Balance
Legacy Name: TAZ

It all began the day those three showed up in Phandalin, or well, I suppose it really began all the way back when ■̶■̴̛͢■̷͘͡■̵̨■̢҉̷͜■̴͡͠■̷͘͢■͏҉ formed the ■͏̶■̵̷͜■̴͝■̷̵■̶͢■̷͘͘ ̴̕͢■҉͟■̡͘͞ ̴̛■̕̕■͜҉̸̸̧■̵̵̧■͟͞҉͢͞■͏̡̕■̵̛͝■̢͞, but nobody knew about that, yet, obviously. In fact, if you want to get pedantic, it started all the way back when the ■̶̵͞■̧̀͢■̵҉̕■́͘͡■̴̷̵■͝͏̛■̨̀͠■̨■̷́͡■̨̨͠■̷̨͞ arrived carrying the ■҉͏■͟͞■̴̡͜■̡ and the ■̴̧͢■̛■͟͝■̀͘■̷̨͡■͠͝͠■́͡͡■̵̢͞ along with all the folk on ■̀́͜■̡͢͞■̸̷̧■҉̸͟͠■̡҉̸̀̀ ̵̛͡■͡■҉͏■̡̛ ͜͝͏■́͞■̵■■■ . But again, I'm getting ahead of myself.

One was an elf, the other a dwarf, and the third a human: Taako, Merle and Magnus, you'd know them if you saw them. Their methods were a bit strange, sure, but they got the job done! Or, well, I suppose they didn't - not that first time, anyway. But to be fair on them, they had no idea that they were looking for the ■̸́͘■͏̨͜͏̛■̕͞■̧͟͜͡■̨̡■̴̶̡ ̶͡҉͘■̨͘͟͝■̧͟͢͝■͜͏■̕͜ ̷̧̛̛■̵̸̛͡■̛̕҉■̢■̸̢͝■̶̵̡͡■̶̴̨͟■̴͝ , or that they'd ■̶̶■̴̷■̨͞ ͘͏̨̨■͟͏̧͜■̢̨̨■͏̛̀͡■̴͠■̶̷̡҉̧■̨͜ ̸̡͢■͏́■̛̀͟͞■̸̀̀͠ ̶̴̴̴̧■̵̧͘■̶̨͏̷■̶̧■̢͘͡■̸̷̛͡■͜͠, so it's hardly their fault that things went so bad so quickly. Thankfully, though, after that one slip-up, stuff started to get a bit better, especially after they met up with ■̨͟■̶̴̕■͏̨̕͟͝■̵̷̧ ͠■̵̶̛̕͢■̷̡̛■̷̧͘̕■̴̛͘͝■̵̧̛͟͠■̵͘■͞҉͏̀͝ and ■͘͘͜͜͜■̧͠■͜■̶̨͢͢͞■̶̧̀͠ ͏͝■̢̛̕■̡͠͡■̸̸̧͘■̶́҉■͢͝ ̷̧̀͝■̧͟͢͞͞■. There, they got to see the ■̶̸͢͝■̛̀̕■͢͝■҉̕■̨͞■̶■̧̕͝͝■̸͘͘͢ and finally ■̷̢͟■̶̧̕͡■̧͢͜͠■̨͜͠ ̶̶̶͡■̵̶̨̧͢■͘͘͞҉■̛͟ ̴̷́͝■҉̧̨͟͞■̨́͡■̶ ̶̵̨́̕■̴̶̢̛͘■̢̕͢͢■̨̕■̶̷̸͡■̷̸, as they say.

From there on, they just got better and better. First they had to find ■̴͘■͢͏҉́■̶̧͞͞ ̨҉̨■̕͘͠■̷͘͞͠■͜͞͝҉■̵̷̸̢■͝҉͡■͏͜͞ aboard the Rockport Limited! Funny story about that one, actually; the guy looking for the ■́̕͘■̷̨̛̛̕■̡͢͡■̸̡̀͜ ̨͝͏■҉̛̀■͢͞■̢͟■̶͞■̧͘҉͞ didn't even know what he was looking for! Had no idea of the power it held. What's even more interesting is that after they got back to ■̵̧͜■̵ ̷͞■̵̧̢̛̀■̷̀͢͞■̛͘̕͟■̶̕͟■̴̴̡̧■̨́҉͜ ̶̵͝■̛■̡̡͏■̧̛̀■͘͘͠■̸͏■̶̡■̨͏̡■͡͏̨́■̧͞ up on ■͏͡■̸̴■́͘͞ ̵̨̡■̸̵̴̧͝■̡̧̀■̷̡■̨͘ they ended up hiring on that boy detective they met on the train!

After that, they had to go and get the ■̕҉̡͞■̶҉̢͟͝■͘͟͡͏■̴̛͜͠■̢̛̛̕͜ ̸͝҉■͏̴■̸̛͟■̷̸̀■̡ from Goldcliff, I don't remember a lot of what happened there, unfortunately, except for that bit at the end where ■̛͞■̶́■́̕҉̶͝ ̸̶̀■̵͠■̡̀■̵̕͜■̛͡͠■̶̷̛͝ ̢͜͝͏̷■̧̛̀■̧̛̕ ̨҉■̸̷͡ ̡͢͝■̷̡͢■̴͠͝■̵̧̀͢͠ ̸͞■̀͡■̷͜͡■̡̧͞͡■͘ ̶̀who later on turned out to be none other than ■̀͜͝■̶̨̡́̕■̨͜■̴͘̕■̵̧̛͞ ̴■̸͘■҉̵͟■̵̸͟͜■̛͏̸҉■́́͞■̨̢■҉͜■́͟҉̕■̛̕͟͡͡of all people, showed up and ■̨̀■̶̸̛͠■̢̢■̛̀͡ ̵̨͢■̴̴́■̕͜͡■̧̡́͞ ̴͘͡■͡͡■͏̶͡͏■̷̵̛■͠͠ ̷̧̧̛■̷̴■̡͏͏̕■͘͘͡ ͘͞■̢■̴̛■̛͘͡■̸́͜͟͠■̢■̵̡͝͝҉■́̕҉ ̸̀͟■͘͠͝͞■̶̸͢͡■̵̵̧̛͞■̵̨■͞͠҉̕͢■̶͏̴̧͘■͠ ̴̧̡̛͝■҉̸̕͟■͏̷̀͜■̢͏■̧̕̕!

From there they ended up in ■҉͏͏҉■̕͜͢͞■̸̸̶͡͞ ̧̛͠■̢̢■̡҉҉■̸̴͜͡■̧̧͟͏͟■҉̶͟͜■̧͘͢■̸̵͢ ̡̀͢͞■̷̡■̴̶̀■̴̡͡ where ■̶̛̀■̷̛́͘■̛͞ ̕̕■̡̡̡■̸̢͏■͢͝■͘■̸́͢͡͞■̡̛͜■̀̕■̸̛̕͟■̶■̸̛́͢͞ ͏̵̡͘■̵̸͠■̸̨́͟■̶̶͠■͝͏̀͝■̵̷̷́̀ had been taken over by ■͏■̶̧̨͡■̵͢͞ ̶̸̷̀■͟͝■̵̴̢͜■̡̨̕̕͜■̴̸ ̷̢̛͟͜■̛̕͠͏͏■҉͜͠͠ ̶̡҉̷■̵͢■̕͘͜͝■̕͡҉͘■̵̴̛̕■̕■̴̴̵̢͞ ̛͜■̴̀̕͠■̴͠҉̀̕■͝͏■̶̢̀■̢͠■̵̧̡͟͠■̵̴̷̡̀■́҉ , she was trying to open a portal to the astral plane, I think. Can't remember why, but not to worry, because those three lads quickly managed to ■͢͜■̷■̶͡■̡̕͘͞҉■̷͏̶■͜͢͝͏■̢̕͏ ̸́͏͝͡■́͟͜͠͞■̛͜͡͞■͏͟ ̸̢͜■̕͢■͝҉■̧͘̕͜■͜͟͝, although for some reason Magnus decided to ■̵̷̸̢̕■̡̕͢͟͝■̀̕ ̵̢͞■̨̡́͜͡■̷̵̡͟ which caused them some problems when they ■̨̨■̵̷͜■̧ ̡͘̕■̷̵̡̨■̸͢■̸̵■̶͢ ̸͞■̶̀■́͞ ̸̧͠■̴͘■̨͘■̨̕͝͡ ̕■̕͟͢҉■̵̛■͝҉■̢̧̀̀͡■̛̀͜ ̵̢̡͠■̵͘͟͜͡■̸́̕͟͞■͠͏̷̸■̨̧́͏.͝͏͘

Then they went all the way to ■̶̕͟■̴̴̡̧■̨́҉͜ ̶̵͝■̛■̡̡͏■̧̛̀ where they had to find the ■̸̴͜͡■̧̧͟͏͟■҉̶͟͜■̧͘͢■̸̵͢ ̡̀͢͞■̷̡■̴̶̀■̴̡͡ ■̧͟͢͝■͜͏■̕͜, man, that one was a doozy, because ̴͘͡■͡͡■͏̶͡͏■̷̵̛■͠͠ ̷̧̧̛■̷̴■̡͏͏̕■͘͘͡ ͘͞■̢■̴̛■̛͘͡■̸́͜͟͠■̢■̵̡͝͝҉■́̕҉ ̸̀͟■͘͠͝͞■̶̸͢͡■̵̵̧̛͞■̵̨■͞͠҉̕͢■̶͏̴̧͘■͠ ̴̧̡̛͝■҉̸̕͟■͏̷̀͜■̢͏ ■͢͜■̷■̶͡■̡̕͘͞҉■̷͏̶■͜͢͝͏■͟͝■̀͘! I think they must have ■͏̛̀͡■̴͠■̶̷̡҉̧■̨͜ ̸̡͢■͏́■̛̀͟͞■̸̀̀͠ ̶̴̴̴̧■̵̧͘■̶̨͏̷ ̵̛͜͡■͡■҉͏■̡̛ ͜͝͏̧́■́͞■̵̡̀͢■̶͜ there but it's okay because Taako started ■̛͞■̶́■́̕҉̶͝ ̸̶̀■̵͠■̡̀■̵̕͜■̛͡͠■̶̷̛͝ ̢͜͝͏̷■̧̛̀■̧̛̕ ̨҉■̸̷͡ ̡͢͝■̷̡͢■̴͠͝■̵̧̀͢͠ ̸͞■̀͡■̷͜͡■̡̧͞͡ right afterwards. He's a really nice guy, as it turns out, and then...

Hold on, what's with that look? Wait, you have been understanding me this whole time, right...? Oh... No?

Ah, I see, you must not have ■̵■̵̢■̵̡҉■̶̕̕͜ ̸͠■̷̡͘҉͠■̴̵́͠͝■͏̶̸͠ ̸̧̛͞■̷̵̴͢■̛͟■̧̀͝͝■̵̸̀́͘■̶̧͟͏■̷͜ ̵̀́■̕͝■̶̸̴͢͝ ̀͠■̴̨͢■̷͘͢͜■̸̸́͏̵ ̴̷҉̕҉■͘͝■̸̀̕͘■̷͘͢͏■̶͞͠҉■̸̢̕͠■̶̧̀͘■̡̢̨̕■̀͠■҉̸̷͘ yet. You might want to get on with that, the ■̶■̴̛͢■̷̶͘͡■̵̨■̢҉̷͜■̴̨͢͡͠■̷̡͘͢■͏҉ wants to see you in ■́̕͘■̷̨̛̛̕■̡͢͡■̸̡̀͜ ̨͝͏■҉̛̀■͢͞■̢͟ soon! I'll tell you the rest some other time. Until then, stay safe, and stay strong. You know what they say here in ■̨͞ ͘͏̨̨■͟͏̧͜■̢̨̨■͏̛̀͡■̴͠■̶̷̡҉̧■̨͜ ̸̡͢■͏́■̛̀͟͞■̸̀̀͠ ̶̴̴̴̧■̵̧͘■̶̨͏̷■̶̧■̢͘͡■̸̷̛͡!

■͏͡͠͏■̵̨̛■̛̛́͜■̨̧̛̀͝ ̴̡͜■̢■̕■͜ ̕͜͏■̵̡■̶͟͢■̴͢ ̶̴̛■͟͞■̷̵̀͟■̧͟■̶͘҉͘͠!