It was a night that every creature, whether human, orc, goblin or elf will remember.

The lighting was cutting through the sky with such might, that with each strike, the ground itself would tremble. Rushing through the night and the forest, the Drow Ranger was approaching the Tavern. She looked at the sky and said quietly: "It has begun" In the darkest corner of the Forest's Tavern, sitting alone covered in darkness, was he, the most dangerous man that has ever been seen in the Western Lands. The blades that were hiding under his robe had a strange power. It is said that those could, from a time to time, cut through any mater known to man. But they had one flaw. The wearer of this strange weapon could not control it. They had a will of their own. His thoughts were interrupted by a strange figure that entered the Tavern. "Hmm... So he sent the Drow afterall..", the Bounty Hunter thought to himself. The Ranger glanced at the Tavern guests and immediately spotted him. She took off her hood and sat across him. "So, do you have it?'' he asked. The deepness of his voice surprised Traxex. "Yes, I do. It has been 3 hours since I broke into the castle's vault. I would assume that they have noticed that it's missing by now...", she answered and heard that horrible voice once again: "Yes, I'm sure they did..." In the meantime, at the Rovenian Castle, the king has sounded the alarm as soon as he noticed that his most prized possession was missing. "SEAL EVERY GATE! BLOCK EVERY ROAD! CLOSE ALL PORTS AND HARBORS! I do not care for the consequences. Use any means necessary. Just FIND IT! And call the Phantom...'' King's adviser, the wise grand magus, asked his king with concern in his voice: "But Majesty, I'm not sure that he can be trusted.. After all, he is just a mercenary...". "I do not care...", the king answered, "no one can steal from me and get away. No one has ever escaped him and his team. It is true that his team is consisted of rogues, outcasts and thieves, but they are the best. That is the fact." "Of course your highness, your wish is my command. I will send for him right away". The king could notice the disapproval in Rubick's voice, but he didn't give it much thought. The only thing that his mind was wrapped about was IT. Not much time later, at the far south of the continent, a royal messenger, Aurel, was about to show up uninvited at the Phantom's lair and he wasn't very happy about it. He arrived, gathered his courage and knocked on the door. "Oh, NO! Not again!", he heard a voice that he could recognize, "can we finish one damn hand without getting interrupted. If it is another of those life insurance agents, I swear to Roshan, I will rip their heart out, soak it into napalm and then light it on fire!" "Yeah, that's him", Aurel thought with a certain amount of fear. He heard stories about the troll mercenary that captured and trained a real, live Fire Bat. "Huskar, you get the door!", the Batrider shouted. "Why do I always have to get the door.. Daaz din Go man!" he went to the door swearing. When he opened them he was surprised. "Aaa, a royal messenger. To what do we owe this pleasure, ay?" "The king needs the Phantom's services. I need to speak to him. Now." "I'm afraid that's not possible, but you can tell me what's the problem and I'll let him know. Ok man?" Aurel needed all of his courage to say: "No, I have been instructed to speak ONLY to the Phantom." As Huskar was about to start arguing, he was interrupted by a strange, small, blue creature that appeared from the room behind him. "What seems to be the problem? I hear that my old friend Kunkka needs me?" Huskar wasn't pleased to see his boss. He loved arguing and picked fights quite often. He was the craziest member of the Phantom's gang. "Tell me, is that old fox, Rubick, still his right hand?" "Yes, he is" Aurel replied, "we are very happy to have a wise man, like the Magus to be our adviser." "Yes, yes. I'm sure you are...", said Rikki with a touch of sarcasm in his voice. "So, what does that old fart want know? His cat ran away again? His daughters had another fight? Lina burnt all of Rylai's toys?", he asked while rolling his eyes. "No, Phantom, that's not the case. As a matter of fact, I've been instructed to tell you to consider this as a top priority assignment. IT has been stolen. We suspect that Traxex and Gondar did it..." Aurel said worried. "Oh no. Again with the stupid... They're just screwing with him. They were probably hired by that weasel Rubick. Huskar, get my gold bag." Rikki ordered. Huskar brought him the bag and Rikki took out 53 gold from it. "Here, take this to the king and tell him to buy a new ironwood branch and tell him NOT to call me every time that fuc*ing branch gets stolen. Now get the f*ck out of my house." While Aurel was leaving he could hear the voice of the famous Phantom: "Yo, Bat, your turn to deal?"