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// Episode 99: The SMASHED Treasure of Griffonstone 
// Story: Yak to the Future 
// by hazeyhooves 
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Grampa Gruff leaned in close to Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie and said, “I'll tell you the whole tragic tale... for a couple of bits.”

Rainbow sighed and dropped a few coins in the eagerly open talons.

Gruff grinned ecstatically at his earnings and quickly stashed them under his hat. “The first griffon king, King Grover, united our kind like we've never been united before or since! And he did it all with that incredible idol of Boreas. But King Grover was smashed by a horde of rampaging yaks.

“From one king smashed by yaks to the next, Griffonstone still had our golden idol. It held us together – it gave us an identity – right up until the reign of King Guto. He also got smashed by noisy yaks.

“That's when Arimaspi came, to steal our griffon treasure! The yaks smashed him to pieces as well. But not before he got away with the idol!

“They say when our treasure fell into the Abysmal Abyss, our pride went with it. Until the yaks found and recovered the idol! Then they destroyed it, and threw it back into the Abysmal Abyss. And the yaks also smashed the Abyss until the walls caved in, filling the pit forever.

“The yaks became the new kings of Griffonstone, until they smashed themselves out of boredom. And we all lived miserably ever after. The end!”

Pinkie sobbed. “That was the saddest story ever!”