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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zhure" data-source="post: 185150" data-attributes="member: 308">Keith subtly threatens Yodwin while asking for him to come clean with all he knows about the book.Ellie reinforces Keith's play, also imploring Yodwin to reveal what he knows.Arana comes forth with a plan to lure the inky creature down. With Victor's implied approval she continues with it, leaving her precious, practically irreplaceable spell book where the black manta is sure to see it.Rallyn goes to aid Arana and Victor, arriving at about the time Arana expresses her plan.Kith sends Turin off to follow Rallyn and waits to back Keith up should things go poorly. Turin scampers off in hot scrabbling pursuit.Serbanas also looks on expectantly. You suspect the half-orc's presence may have as much to do with Yodwin's reply as with any threats he may have received.Yodwin bursts out, "It's not my book, you meddling young fools! It's Xargon's. I don't remember all of it with clarity, but I do remember this: Xargon will be the doom of us all!"Pausing for a moment, collecting his thoughts, Yodwin continues, "Xargon is a protector of the Empire. He's been alive forever, at least as long as the empire* itself. His desmense is to the far north, farther north than even Drell. He guards against the incursion of the giants of Jotunland. His book is here, and I don't remember why!"He looks sad for a moment. "I am an old, old man. I don't even remember how old. When I found the book in the archives, I was delighted by it, but couldn't read it. It seemed to bring back a few faint memories, but I'm too doddering to puzzle it out. I thought maybe Maerath could decipher it's secrets. So I gave it to him. Maybe handling the book triggered some sort of spell, or made Xargon aware of it's presence here. Something summoned him to Drell and he wants the book. If you have it, maybe you should just give it to him."******Meanwhile, outside, Victor and Rallyn watch as Arana drops her spellbook beside a tree, with a light glancing teasingly off of it.The inky, gelatinous manta-ray creature still flaps around the courtyard but doesn't seem to pay any attention to the spellbook.*The Empire has been in existence for just over two millenium. It was united under a Dwarven King, Kazak the Conquerer, who banded together a loose coalition of human tribes, then went on to either ally or defeat all those who stood in his way. Eventually Kazak became Kazak the First, Emperor.</blockquote>

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