Wealthy greetings to you.

Because I have devoted large part of my life following my Lord, and
thus, in pursuit of Wealth and material possessions, especially those
shiny gold coins, I must admit I find your post quite interesting, the
story about a brave individual willing to face a terrible and formidably
guardian of a great treasure quite intriguing and illuminating, however,
I must say that the end left me feeling rather, in the lack of more
suitable word, empty.

Not merely due to the lack of actual confrontation with the feared
guardian and rather ambiguous conclusion that there was no treasure to
be found ( or there was? ), but also because I believe that, while
admitting that some individuals do spend or waste their existence on the
futile and in the end, pointless, pursuit of material riches, such
existence is still something more than the accumulation of wealth and
earthly possessions, an attempt to achieve something, do more for
oneself and the others, rather than to simply stockpile any treasure in
some forgottten cave or other convenient storage room.

According to the teachings of my Lord, we all seek to achieve some goal,
and gold is one of more visible and measurable forms of showing such
achievement, but certainly not the only one. After all, the value we
ascribe to any commodity comes from us, and, save for widely accepted
means of exchange ressources, such as gold, for those other means, what
is valuable to someone, might not be so valuable to someone else.

And in the end, perhaps that what this adventurer pursued by entering
that cavern with treasure was not of material origin, but something more
immaterial?


Good fortune to you,
Aecius Pyroboreus, Prosperian.



Penned by my hand on the 16th of Lupar, in the year 521 AF.