Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24685738-20170804175219/@comment-5543592-20170810012407

The old man smiled coyly at Torbjorn, then Loris, and nodded.

"Your first clue." He held up a finger. "I was not always who I am know.  Once, my stomping grounds were once much larger than this mountain here, but long ago I had to throw in the towel, and became considerably less than I was.  I'm not frequently called what I was at that time, but the names I had then are still two of the three I use now."

"Your second clue." He held up two fingers. "I was born far away from here, to the west.  But I've been all over-- Orsinium. most notably."

"Your third clue." He held up three fingers, "Altogether, my three names count up to six words, four of which are nouns. So," he smiled agian,  "Who am I now, who was I then, and what was I called?"

"Why teach us this instead of phrases?" Taeris asked, once they were finished.