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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 3316564" data-attributes="member: 30035">Letter #3011 Goodmonth, 601 CYPalace of Sheikh Azman, Sefmir, TusmitDearest brother;As I told you in my last letter, we'd spent a day in the city disposing of certain items and purchasing others, and had ended up in possession of a book and an amulet that had belonged to a man now dead.We returned to the sheikh's palace in the evening for yet another feast - though I suppose that these dinners are only feasts to us. They're probably ordinary dinners to the shiekh's household. But this one was more of a celebration, for when we arrived we found that Illtud had been restored to life! He's decided he's had enough of adventuring and plans to return to the east. We've given him traveling money and messages to carry back with him. Rose has also decided that she won't continue on with us after all, as she has other business here in Sefmir.We informed the sheikh of our encounter with ruffians and the man they had slain, but we chose not to tell him about the amulet and book. He would likely either have discounted the story or taken an unhealthy interest in the items. Werp, the Halfling troubadour, told us of a plague in a village near our route toward Zeif, but it doesn't seem likely we'll have any difficulties on the way. After a time I grew weary of the crowd and noise at the feast and retired to the garden. Later Ninad came looking for me. He told me he had attempted to identify the magic of the amulet, and had had an unpleasant experience. First he had been injured by a burst of electricity, and then he sensed a presence in the room with him. Some unseen being had escaped through the window. He was so concerned that we decided to notify the shiekh's vizier, Jamshir, of the matter.Jamshir wasn't pleased with Ninad for having cast his spell within the palace without having any idea of what it might do. After we'd spoken with him we went to inform Erasyne, but we decided not to tell Thor until morning, in order to avoid any further unpleasantness. Knowing Thor, he'd want to go search the gardens in the dark or wake everyone in the place to question them or some such thing. I'm sure Jamshir would have been delighted by that.When the sun rose I looked about under Ninad's window, but neither Rahon nor I could find anything of note. At breakfast Prince Hamad wanted to go riding again but we deterred him by going instead to search the library for information about the Tiger Prince or the amulet. The Tiger Prince turned out to be the prince's favorite story, unfortunately, so he insisted on joining us. He's taken quite a fancy to Erasyne and I think she was hard pressed to continue feigning interest in his childish chatter. We found a much more elaborate version of the book in the library, with one odd illustration in which a witch appeared to be wearing an amulet very similar to the one we'd found. My friends were also quite interested in the way the Tiger Prince was shown in the book's final illustration, as his paws appeared to be malformed. I don't know if this has any significance to our circumstances, but Ninad and Erasyne wanted to investigate every possible clue to the use of the amulet and the identity of the mysterious being that escaped from it. The prince was convinced to show us to his father's private library as well, though this turned out to contain little of interest for us. We then determined to go into the city again and seek a library there, or perhaps ask the aid of the mages' guild. The prince didn't insist on joining us, fortunately. After we arrived in the city, Thor and Erasyne went looking for Werp. They hoped the Halfling might know some stories of the Tiger Prince that would contain useful information. I accompanied Ninad to the temple of Surya. There we were directed to seek a sage called Khudaram. He was younger than I expected, but very courteous, though there was little he could tell us. The Tiger Prince is a childrens' story and no one gave it much credence. The sage had never heard of an amulet like the one we found, which resembles a huge cat's eye. He was intrigued by our story, however, and told us he would do further research and notify us of any discoveries. As Ninad and I were on our way to the mages' guild, Ninad noticed that we were being followed by several men clad in furs and hides. They stopped outside when we entered the guild hall. The wizard who assisted us determined that no other amulet of this type could be found within Sefmir, and that whatever had been held within it was of an evil nature, much to our disappointment. When we left the guild we saw that our followers were still waiting for us. But Ninad and I suddenly noticed an unnatural storm hovering over a nearby part of the city. Thinking that not only was it strange but also very like one of Thor's favorite spells, we decided to investigate and rushed toward it, disregarding our pursuers. When we neared the building over which the storm hung we saw an eagle circling. As an eagle in the city was unusual and a bird flying in a storm was also unlikely we determined this must be Thor. We had also noticed that a large number of other people seemed to be converging on the storm-wracked structure. Aside from our pursuers, who had been joined by companions, we saw a troop of city guards approaching. We also spotted a group of men who resembled the ruffians we'd fought the previous day, and a small party of dark-clad folk dressed somewhat like priests. As Ninad and I hurried into the building, which turned out to be a low tavern, we were confronted by a startling scene: at the opposite side of the common room a second door had been burst asunder and in the doorway loomed a large creature I could only see in silhouette in the lightning from Thor's storm. A huge tiger with eerie blue eyes was perched on the bar, accompanied by a dark woman. The thing in the doorway was standing very close to Erasyne. Then Ninad exclaimed that the dowsing rod the druidess had made for us to detect black shards was vibrating - and it pointed at the large creature by Erasyne.I'm sorry to cut my letter short here, but I'll tell you the rest of the story in my next message.Your sister, Lothiriel</blockquote>

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