Ruiktheforgotten
First Post
A knock is heard at the door as Vashian arrives exactly at the appointed time. It's clear by the look on his face that he doesn't completely approve of strangers being involved in local matters, but he keeps his comments to himself, focusing his involvement entirely on the reading of Petros's will. Kendra isn't sure whats's contained in the will, cince part of it's stipulation was that all of the Hero's must be present for it's reading. Councilman Vashian produces a scroll case, shows that the professor's personal seal is unbroken, then breads the wax and opens the case. As he does, a small iron key falls out of the tube, clattering noisily onto the table. Undaunted by the key, the councilman begins to read.
"I, Petros Lorrimor, being of sound mind, do hereby commit to this parchment my last will and testament. Let it be knows that, with the exception of the specific details below, i leave my home and personal belongings entire to my daughter Kendra. Use them or sell them as you see fit, my child."
"Yet beyond the bequeathing of my personal effects, this document must serve other needs. I have arranged for the reading of this document to be delayed until all principals can be in attendance, for i have more then mere inheritance to apportion. I have two final favors to ask."
"To my old friends, i hate to impose upon you all, but there are few others who are capable of appreciating the true significance of what it is i have to ask. As some of you know, i have devoted many of my studies to all manner of evil, that i might know the enemy and inform those better positioned to stand against it. For knowledge of one's enemy is the surest path to victory over its plans."
"And so, over the course of my lifetime, i have seen fit to acquire a significant collection of valuable but dangerous tomes, any one of which in the wrong circumstances could have led to and awkward legal situation. While the majority of these tomes remain safe under lock and key at the Lepidstadt University, i fear that a few i have borrowed remain in a trunk in my Ravengro home. while invaluable for my work in life, in death, i would prefer not to burden my daughter with the darker side of my profession, or worse still, the danger of possessing these tomes herself. As such, i am entrusting my chest of tomes to you, posthumously. I ask that you please deliver the collection to my colleagues at the University of Lepidstadt, who will put them to good use for the betterment of the cause."
"yet before you leave for Lepidstadt, there is a matter of another favor-please delay your journy one month and spend that period of time here in Ravengro to ensure that my daughter is safe and sound. She has no one to count on now that i am gone, and if ou would aid her in setting things in order for whatever she desires over the course of this month, you would have my eternal gratitude. From my savings, i have also willed to each of you a sum of one hundred platinum coins. For safekeeping, i have left these funds with Embreth Daramid, one of my most trusted friends in Lepidstadt-she has been instructed to issue this payment upon the safe delivery of the borrowed tomes no sooner than one month after the date of the reading of this will."
"I, Petros Lorrimor, hereby sign this will in Ravengro on this first day of Calistril, in the year 3434."
Once the will is read, Councilman Vashian looks to Kendra, who thanks him and dismisses him. Putting on a brave face, Kendra thanks the Heroes again for coming, and informs them that she'll need at least a few weeks to decide if she wants to sell her family home or remain here in Ravengro.
"In the mean time however, you all need a place to stay. I would be honoured if you would all stay here for the month father asked you to remain, you will be fed and there is plenty of room for everyone. But i you will excuse me i will go fetch the chest that was mentioned in the will."
She returns with a small chest of oak and iron. "I am rather uneasy of what this chest may contain so please, one of you open it."
"I, Petros Lorrimor, being of sound mind, do hereby commit to this parchment my last will and testament. Let it be knows that, with the exception of the specific details below, i leave my home and personal belongings entire to my daughter Kendra. Use them or sell them as you see fit, my child."
"Yet beyond the bequeathing of my personal effects, this document must serve other needs. I have arranged for the reading of this document to be delayed until all principals can be in attendance, for i have more then mere inheritance to apportion. I have two final favors to ask."
"To my old friends, i hate to impose upon you all, but there are few others who are capable of appreciating the true significance of what it is i have to ask. As some of you know, i have devoted many of my studies to all manner of evil, that i might know the enemy and inform those better positioned to stand against it. For knowledge of one's enemy is the surest path to victory over its plans."
"And so, over the course of my lifetime, i have seen fit to acquire a significant collection of valuable but dangerous tomes, any one of which in the wrong circumstances could have led to and awkward legal situation. While the majority of these tomes remain safe under lock and key at the Lepidstadt University, i fear that a few i have borrowed remain in a trunk in my Ravengro home. while invaluable for my work in life, in death, i would prefer not to burden my daughter with the darker side of my profession, or worse still, the danger of possessing these tomes herself. As such, i am entrusting my chest of tomes to you, posthumously. I ask that you please deliver the collection to my colleagues at the University of Lepidstadt, who will put them to good use for the betterment of the cause."
"yet before you leave for Lepidstadt, there is a matter of another favor-please delay your journy one month and spend that period of time here in Ravengro to ensure that my daughter is safe and sound. She has no one to count on now that i am gone, and if ou would aid her in setting things in order for whatever she desires over the course of this month, you would have my eternal gratitude. From my savings, i have also willed to each of you a sum of one hundred platinum coins. For safekeeping, i have left these funds with Embreth Daramid, one of my most trusted friends in Lepidstadt-she has been instructed to issue this payment upon the safe delivery of the borrowed tomes no sooner than one month after the date of the reading of this will."
"I, Petros Lorrimor, hereby sign this will in Ravengro on this first day of Calistril, in the year 3434."
Once the will is read, Councilman Vashian looks to Kendra, who thanks him and dismisses him. Putting on a brave face, Kendra thanks the Heroes again for coming, and informs them that she'll need at least a few weeks to decide if she wants to sell her family home or remain here in Ravengro.
"In the mean time however, you all need a place to stay. I would be honoured if you would all stay here for the month father asked you to remain, you will be fed and there is plenty of room for everyone. But i you will excuse me i will go fetch the chest that was mentioned in the will."
She returns with a small chest of oak and iron. "I am rather uneasy of what this chest may contain so please, one of you open it."
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