It doesn't seem like long before the dinner meal is served in the rather spacious galley. Dinner is served by seemingly no-one, as Cadalis utilizes the unseen servant spell to great effect. The meals, while simple, seem to cater to each of the adventurer's tastes. And although the contents of each adventurer's plate is identical, each adventurer tastes their favorite meals (possibly different) with each bite.
"Now to get down to business," Cadalis says, sitting at one of the empty seats. "First, I'd like to tell you what I...we... know about your mission. As you may or may not know, the IAC is a group of magic users who have come together to further the use of magic, make more accessible to those who have the gift, ability, or knowledge to use it, and make the magic user witch hunts from the ignorant stop. To facilitate such actions, the IAC is in need of information, funding, and people willing to help them out. In some cases, the best method to get all of this is to acquire rare magic items and artifacts, that if placed in the wrong hands, could do some serious damage and hurt the reputation of magic users. Such is the case with your mission.
"As I stated before, you will be seeking an item that has recently come to the attention of the IAC call the Dragon Whisper. It is a large crystal sphere roughly the size of a human's head, perhaps a little smaller. We don't know of its exact whereabouts, but one of our most knowledgeable diviners had a vision of the Dragon Whisper in the hand of some magic user and used it to devastating effect against Bacarte and Daunton. Needless to say, the IAC does not want this to come to fruition. Although a diviner's visions are sometimes scattered and prone to metaphor, this is what I was told of our diviner's vision:
Six by sea, a motley crew
Atop a serpent, morning's dew
Valley bound by wooded hand
Underground, from quickened sand
Bow to Queen, her hive and horde
Within her home, rock singed and scored
Treasure, sphere, debris discarded
Crimson, claw, appears, departed
Jungle humid, tracking, eager
Whispered words, defenses meager
Mountain giant gently slumbers
Magic bubbles, wakens, lumbers
Wake the Dragon's Whisper does
Foe of fire, ancient, was
Fight they must, those six by sea
Eliminate catastrophe
A bit long winded, a quite cryptic, but there you have it. The IAC was able to track the magical signature of the sphere to this island, but they weren't able to find its exact location. Three scouts have been sent out to determine its exact location, but none of them have returned."
Taking a few bites of his food, Cadalis allows the adventurers a few moments to absorb everything he has said.
