Ptolus: 165 Vock Row - "Rat-catchers"
- Thread starter Whizbang Dustyboots
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Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Ella finds Valana speaking to the massive Benris.
"Um, Gormadoc?" She cranes her head around to read the index. "Oh, oh! Yes, that's not in Gormadoc's journal. Sheva Callister mentions him in one of her journals. They're really old, and I think House Vladaam has most of them out on l-loan."
She leads both women through the rows of bookshelves.
"Sheva didn't do her journals chronologically, she wrote each volume about different subjects."
Benris scans a series of volumes on a high shelf with one fingertip.
"This one, 'Beneath the Streets,' Gormadoc is in this one, I think. It's about things found closest to the surface."
She pulls down the volume and hands it to Valana, exchanging it for the index before turning to Ella.
"Did you need help, too?"
* * *
The old saying is true: There's never a member of the watch around when you need one.
"Looking for the watch?" a small muddy person asks him, tugging at his sleeve. It might be a small human child, a halfling or a gnome, Aeshen isn't sure. He (or she) is simply very dirty and dressed in rags, and looks up at him with big brown eyes. An open palm appears along with a smile.
"Um, Gormadoc?" She cranes her head around to read the index. "Oh, oh! Yes, that's not in Gormadoc's journal. Sheva Callister mentions him in one of her journals. They're really old, and I think House Vladaam has most of them out on l-loan."
She leads both women through the rows of bookshelves.
"Sheva didn't do her journals chronologically, she wrote each volume about different subjects."
Benris scans a series of volumes on a high shelf with one fingertip.
"This one, 'Beneath the Streets,' Gormadoc is in this one, I think. It's about things found closest to the surface."
She pulls down the volume and hands it to Valana, exchanging it for the index before turning to Ella.
"Did you need help, too?"
* * *
The old saying is true: There's never a member of the watch around when you need one.
"Looking for the watch?" a small muddy person asks him, tugging at his sleeve. It might be a small human child, a halfling or a gnome, Aeshen isn't sure. He (or she) is simply very dirty and dressed in rags, and looks up at him with big brown eyes. An open palm appears along with a smile.
Ella, both intrigued and astounded by the appearance of Benris shakes away her curiosity and continues on....
"Yes, I am looking for any writings or journals referencing a transmuter by the name of Verdivis. As well as any books detailing the construction or history of the Oldtown Clocktower. Might you be able to help me locate these?"
"Yes, I am looking for any writings or journals referencing a transmuter by the name of Verdivis. As well as any books detailing the construction or history of the Oldtown Clocktower. Might you be able to help me locate these?"
Aeshen looks down at the little creature, pondering for a moment why none of his contacts can be clean. "Yes, my wee friend, indeed I am", he says, before slipping a silver coin into the boys waiting palm. "There are nine more of those waiting for you if you can help me find a representative of the Knights of the Pale Cross"
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
The small person looks at the coin, and closes its fist over Aeshen's coin. He (or she) shakes it back and forth, thinking.
"I don't know where they are, but there are a lot of watchmen down at the Clock Tower today. I was watching them earlier."
* * *
Benris sighs, thinking.
"The Clock Tower? I think you'd have to go to the City Library for that. We don't have histories unless they're about Delvers. The City Library is threatening to sue us if we don't turn over those dark elf histories upstairs," she grins sheepishly. "We probably have a map of the tower, though. A lot of Delvers go down there on their way to Dwarvenhearth or the Buried City."
She finds an open table and opens up the index on it, flipping through it quickly.
"OK, yes, there are some maps. This one ... this one is by your master's cousin."
Benris closes the index and heads down a row, returning a moment later with a slim unmarked black volume, which she puts into Ella's hand. Returning to the index, she reopens it and looks for Verdivis.
"I don't see anything about the transmuter. Is he a Delver? They might know who he is over at headquarters."
"I don't know where they are, but there are a lot of watchmen down at the Clock Tower today. I was watching them earlier."
* * *
Benris sighs, thinking.
"The Clock Tower? I think you'd have to go to the City Library for that. We don't have histories unless they're about Delvers. The City Library is threatening to sue us if we don't turn over those dark elf histories upstairs," she grins sheepishly. "We probably have a map of the tower, though. A lot of Delvers go down there on their way to Dwarvenhearth or the Buried City."
She finds an open table and opens up the index on it, flipping through it quickly.
"OK, yes, there are some maps. This one ... this one is by your master's cousin."
Benris closes the index and heads down a row, returning a moment later with a slim unmarked black volume, which she puts into Ella's hand. Returning to the index, she reopens it and looks for Verdivis.
"I don't see anything about the transmuter. Is he a Delver? They might know who he is over at headquarters."
Ella takes the map book and tucks it carefully under her arm.
"Thank you, miss."
"There are vague references to him in this cipher.." Ella shows the cipher to Benris.
"Might there be any related texts?"
"I'm also looking for any social information about the ratmen... are there any books on their social structure, language or customs?"
"Thank you, miss."
Benris said:
"There are vague references to him in this cipher.." Ella shows the cipher to Benris.
"Might there be any related texts?"
"I'm also looking for any social information about the ratmen... are there any books on their social structure, language or customs?"
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
"Mr. Grimslade wasn't very cooperative when we asked for him to give us a translated work or supplemental information. He just seemed to want his money and I think he liked that people would be f-frustrated by his journal," Benris blushes beet red, deeply embarassed about this. "Um, about rats? I haven't heard of anyone who can translate Rattish. I think most Delvers either just kill them or move on to places where they can get rich, and ratmen don't tend to be in those places."
