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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 8268983" data-attributes="member: 59816">Irony went on as if she did not notice the slight, telling Hawthorne as they crossed the courtyard, "It's a great idea to get on it right away, I mean, you never know what you're going to find in these books. Something might lead right to another, and soon you'll find yourself just lost in the reading of them. Here they come now! I had Graystock bring them up - it was just too much for me to carry!"[/b]Sure enough, a dark-haired dwarf was hauling a book-cart (a glorified wheelbarrow) full of tomes of various sizes down a ramp to the right of the Emerald Door - the softly glowing green door that was the entrance to the Inner Ward, and the Library itself. A single guard, probably a mage, stood and watched the dwarf at work with an expression of concern, though he did not move to help."That's the Keeper of the Emerald Door." explained Irony, "There's a few of them, but that one's Svantos. Call him Keeper Svantos when he's on duty, which he is. It's his job to monitor who comes and goes from the Inner Ward, and the Library. Seekers can't go in there without the invitation of one of the Eight Great Readers. Without an invitation Keeper Svantos couldn't let you in if he wanted to."After Graystock got the books down the ramp, Irony led them to one of the towers in the Pillars of Pedagogy, where she gave Hawthorne the key to a room with a desk, a chair, a fainting couch, a chamber pot, and a window overlooking the Sea of Swords. In addition, the room had several empty bookshelves, that Graystock and Irony began to stock with the books from the dwarf's push-cart.</blockquote>

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