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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zhure" data-source="post: 215284" data-attributes="member: 308">.. what happens to the coin?Gazing about and trying to recall what little he knows about the history of the Academy*, Victor sheaths his sword and loads his crossbow. Victor realizes the stonework here certainly predates anything extant in the Academy today.The smell of death is now far more pervasive than it was earlier; even Victor's human nose can detect it easily now. It doesn't smell like recent death, but rather something old and lingering. No tracks are evident, save for the group's.Kith seconds Rallyn's suggestion that they double back. Rallyn tired of waiting for everyone else to decide on a course of action, turns and leaves, making way for the earlier chamber where the pool entrance was.As Rallyn turns to leave, Victor pulls forth a small copper coin and lobs it into the opening to the north. It flickers briefly out of sight, making a brief tanging sound against the stone floor, then skitters very rapidly down the steep slope, without bouncing.* The Academy was built on the island of Drell near the founding of the Empire when Kazak the Conqueror slew the last of the Warrior Kings, nearly two-thousand years ago. Some legends attribute Kazak as designing the Academy -- he was known to be an architect. About four hundred years ago, there was a "barbarian invasion" from some unknown island chain and most of the island was burned to the ground, save a few of the stone and brick buildings.The Empire sent an entire legion of troops to rebuild the island and to eradicate the barbarian threat. While the Academy was restored, it is probable that the architecture wasn't completely restored. It's quite evident that some of the stonework in Coles's villa, for instance, is fairly contemporary, as is most of the public area. Serbanas's cottage is also relatively knew.The main library is of an older style and probably wasn't razed during the invasion.</blockquote>

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