This dusty, gray tome has been made with great care and is in very good
shape.  There is a one word title printed on the cover:

        I M M O R T A L I T Y



  The book appears to have an index of some kind.



  The index is slightly smudged but for the most part it is ledgible.

    The Aging Process---------------------page.1
    Brewing Youth Potions-----------------page.3
    The Fountain of Youth-----------------page.5
    Wishes from the Gods------------------page.7
    Achieving True Immortality------------page.9


  There are other sections to the book, but they have been marred by age
and mildew and are illedgible.


                        S e c t i o n   I

                        The Aging Process

  Of all the races of Doraak, the race of gnomes are probably the
longest-lived of all.  These sturdy, short folk have been known to
live for up to three hundred years or more!  The fair elves, though
thought to be nearly ageless, are lucky to see their twenty-fifth
decade of life before the weight of years presses them out of this
world.  Dwarves live nearly as long as do the elves, gaining two
hundred years on a regular basis, though most attribute this to 
their stubborness more than their vitality.  Humans of course are
lucky to reach one hundred years, while the half human, half ogres
of Lifgoth rarely live past their sixtieth year.


                      S e c t i o n   II

                    Brewing Youth Potions

  Though once thought of as a fantasy made up by old men whose
prime had well passed them and who yearned once again for that
eternal energy and vitality of youth, it is known to a few most
learned sages that this process is in fact a reality and has
been used many times in the past by very powerful wizards and
their lords.  The brewing process is very tricky, and must be
accomplished with the utmost skill.  The ingredients are: the
slime of a Pit Demon sealed in a jar of air; the skin of two
score dragons (any color will do); a small piece of the brain
of the world and the thoughts of a God.  Mix these together in
a witch's cauldron when the moon is full and while a chorus of
angels sings over it and the brew is done.


                     S e c t i o n   III

                    The Fountain of Youth

  Sought after throughout the ages and told of in many tales and
stories, this mythical fount is probably nothing more than just
that; a myth.  No one has ever mapped the way to it and there have
been no documented occurances of persons going off into the wilds
riddled with age and coming back out again revived with youth.  A
few reports put the fount on the isle of the elves, but there are
very few unexplored areas there for it to be hiding in.  One rather
fantastic account says that the fountain was once in the wastelands
to the south but that while it was granting youth to those who used
it the spring was draining away the life fro the land around it,
hence the great plains of dust that are there today.
  But nothing has ever been proved about the fountain of youth, and
probably nothing ever will.

                   S e c t i o n   IV

                  Wishes from the Gods

  One way to roll back the tick-tick-ticking of the Clock of Years
is to have one of the gods lift the burden of age slightly, which
they will do on rare occasion and for a high price!  Only the five
True Gods can achieve this miracle; Aowyn, Cthuga, Shadow, Shiva
and Lord Strydr have the power, and no others.  It is said that for
a grand prize one of them might be tempted to aid a mortla in such
a way, but the prize must be invaluable.  Many of the gods enjoy
different things, but it has been writen by sages who are now one
with the earth that the clean, white feather of a heavenly angel
will soften the hearts of the gods and might give them reason to
fulfill such a request.  But killing an angel is not the way to
gain such a prize; it must be gotten in some other manner.


                     S e c t i o n   V

                     Achieving Godhood

  It is written that a few, very few, of the mortals of the realms
of Doraak have attained the status of Immortality through their
daring exploits, powerful skills and heroic legends.  Those few
who have attained this are forever immortalized in the Hall of
Heroes, in the large port city of Torl.  Those few include the
brave priest Polian, the fair minstrel Belinda and the mighty
Healer Perrin.  Others may follow in their footsteps, but only
time will tell if this is to be so...