Elena smiles. "Thank you, Morlibint. I'll get this back to you soon."
Of course, Elena will then study the contents of the spellbook to see if there's something interesting to her.
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"I'm hoping that you can help me with finding a particularly rare book: the spellbook of one of the Roseguard, Zarmavdian. It's not something that you happen to have collected, is it? Or that you might know more about?"
"It seems we've only one relic of the Roseguard left to find. Perhaps we can ask around Otari to see if anyone might know of Zarmavdian's spellbook." Elena thinks that Morlibint would be a good place to start.
"You can. Though if you prefer to continue to keep a low profile, I have no issue giving you a place to stay at our home. Assuming my companions are okay with this."
"There's bound to be a story about the intervening years. I would be curious to know what went on with the blade during that time. Perhaps something to research."
"What becomes of you? I think you should return to your shop. I'd be happy to speak on your behalf with the mayor, as honestly this seems all a bit ridiculous. Your family heirloom should be yours, and if they're really going to extract a price from you for it, then I will pay it on your behalf. But... that really ought not be necessary."
"Hold on, hold on! No one is looking to kill anyone here," Elena tries to de-escalate the situation. "Why don't you tell us your story first. How is the blade yours?"
Elena whispers arcane words, hands gesturing with each syllable as three darts of force appear before her. With a final flick of the wrist the darts zip forward to strike down the shadow!
Elena moves her hands through the necessary gestures for a spell. One she has cast many times. The now familiar crackling sound of electricity and smell of ozone presages her attack on the shadow creatures.
She then focuses her mental energy on another bit of magic. A ring of arcane glyphs expands out from her body, swirling protectively around her.
Elena keeps a couple paces back from Bibi, her concentration held on a spell to allow her to detect magic.
"Which do you think, Bibi? Crook's Nook or Smugglers Refuge? I'm inclined to check out the latter first, just because it's not what everyone is suggesting."
"Got it. We'll look into this for you." Elena proposes that the group visit Rajani and ask if he knows anything about the sword.
"Why do you think Rajani would take the sword?" Elena asks, somewhat perplexed. "Has he shown interest in it before?"
Elena will purchase a dagger from Carmen.
Elena rolls her eyes at the exaggerated expressions coming from Bibi, but continues to smile. "I think it wise to heed what Oloria says before returning to Gauntlight. Our work has drawn attention here, and if folks can offer work or provide info then... we should act on this." She proposes a whirlwind tour of patrons, suggesting they visit: Oseph Menhemes (update the mayor), Captain Longsaddle (find out if he needs help), Carmen Rajani (ask about his lineage and mention the ghost), Jala Highstepper (ask if she needs help), Klorte Hengus (ask if he needs help), Worliwynn (story about a werewolf), Vandy Danderdash (reading suggestions on the Roseguard gear), Yinyasmera (find out if she needs help).
Elena finishes reading her letter in time to see Peldur head out the door. She raises an eyebrow at the paper scraps, then skims through the contents. "Looks like I will need to buy some parchment paper."
Elena reads the letter from the Thunderstriker, confused. "I wrote my letter many days ago, so I will say that you can't expect things to return quickly. Keep that in mind, Carrufikus. Correspondence is a tricky thing." She then looks at Peldur. With a smile she says, "I could always write you a letter. But honestly, I much prefer that you are close."
"Oh, hi. I'm Elena. I'd love to see that letter," she says, stepping forward to receive her letter. "I suppose we have many people we've not spoken to. We can do that."
As someone who enjoys the Rowdy Rockfish, Elena is thankful for Brelda's offer. "I've been sleeping under the stars for some time now, and though I'm sure Wrin will miss my company I think I will take you up on having a place to bed down. Thank you." With the invitation from Oloria, Elena makes ready to head over to the shop. "I've been waiting to see if letters arrived. I sent several before the beginning of our adventure, and have received very few. Perhaps I can find out what happened."
Elena sighs. "That is an illusion we will need to divorce Belcorra from. And it's confirmation of something we all assumed: Belcorra has returned." "Can you describe Belcorra to us?"
Elena does what she can to recall what she might have read about the blue light. Perhaps it's something that she read in The Whispering Reeds.
Elena repositions herself once more, being careful to ensure that her staff's magic does not strike her friends. "I found this item within the confines of this place. The magic within is grim and dark. It's fitting that is used against you, Volluk." She points the staff, and dark tendrils once more pour out. The magic is cloying, as if grasping for Volluk as it flows toward them.
Elena moves further in, once more triggering the magic from her staff. A second stream of dark tendrils flows from the tip of the staff toward Volluk.
Elena moves forward, pointing her staff at the swarm that is Volluk. "You've changed, man. Not cool." Tendrils of darkness flow from the tip of the staff and flow toward Volluk.
Elena moves closer, positioning herself so that she can see her friends. And also see Volluk. "Desperate times," she says, opening The Whispering Reeds. Elena reads arcane words from the text, conjuring a terrifying phantasm that only Volluk can see.
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and Frightened 1
and Frightened 2 and Frightened 4 And then the Empty Death tries to claim her...
Still mentally loaded with evocation magic, Elena conjures and releases a barrage of magical darts.
Elena lets the group take care of the coins, instead taking the time necessary to identify the magic within the bracelet and arrow.
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With much of her spell repertoire still very focused, Elena creates a trio of magical darts and sends them out strike a corpselight!
Elena casts a protective spell beore moving in closer to help with the fight. Every room has danger it seems!"
Elena tries to identify the spices that she can smell.
Once everyone is ready to move on again, Elena points down the passage. "Let's keep going, yes? I'll check to see if there's any magic along the way." She casts detect magic, letting someone else take the lead to watch for traps and other dangers.
Elena repeats the same spellcasting, determined to freeze their foe dead.
She follows this with a quick word to give her a magical shielding.
With Tal having slain the scalathrax closest to her, Elena safely moves into the chamber. She repeats her spellcasting, looking to encase the remaining monster in frost.
Elena moves into the passage, stopping just shy of entering the chamber beyond. She works a quick bit of evocation magic, creating an orb of biting cold around the creature Bibi struck.
Elena hands the beads to Carrufikus. She then considers what the group should do next. "In the hallway that we took to this area there is an empty alcove. It stands out in that it should not be empty, as the others around it are not. Can we maybe search it in case there is a secret passage?"
"But before we do, let's study the remains. Maybe one of them is familiar?"
Elena hands the potion of fire breathing to Carrufikus, taking the beads from him. "Sure. I'll just need a few minutes of study."
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"If you ever want to breathe fire on an enemy, this is what you should drink. It could prove useful going forward."
Elena is drawn to the magic and starts by examining the bottle.
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Elena looks uncomfortable at all of the visions of Belcorra. "Prepared for battle, I am that. But search this place, my friends. Every ounce of Belcorra's power and knowledge that we can use against her, should we truly face her, we will need." She then takes the time to study the portal, suspecting that she might need to attempt to awaken it...
"That must be Volluk Azrinae. That name is connected with Belcorra." Elena considers this. "Perhaps the shade of Otari knows about Volluk?"
After forty minutes, Elena is indeed ready. "As long as you keep the wisp away from me, I will blast it into ethereal bits."
"I already have one wand, and can have prepared many more. If we need a full battery of force magic, I can do that."
"We should tell the mayor and spread the word about what went on here. People ought to know that this place isn't haunted, but that the structure might not be safe and is not salvageable."
"I would say it is more 'tragic' than it is 'neat'" Elena says, studying the ruins with a craftsman's eye.
Deciding that she's not seen all that Otari has to offer while simultaneously feeling a bit homesick, Elena decides to spend her evening at the Otari Fishery. She turns loquatious, chatting with strangers and buying food and drink. She doesn't have much in the way of coin, but decides that living can only be done a day at a time. Eventually she gets around to chatting properly with Tamily Tanderveil, the proprietor. "My family are all sailors, y'know. Though they'd tell you their raiders. All talk. They haven't sailed their longships to steal brides for themselves in at least two generations," she says, raising her pint glass to one of the nearby fisherman as they walk by. Another group, currently playing a game of cards, call out to Elena to join them. She doesn't notice. "You've got a good place here. Honest folk come by to relax, and by day you're helping to feed the town. I respect that. Where you always planning to own a fishery?"
Elena commits to studying them further the next day, realizing that she needs a good night's rest first. She makes it the first task of the morning.
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