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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eris404" data-source="post: 1171932" data-attributes="member: 5338">The Glowing OrbIn the busy port town of Bell's Harbor is a bookstore called The Glowing Orb [Book and Curiosities Emporium]. The store's owner, Elizabeth Caul, is one the oldest and most respected residents of the town. Elizabeth came to the town seventy years ago from parts unknown and though by some folks' calculations she should be approaching one hundred years old, she is as spry and quick as someone a third of her age - excepting her hands, which are twisted nearly backwards by arthritis. A gnarled, bent-over woman with wild, white hair, she often surprises out-of-towners with her sharp mind, piercing eyes and uncanny ability to appraise books and other fine items.  The store front is lined with shelves filled with rare books on many subjects. Customers are allowed to browse as long as their hands are clean and they are careful with the stock. Truly costly books, such as the first printing of Spirit Evocations by Martin Secundus, are kept in a locked glass case. She keeps the key on a gold chain around her neck.For the connoisseur, Elizabeth keeps a special room which can be viewed by appointment only. Hidden behind a book shelf is a door that leads to a luxurious reading room filled with beautiful, overstuffed armchairs and tables made of rare wood. In the winter, she serves warmed cider by the fireside. In summer, a sea breeze from an unseen source keeps the room cool while patrons sip lemonade. The special room contains spell books written by many different hands, and by her permission (and for a fee, of course), a patron may scribe one spell from any book. Her loyal customers never ask from where the books come, but should any curious person ask, she would give him a plausible-sounding tale about poverty-stricken students needing coin in a hurry and she, being a kind and tender-hearted soul, took the books their hands for more than they were worth. Elizabeth controls the flow of spells from this room with a gnarled but iron fist and should anyone press her too much, either with threats or promises of money, she will show him that she is much more than he bargained for...Next: The Stardust Carnival</blockquote>

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