I have recently had all my worldly good stripped from me. Actually, they
were on my corpse, way up in Everfrost Peaks, but having died in Qeynos
Hills, I lost it.
Taking this as a sign from the Gods, I decided to practice Hand-to-Hand
attacking until I could generate more coin. Decided to truly live the life
of an ascetic, I choose to fast. I hoped that I could "live on a song" and
have Jaxon's Jig O' Vigor restore any stamina a lost due to starvation.
This plan might have worked, but I zoned and the song ended and I forget to
re-sing it. I cast it as I passed out and watched my stamina and health
bars creep up and down near their midpoints. Eventually, I began to bleed
to death. I don't know why, I guess starvation will do that to you. The
Coup de Grace (sp?) was right before I died. I received a rather odd
message. I left it at home, but the gist was:

Pain and Suffering strike at YOU and miss
Pain and Suffering strike at YOU and miss
you died

Whoah! Who are these Pain and Suffering beasties? They apparently live in
the city of Qeynos, since that's where I was at the time.
I've since decided that I should probably eat. As of this posting, Plastos
is camped out under the Dock of Qeynos, wishing he had more food and some
clothing. Tonight, the long climb back begins.

Journeyman Plastos