After gathering both of those items, Goeb rushes to the forest where the wooden giants hold up canopies of green.  Within the forest, he finds a hidden pool.  He sets the sapphire on the edge of the pool and waits.  After a few minutes, Frgo jumps up and grabs the sapphire.  She quickly dives back down and then resurfaces without the jewel in her possession.  She looks at Goeb, "Hey, bub.  Thanks for the giant sapphire!  You know, I'm the one that started those rumors about needing it to find me.  And it worked!  Now I'm rich!  By the way, you look idiotic in that hat.  Hee hee!  Did you believe that rumor , too?  Okay, thanks, bye!"  With that she jumps back into her pond and Goeb leaves the forest feeling foolish and defeated.
    Goeb heads straight for the throne room to report what had happened.  Lady Redrum is not happy, "Bedeviled creature!  It's the same Queen Frgo we banished when we discovered she was trying to overthrow all the kingdoms in the land.  Go kill it.  I want magical frog's legs for dinner."  Goeb bows his way out and runs back to the forest, death on his brain.  He easily catches the nuisance in a gem trap and ties her up in a bag.  He heads back to the castle kitchens to deliver the ingredients to the chef.  After a delicious meal of magical frog legs in the banquet hall, Lady Redrum makes a toast to Goeb, "Ah, simply delectable.  You have done more for uBs than you even know.  Good work, Troubadour Goeb."