Day 13 & 14 - Book and Banquet

It is clear that we will be here a couple of days longer due to the transcription of the book "A Collection of the Life and Times of One Tiranil Amastacia, Volume 8, Part 57" by Professor Simon Twoorb. The knowledge wrapped up in this journal shines a light on something that has been lurking in the back of my head. The Conspiracy Shed Wall has outlined theories that Tiranil believed based on his foray into the Mournlands and then his several several years of research and putting pieces together. My city is in danger and should Sharn fall to this demon, the rest of Khorvaire and who knows where else would be in danger. As Simon copies the information, myself and Toox use the Mirror of the Past in the study to see what the past can tell us about the Mark.
 
The images are of course cryptic in nature, but give some information in the hopes of providing more answers or leads. The images support the theory that Sharn is where the demon cult is working and may have taken over one of the groups that operate in the city. The Daask and the Boromar Clan are highly suspicious and House Tarkanan maybe involved. We will have to do more digging when we get back home. I should use the Mirror on the dagger as well, but I can wait until we are ready to pursue that vein. It is noteworthy that Toox believes she recognizes the location in the mirror as Middle Tavick's Landing and I will look more into what is in the area that might tie to what we have found. She also seems to remember seeing the dagger somewhere and I hope it comes to her soon. The foreboding, savagery, and hellscape presented in the images are hard to interpret, but I hope more will be revealed the more information we find and help we can get.
 
While I have a moment between getting the pages from Simon, I took the opportunity to make a copy of The Ballad of the Greendale Seven composed by Feldspar Merrlin. The lyrics are a bit baudy and rude to the local authorities, but all good Lower Dura residents like to "stick it to the man". I've made my notch in the scroll case lid and put it away with the intention to keep the tradition alive. Wonder if the Great Crag has heard the tale.
 
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The next morning, I set up the three tier tower again and continue with cross referencing with the journal pages with the Conspiracy wall. I am going to have to re-read these journal entries over and over to see what information I can glean from the pages. This is so much bigger than me and I hope that I can rise to the occasion. That we all can, because it is hard to know who to trust. and we must keep this information quiet about the journal . I fear that it might only bring us into more danger with the rarity of its contents.
 
Tarryn and Ripper have completed modifications on the Edhellen which I'm sure will be reversible and should be removed before we come back to Ardev just in case there are Orien "spies" around. I hope the road ahead doesn't warrant us to use the ballista, but it is nice that we have it just the same. Ripper has also gathered information from his woodland friends (Druids, am I right?) to try and locate the Wyvern and Toox was able to confirm the area of question with the telescope in the observatory.
 
Nearing the end of Simon's transcription, Tarryn went out into the woodland area and was able to hunt a deer for dinner. He really is a man of many talents and made a banquet for us all to enjoy. I am amazed at his skill in the kitchen and he seems happy to have a proper kitchen to cook in regardless of his grumblings about his options for pots and knives and the like. I will have to focus a bit more on what his needs are for a kitchen since I'm no cook and just focused on the basics, but I will endeavor to focus on the style of pots he needs and to make the knives sharper. Whatever I can do to make him happy and to keep him making such good meals.
 
Once Simon was done, we all sat down at the table and, before we could eat, Simon filled us in on his thoughts and stated, in a condescending tone to us all, that the most important thing now is that book and getting it to the elves of Aerenal. I held my tongue, but felt like I was not enjoying my food as much as I would like to be. When it was shared that Toox and Ripper were able to reasonably locate the Wyvern, Simon pushed the fact that we should recover the body of Tiranil Amastacia and try to get him back to the Aerenal elves as they may be able to bring him back to life. This would be a great thing for us to do for the benefit of all of Eberron, even if he hated my home city of Sharn. We ate and drank and discussed our theories. It was decided that Ripper, Toox, and myself would set off in the morning to track the Wyvern and put it out of its misery, but before that we decided to test some objects we have gotten at the Lotto Grotto in Ardev.
 
I'm not sure why I did not just identify the ring with my spell, but I believe it is because I let Simon get under my skin and it clouded my judgement. Turns out that the ring of mending I got is more like a ring of taking life to mend. It hurt me for at least a quarter of my health with a pain that streaked down my spine. I'll see if Tarryn will look at it just to make sure there isn't like some sort of scarring or after affect.
 
I hope the morning brings some closure....