You successfully subdue the attendant before she could again call for the city guards, and as it turns out, her own obscuring mist hides your actions outside the tomb. She rages against her bonds but her expression is more of fright than anger.
You are able to exit the necropolis unnoticed and stop at the transition between the Eastgate and Coins districts in order to gather yourselves and formulate your next move. The strange coin remains in Goclunicus' possession.
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I hope I don't have to do anything like that again...
"Where should we go next?"
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Before they leave Hinkle nervously yanks on his beard as he rambles out an apology "I'm very sorry, we are not thieves. My companions just acted a bit rashly over the coin. We have no intentions of stealing it and I will see that it is returned to you." He takes out 10 gold coins and places them next to the priestess. "It's not much but please think of this a donation for the trouble we've caused here." Hinkle gives a quick bow before chasing off after the group.
Catching up to the group Hinkle takes the coin and casts detect magic. "If I were tall enough I'd smack you up side the head for that one Geoclunicus. We are all lucky not to be locked up in a local jail right now." He says as he examines the coin.
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Ēoswulf studies the coin as well. He nods at Hinkle's comment. "Let's not repeat such an affair again, shall we?"
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Hinkle's spell causes the coin to give off a slight glow indicating it is definately has magical properties.
You think about (if you don't know yourselves) anyone who could help figure out this piece of the mistery.
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Fillia is paying ot a whit of attention to the rest of the party as she stares up to the clouds, noting its shape and the way it moves due to the hidden breeze.
Her attention is caught by the glow of the coin.
"Whooo....Pretty." she exclaims before swiftly losing attention and her eyes start wandering about.
It's late morning when you arrive back to the Whisp, just prior to the lunch crowd. It is sparcely populated but you do recognize the halfling bard, sitting in her usual seat, where Hinkel spoke briefly with her just the night before.
She waves cheerfully as if excited for the chance to mentor more new pathfinders.
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Heryn Gale nods and smiles politely as your group walks in, she curtly says, "I see ye couldn't stay away from our famous "Next-Day Haggis" lunch special... will it be six bowls for you?"
meanwhile back at the Halfling's table:
Janira Gavix looks at your group a little perplexed as she holds her hand out for the coin. She replies,
"OOhhh, well... I haven't seen one of these in quite a while. And even then it was in a book. What you have here is referred to as a Pathfinder's Coin. Hidden inside this 'coin' are intricate gold and platinum wires. This matrix, carefully modeled after fragmentary Azlanti coins, reportedly causes the Pathfinder’s coin to rise an inch or so into the air and slowly spin in place if placed atop a wayfinder. In addition, when levitating above a wayfinder, it is written that the coin can be given a short message to remember. This message is said to repeat, in the speaker’s voice, the next time the 'coin' is floated above a wayfinder. All of this is according to my readings, though. I have never actually seen it done before..." the bard trails off, examining the coin even closer.
"Now what was this about an absconded priestess in a graveyard?!?"
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Ēoswulf looks intently at his drink for a moment, apparently uncomfortable, before drinking the whole thing down and asking for another.
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"Sorry not you, our friend Janira here just finished her confirmation and was issued a wayfinder."
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Janira proudly produces her wayfinder and looks excited to test out this Pathfinder's coin on her very own device!
She holds the coin above her wayfinder and dramatically looks around at the troupe, with a dramatic gasp, she releases the coin and it sticks in the air, about an inch above the wayfinder, then slowly starts to spin. After one full rotation, you all hear in a crystal clear humanoid common voice,
"The path and chamber are complete, hidden behind the nameplate of the requested aspirant and guarded by the word you requested. Fimbrik will add more."
The last word hangs in the air and Janira looks as if she is going to burst with excitement. "I have no idea what any of that means, but it was incredible!"
After a moment of uncomfortable silence, she adds
"I will return the coin to the graveyard for you... and free the cleric you spoke of... I feel that if I get there before her headmistress does and spare her the embarrassment of being discovered overtaken, bound and pilfered, in broad daylight, that cleric will try with all her might to forget she ever saw the lot of you."
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Ēoswulf nods into his drink as Janira speaks. After she leaves he turns to the party and asks "Where should we go next? This Fimbrik fellow?"
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"Thank you, dearie." Geo mumbles to Janira.
Looking at Ēoswulf, he snaps to. [b]"Fimbrik! Yes, that appears to be where the trail leads next. Perhaps he may have some information. Anyone recall reading about the 'workd that was requested'? Sounds like a password, but I didn't see anything in the notes from the basement."
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You relook at Foster's notes and read the portion on Fimbrick:
"Another lead is Eylysia’s friendship with a member of the Arcanamirium, a local wizard’s guild. The fellow is a gnome by the name of Fimbrik. All of my attempts to speak with him have failed, though I have noted his home address in my files for follow-up."
A long-serving member of the Arcanamirium— Absalom’s largest and oldest magical institution—the gnome Fimbrik worked closely with Eylysia. Despite never becoming a member of the Pathfinder Society, Fimbrik aided Eylysia as a colleague and as a fellow wandering gnome whenever he could, ostensibly culminating in assisting Eylysia in hiding her repository of secret knowledge.
You know that the Arcanamirium is not only the largest and oldest school in Absalom, but quite possibly the most prestigious arcane academy in the entire Inner Sea region of Golarion. You travel there find the Gnome's house.
A brick step leads to Fimbrik’s front entrance, which is locked with a rusty lock. Numerous stacks of newspapers are piled around the door and crammed into a thin slot at its base. Each rounded corner of the building has a large window showing a neat and well appointed living area.
Geo knocks, but there is no response. Wizards of the Arcanamirium are seen about, but pay your troupe little mind as they bustle around focused on their own requirements.
Fillia looks on as Geo knocks, but doesn't notice anything more besides the home itself is an impressive stone dwelling reminiscent of what one might expect from an eccentric wizard’s home.... but her curious nature will not be unanswered! She moves to the east and peers into the ground floor window, and through some light billowy curtains she sees Finbrick's study.
This study contains a round table surrounded by chairs, and the walls are replete with tome-laden bookshelves. As she is looking on, an elderly gnome garbed in noble attire with a dapper rounded hat on his head and a can tipped with a brilliant glowing gem in his hand walks in. This elderly man, whom you presume to be Fimbrik, begins perusing his book collection. Fillia nocks on the glass and waves enthusiastically, "Hellloooo!", and in return the old gnome reacts by smiling and giving a tip of his hat before continuing to read.
The old gnome seems indifferent to your presence, as he continues to read his selected time, his back to the window.
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Hinkle starts his search at the wadded up papers still stuck in the door-slot and these papers date back almost two years.
As Geo examines the ancient lock, it all but opens upon his simple inspection. It seems as if locks in the Arcanamirium are a mere formality added only to keep honest men honest.
A large sofa sits awkwardly near the entrance, facing toward the center of the room. Sets of chairs and tables are arranged throughout, and statues of grandiose gnomes occupy the corners of the room. A set of stairs at the northern edge of the chamber leads presumably to a basement. A second set of stairs leads up to a second floor.