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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nerdytenor" data-source="post: 4701009" data-attributes="member: 74526">Glaelyn chuckles magnanimously at Joshua. "Practical assistance? Right to the point. I like that!" She smiles broadly. "I'm afraid I might be of rather too much assistance, as finding Baradur may prove the end of all of you. I believe I can guide you to Baradur's lair, or, at the very least, get you hot on his trail.  You see, I knew Baradur before he named himself thus." Glaelyn's smile fades. "He was my student.""Several years ago, he came under my tutelage - a few years before Mardrick and I met." Glaelyn sighs wistfully. "It is always a tricky thing with the darker magical arts - some, like Baradur, are a little too taken with the darkness, and become lost. It is a risk of the business, I'm afraid.""Others are rather not comforatable enough, Mardrick being a good example. He's a good man - perhaps a little too good to be a warlock, if you know what a mean." She smiles again."I've lost my train of thought! Ah, yes. You see, Baradur was always interested in the animal kingdom, and was ever looking for ways to incorporate animal powers in his magical studies. I once caught him doing despicable things to some of the local fauna in my woods, and we had a heated argument about it. He did not return to me afterwards.""I didn't give him much thought until about a month later, when I saw some rather... unnatural remnants of some home-brewed ritual not far from where I had seen him last.""At any rate, it would appear he has become quite powerful indeed." Glaelyn holds up the teleporation stone Elloen used to escape. "This stone was created by him - I can smell his magic in it. In all honestly, I'm not sure if I could create something this powerful."Glaelyn turns to face Joshua. "I can teach you a ritual, which, when performed properly with the stone, will create a magical compass in your mind  for a few short minutes. You will feel a tug in the direction of the teleportation stone's destination, which will increase in strength as you come closer. This ritual cannot be performed more once a day, as the lingering magic is already barely discernable and will become quite weak indeed afterwards"Glaelyn pauses. "This is all I can offer you by way of assistance. But before I do, I would like to know what you can tell me. Did you learn anything from Tromolden?"</blockquote>

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