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The Wrath of Old Tom Longlegs

Before the lands of the west were found, native tribes lived there in relative peace, worshipping mysterious dieties known as the old gods. But the settlers from the east arrived, and brought with them their younger, stronger gods, and the tribes were converted to their religions. The old gods faded from time and memory. But, as is often common in history, there was one exception: a trickster god to whom the settlers gave the name "Old Tom Longlegs."

Old Tom was powerful, more so than his fellow old gods. When the new gods triumphed, they imprisoned him in the depths of Hell rather than fighting him face to face. However, they underestimated his desire for revenge, and he escaped over two centuries later. Religious lore says that Old Tom Longlegs wanted to strike at those who had hurt him. He set his sights on Landsbury, a bustling port city established by eastern colonists.

Tom forged a pact with the vines and the trees and the ravens, making them pledge to envelop Landsbury forever in a labyrinth of darkness from which there could be no escape, making a suitable earthly kingdom for him. They did just that, and the legends say that Old Tom himself lives in the ruins where the sun doesn't shine, dancing a shuffling jig alond long abandoned roads, where even the new gods themselves dare not go looking for him.