Tekst oryginalny:
The Beholder Threat II
It seemed like the beholderkin, which was created by the gods as a counterweight to another race that preceded them in the god wars, was unstoppable. But, alas! In the end, they shared the same fate that most other races suffered during the god wars: Yet another race appeared on the scene which proved to be even mightier. They were well protected against the beholders' magical arsenal, and so it was only a question of time before the beholders' empire collapsed. The beholders were replaced by a succession of other races that were chosen by the dark gods to champion their cause. One race followed another, sometimes even before the previous race had become extinct. All the while, the beholders fared better than most of their successors: Owing to the fact that they had once conquered the whole world, small areas of their civilisation remained even while their once mighty cities disappeared and their mysterious pyramids crumbled to dust. Many beholders chose to hide below the surface of the world, fighting fierce underground wars to win supremacy over the other races that had fled the surface where the god wars raged on. Their successes were limited, but at least the beholders managed to establish a number of new subterranean bases, which were safe even though they lacked the grandeur of the beholders former cities.
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