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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4039739" data-attributes="member: 3285">Madness in Freeport - Part 1l: The Sea Lord’s Palace“Master Soulforge, a moment if you please.”    Beldin whirled around to see an older man with brown hair and eyes in a red robe.  He walked with the aid of a gnarled staff. “Yes?”“I was just talking to my apprentice Glenfield here,” he gestured to a fidgety gnome, who peeked out from behind the wizard’s taller form, “about the quality of summoning stones in a structure and I thought you might know something about it.”  The older man smiled.  “I’m sorry, where are my manners?  I’m Tarmon, High Wizard of the Wizard’s Guild.”Beldin excused himself from his conversation with Xavier.  “Nice to meet you Tarmon.”“Glenfield, get Burkhart, we’re going to be leaving in a few minutes.  These late night balls are for the young.”Glenfield darted over to a small cage in one corner of the room.  Beldin watched him open it to retrieve the toad.“Who’s Burkhart?” asked Beldin.“Oh, that’s my toad familiar.” Tarmon made a sympathetic noise.  “Poor thing hasn’t aged well.  He’s just not all there anymore.”Behind Tarmon, Glenfield looked up with a horrified expression. The toad wasn’t in its cage.“So as I was saying, I was wondering what a dwarf might think of summoning stones in structures.  It’s been quite the topic of debate in wizardly circles.”Beldin had difficulty focusing on the conversation.  “What in particular would you like to know?”Glenfield made eye contact with Beldin.  He put his hands together in the dwarf’s direction, as if in prayer.  Then he made a rotating motion with his fingers.  He wanted Beldin to keep Tarmon busy while he looked for the toad.“Well, some of the wizards believe that summoning stones placed in a structure would actually turn the structure itself into a gate of sorts.”Beldin nodded, answering both Tarmon and Glenfield at the same time.“I’m of two minds,” said Tarmon.  “On the one hand, I think the effect of summoning stones will be diluted by the irregular form of said structure.”Glenfield started running from table to table, peeking under the tablecloths.“That’s possible,” said Beldin.  “The dwarves of Solanos Mor have long used stones to control gates to realms of darkness.”Glenfield turned towards Beldin and threw up his hands in frustration. Something gray and wet hopped quickly behind him.“On the other hand, it’s possible that enough stones will actually enhance the power of the building, by focusing towards a convergent point.”Beldin tried to indicate the toad’s direction with his chin, but he succeeded in just wiggling his nose.“Are you all right?” asked Tarmon, concerned.  “You seem to have an itch.”Glenfield understood.  He spun around to look.Beldin covered it with a cough.  “Sorry, I’m not accustomed to the Freeport air.”“It’s the moisture,” Tarmon nodded sympathetically. “I feel it more and more in my bones as I get older.”Glenfield pointed in the direction of where the toad had hopped, one hand over his mouth.  Burkhart hopped right under the skirts of a throng of young women, huddled deep in conversation about Kham.Then somebody screamed.</blockquote>

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