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-- so Lekki takes the full hit...
Lekki will take a step back, and begin to wave an arcane spell.
Lekki's eyes move fearesely, going back and forth as if deciphering every part of what just happened. As they focus on the lizard, the animal turns its head to the side to meat the birds gaze. Deja Vu.
The lizard falls under the combined attacks of the Pathfnders, and lies unconscious before you. The alleyway is quiet.
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"Well, that was chaotic. Pity my spell didn't work; I did not wish to hurt the little guy. I suppose now we must either stash his body somewhere or heal him and try again. I doubt we would fare any better a second time around, however. Thoughts?" Laafdahni glances at each of her party members, awaiting their input.
A thought occurs to her. Perhaps she should check to see if anyone noticed the ruckus.
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Lekki weaves a curative spell and brushes his feathers down.
— from my spell list
Lekki ispenct the lizard and casts Stabilise on him immediately.
That was hypnotic? Eeeem, I didn’t even get to cast my spell! Whats done is done. The young one probably need some rest. He will come to eventually. Let’s get going - why would he want to stop us anyway? You are, from the Concordance, are you not Laafdahni?
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"Good question, Lekki," says Leyten. "Why DID he try to stop us? Some forbidden knowledge that we aren't meant to know? Makes me even more determined to take a look."
He looks at Osten and nods. "Commendable restraint! For an instant, I thought you might end up cutting him in half." He chuckles. "Well, let's move him out of the way." He pulls the lizard to the side of the alley and conceals him behind a couple of barrels.
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Osten catches his breath with a wave of the hand and a nod to Leyten, "Thanks." He looks over to the plane-touched members of the team and asks, "What was he saying anyway?" He considers the lizard-man-thing. "If we tie him up good enough, we can roll him up in one of these carpets and take him with us. Any takers? I just figure if he's with us then he ain't grabbin' a bunch of bigger friends to meet up with us later down the road."
As you are tying up the lizard, no convenient priestess show up, but you do find a fireproof pouch. Inside the pouch is a Keylight Lantern.
These stylized lanterns are popular among Concordance agents, both for their abilities and their allegorical symbolism. The lantern represents unity of the elements: the metal and glass exterior of the lantern represents earth; the oil represents water; the flame represents fire; and the smoke off the flame represents air.
You leave the attacker in the alley and make your way via flying carpet to the Cloisters of the Hidden Breeze.
Midnight-blue stone walls with numerous shallow alcoves carved into them encircle the temple. Within these recesses, glass lanterns flicker with firelight, like stars on the night sky. Four towers stand aloft, topped by azure domes decorated with gold painted constellations and twinkling crystals. A gilded gate stands ajar, opening into a courtyard full of herbs and flowers.
The missionaries of the Cloisters are mostly comprised of azatas. They readily welcome the you.
"Welcome, Welcome my friends." an azata monk waves you inside, "We just have two requests please keep quiet and do not take anything from the grounds. If you can abide by those two requests, feel free to wander the Cloisters of the Hidden Breeze. Feel free to ask questions. We are here to share knowledge."
The Cloisters contains a variety of libraries.
Conflicts between the lords? That's a most interesting question. Let me think."
Osten notices a few people looking interested in the group, but none seem hostile or upset with your arrival.
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The grumpy bird gestures to Leyten to keep going, obviously egging him on. Wait, we are here to research an Elemental Sword? That's not why we are... I think he said Elemental Lords. Yes, that is the topic that has brought us here today!
Forgive me, it is hard to follow a conversation when you are as old as I am. The bird is slighly ashamed, and bows deaply to the clerk as he was slighly overzelous and loud. He uses this an attempt to distract the clerk from the conversation and aid Leyton.
Amazingly the Kineticist is polite enough that the azata points you to a library where you might find the books on the Elemental Lords.
Many of the monks wince at the volume of Lekki's voice, and then realize he's hard of hearing and don't comment.
This chamber is furnished with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and several desks.
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"Huh, what?" whispers Leyten. "Oh sorry, Osten, got distracted. I usually can't convince a person that they're alive, so I'm flabbergasted that worked. Sure, take a look - I'll let you know if someone else comes down this way."
Leyten moves a few steps farther down the hall and looks to see whether anyone is approaching their group.
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Rooks? Why are we investigating rooks? Do you play Chess, my dear? Ooooh, yes! Chess in a library! I warn you, my dear. I have been practicing my entire life - I have beaten many an Acolyte from Razmiran! Come come, we will sit and play! Lekki begins to look for a chess board, as he is sure there would be one in a library.
-- to find relevant book, or a chess table...
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"No, he's not," says Leyten, trying not to get TOO distracted by Laafdahni's breath in his ear. "Perhaps his ancestors were awakened peacocks. All right, let's go with the others..."
He joins Osten and RumbleRock and whispers, "Strange land, mystical mysteries, and a loud bird. Add them up and it means we're sticking together."
Lekki finds a couple of interesting books, but not the one the group is looking for. There is no chess table to be seen.
As the group enters the secret door it into a 10-foot diameter antechamber with another door and an empty copper hook on the wall next to it.
The door is locked.
The wall above the locked door is carved with with some words written in Auran
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Ooooh, a secret door ey! It says that "only Concordance members past this point"! Mmm, to bad there isn't a chess board, we could rest here for a while. But this is rather strange, why are the Concordance so important anyway? Lekki seems irritated at the fact that he doesn't get a rest. He brushes off his feathers and points out the writing.
Inspecting the door a little closer. Anyone good with locks? Such a dirty habbit - lockpicking, i mean. They never taught us in Razmiran. I wonder why... as the bird goes into thought.
There is a hook hanging on the wall. The hook looks like it might be big enough to hold a lantern.
The door clicks as it unlocks.
A winding downward staircase empties into the center of a chamber with four circular alcoves. Each of these alcoves glows with a different colored translucent barrier: red, green, blue, and white. With the exception of the alcove behind the white barrier, a variety of items are on display beyond the barriers. Among these curiosities are books, scrolls, figurines, urns, and tapestries. The alcove behind the white barrier, however, is mostly blocked by rubble, as if it had been ransacked in the past. Four gemstones sparkle atop a stone altar along one of the chamber’s walls.
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"Hmm... It appears that those gemstones could be keys to enter these alcoves. Before we touch anything, we should examine this space. It may be trapped." She then carefully strolls through the chamber, watching her steps, checking for traps, peering through the barriers to assess the contents on the other side, and visually examining the gemstones and the altar.
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Ooooh yes! Very funny Razmir! You put me in a cage with shiny stones to say that old birds like shiny stones! I see what you did there! he chuckles to himself almost falling to the ground.
Also, I forgot to tell everyone - i'm basically colour blind. So you will have to tell me which colour is which. No, but seriously, what are these? Your faculty, Laafdahni, sure are strange. Why would they be hiding this inside a library? he walks over to his sorcerer friend, and casts Detect Psychic Significance on the stones.
-- if any knowledges apply, Lekki has most of them at this bonus.