From: Naron (naron_at_bigpond.net.au)
Date: Sun Aug 10 2003 - 11:41:45 BST
Veltus stands, heavily leaning on an oaken walking stick, as Sara also stands.
"After last night, perhaps it is best to reveal the item and its location to you all." Sara fights back tears as she thinks of what happened in her house the night before. Moving amongst you she reaches the hall, with Veltus in her wake.
You follow her down the hall and past the ballroom, Ferrock and Angavorn bringing up the rear. Reaching the area where the boy had lain in the pool of blood the night before, Sara stops. You see she turns from the wooden door and faces the marble wall opposite.
She raises her arms to touch the wall at about 8 foot above the floor and you hear her mutter a word "Sotlat!" With the word you see a red seam of light appear in an arch from the wall and the marble seemingly dissolve into nothing. The archway is finely wrought and a line of roses is carved along its edge.
Your nose is assaulted by a mixture of aromas. Mildew and mould is the first to strike, but beyond it you smell spices and many different smells you cannot place. You look into the arch and find that dim light crystals brighten as Sara moves into the room.
The room is walled with bookcases and many tomes and scrolls fill the shelves. The roof is 15' high and the bookcases stretch from the ground to the roof, No shelf showing much room for further items. A desk sits in the centre of the room with a large oak chair sitting behind it. You see many items of various shapes and sizes, ranging from jewellry to an orb of wood like a heart. Sitting on other pedestals around the room are other items that Sara walks past. Some appear to be the skullsof various creatures and also a variety of silk tapestries and scarves.
Sara moves behind the desk and waits until you are all assembled in the room. "The item that Elklisee has advised us is so highly sought after is this." She opens a drawer in the desk and removes a short length of stick. It is a wand once believed to be used by a wizard known as Heffgold. He was believed to have sealed a treasure away in a Kaer when he hid from the scourge. To aid others in finding the Kaer he created this item to point in the direction of the Kaer."
Elklisee steps into the light near a pedestal, obviously distracted by all of the curios that line the walls and sit on the various supports. "Whatever is in that Kaer, someone wants it badly. So badly that they are willing to kill a lot of people for it. I think it is of the utmost importance that we either destroy the item or use it to find the Kaer ourselves."
Ferrock looks harshly at Elklisee. "Destroying it is not an option. The item is Mistress Mayflers, purchased legally. Only she may decide what is to be done with it. I share your concerns for the deaths but do not be so presumptuous to tell us what to do with our treasures."
Veltus smiles weakly and looks between Elklisee and Ferrock and then to Sara as she begins to speak. "I thankyou for your defence but this has caused already much death across the face of Barsaive and now here in Bush Namur. I am not sure what to do with it. I have many items in my collection but none that has ever proven so troublesome. I am intrigued to hear what you all think. And more of these visitations and dreams you speak of. With an illusionist on our hands we must not overlook anything"
Sara looks across the desk to you all and places the wooden wand in the centre of the desk.
<Moves please>
<Cheers>
<Mark>
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