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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Joshua Randall" data-source="post: 9625949" data-attributes="member: 7737">[if we learned from Shanif about "a pair of adamantite crowns"]213 We don't know what "that thing" was, but we "think" we understand how Arno "summoned it" [aieeeee!] and "perhaps" how to send it back. We ask Dalris if she remembers what the marshy marid told us, because in addition to WIS 3, everyone in Tikandia has the memory of a goldfish.Dalris exclaims that the "tiara" on Arno's head must be one of the crowns. (Sadly we are not able to reply, "Nahhhhh, rilly?")Garn wants to know what the heck we're talking about, because apparently on this path, Dalris did not spend the previous several hours regaling the paladin with swamp sojourn stories.We smile at Dalris and ask her to do her bard stuff regarding "fantastic tales and magical items". She dazzles with her dramatic retelling to such an extent that "Garn's eyes become bright with mystery and excitement" and "for a moment, [we] can even smell the stench of sulfur."After Dalris completes her tale, Garn asks if we think "the adamantite tiara Arno was wearing in the sanctuary was Lolth's crown?" (Again, sadly we are not able to facepalm at this obvious deduction.)We say that "our only chance to stop Arno is to discover its twin, the one known in ancient Bhukod as the Sorcerer's Crown." [take a shot]Dalris wants to know why Aerdrie's crown wasn't stored in the crypt with the thing (from book 1), given that Landor found Aerdrie's crown in the same place he found the sceptre. We can't answer that, but there's someone here who can: Rufyl.Every human eye in the room focuses hopefully on the little pseudodragon, Garn still a bit astonished at finding a small red dragon in his home. Rufyl fades a shade or two in alarm at the attention, but he sends the same mental message to everyone."I observed my old master handling many crowns during our long association. What does this one look like?"Dalris uses her bard powers to give "a rapid but very accurate description of the gleaming tiara." Rufyl grows excited and telepathically says he remembers that crown well. "Landor presented it to a blind queen on Seagate Island in honor of her descent from elven royalty."We immediately intuit this is Estla and state that there's no other way to stop "Arno and his mob of perverted paladins. We've got to leave for Seagate Island immediately. The sooner we find the Sorcerer's Crown [take a shot], the sooner we can fight Arno on equal terms."Dalris is concerned that if we go to the island, we'll be leaving Saven in Arno's control. She wants to stay here to offer some resistance.Turn to (98).</blockquote>

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