FEEBO
Feebo was a
dwarven miner who worked in the
dwarven mines beneath the
mountains at the northeastern edge of the
Valley of the Sparrows where
illumynite was being unearthed. It was during the tunneling of a new
mountains sector in the 1620's that a football-sized chunk of
illumynite (
the Cluster) was unearthed by this dwarf. At first the
glowing rock was considered a good-luck charm and a sign that a
tremendous vein of illumynite waited just ahead. But the dwarves found
only worthless dirt and rock, which was rare. Their good-luck charm
quickly became mockingly known as
Feebo’s Folly, and was set aside as a
gag item.
However,
after the passage of time, something became apparent: the cluster did
not lose its glow. After some experimenting, the dwarves concluded that
chunks of illumynite, when kept out of direct sunlight and away from
water, held their luminous qualities longer. They were like rough,
natural light bulbs. These light bulbs soon became the new product of
the dwarves. The original cluster was renamed Feebo’s Fancy Find. The
honor came too late for Feebo, though.
Poor Feebo, embarrassed
by the Folly, took to drinking heavily and he carelessly took a
wrong turn during a joyride in a mining cart. (Could not tell his left
from his right.) The track suddenly ended in a hole on the side of a
high mountain and Feebo went sailing out into the void. The remains of
the cart, as well as a few parts of Feebo’s wardrobe, were enshrined in
the Temple of
Bel Narie alongside the Cluster, which was placed upon a
pedestal. The legend of this discovery was passed down by the dwarves for many generations.
One of Feebo's great-nephews was an anonymous
dwarven general.
| SOURCE(S): Return to Zork (game, official backstory) |