The Alpaca and Maggie

The Alpaca and Maggie is a tale surrounding an odd looking rock around Defel, inbetween the town of Greygar and the city of Ethal.

History
The rock is said by scholars not to be there since the First Era, but somewhere during the formation of the nation of Defel. A scholar named Jeremy was the first to discover the artifact and found while there was no magical presence there was the sighting of a ghostly alpaca wandering the area. He recorded his sighting in 71AB.

After staying there for a while and taking notes the stroy of the Alpaca and the dog was formed. When he returned for secondary inspections he found the word Maggie had been naturally carved into the rock and the tale grew.

The tale has been recognised by the Defel crown as one of their nations landmark and is protected as such.

Plot
The Alpaca and Maggie is a tale of an alpaca breaking free from his paddock and wondering around. When the dog, Maggie, came around to try and usher the alpaca back it was chased instead. The chase led the two animals far away from their home as the Alpaca refused to give up. After such a long time of being chased, Maggie decided on a different approach, rather than running she will hide. So upon finding a good location, Maggie hid herself as a rock, sitting still and unmoving. The Alpaca walked straight past her but could sense her chase in the area and stuck around. Maggie stayed so still over time that the rocks began forming around her, creating the formation that their tale is famously known for. The Alpaca refused to give up though, and even in death their spirit continues to search for Maggie today, even though they are right infront of them.

Cultural Significance
The Alpaca and Maggie have inspired many people to come and see the rock and get their own inspiration from it, some artists often paint it with the alpaca in its spiritual form hidden amongst the landscape. Others have found that it creates a good story for life, where the thing you may want most is just hidden in front of you. The Defel Crown has recognised the rock and the tale as landmarks and important, placing Jeremy the scholars original reports in their famous library while also protecting the landmark from any people wishing to do it harm. While it orginally had no magical presence, the spells the Wizards have put on the area make it incredibly difficult to break and erode with time.

Description
The rock looks exactly like a dog sitting on a stone. It stands up right with its snout pushing out, though many of the details of its face and ears are hard to distinguish the legs show the formation of feet and even a small tail hitting the ground.