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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 9532119" data-attributes="member: 82106">Starn has lost all sense of direction, wandering in the endless maze of thought objects emanating from the mind of The Dark Star of Acamar, caught in its mental orbit. He thinks of the Ranger, Vorn, one who seems never lost, and as he does a strange star enters his vision and then he feels a thud as the arrow's teleportation dweomer takes hold of him, and suddenly he's falling! Starn instinctively activates Feather Fall. The next thing he knows Vorn is lowering him to the ground and Nimozaran is slipping from his grasp. The old man sits up a moment later, as Starn himself sits down, still dizzy. Over the next few days the group makes its way back in the direction of Fallcrest, to the caravan stop. Nimozaran, though largely recovered from his earlier state, seems aged by the experience. While perfectly lucid most of the time, he tires easily and sometimes his mind wanders or he forgets where he is. The old wizard's time is past, but Starn by contrast feels almost supernaturally sharp, as though his exposure to the forces from beyond have left him with new abilities.At the caravan stop Starn finds a single lone vendor, an old man, who only offers his name as Ofer Genga, who travels with his pack mule, apparently unconcerned by the dangers of the Nentir Vale. He welcomes Starn's company, simply nodding as Starn introduces Nimozaran. Having bid Lief and Vorn goodbye Starn makes his way back to Fallcrest, a girl, and a tower. After reaching the gates Starn, Nimozaran, and Hat Eater turn south. As Ofer Genga turns to move off, the mule stops, and brays at them. The old trader turns to his pack and mutters something like "oh, all right. If you insist." He then turns back to Starn and hands him an object, wrapped in a bit of cloth.Nimozaran looks on and says "Well, aren't you going to take it?" Sheepishly Starn complies, and Ofer Genga, before turning away, enigmatically states "There were twelve of them, and the great tower itself, at Nerath, the 13th I suppose..."As Starn and Nimozaran make their way from the gate to the Septarch's Tower, he examines the object. A key, similar to the ones which open their own tower, but of a different shape, wrapped in a square of silk, who's pattern always seems to move and twist when one is not looking directly at it. "Master, what is this?" Starn asks, but Nimozaran has drifted off, and Hat Eater is very carefully keeping him balanced so he doesn't fall off.</blockquote>

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