Orphanage Layout:
The orphanage is an old building, likely dating back to the early days of the city before the region near the lake became the slum. It has two floors, the 2nd of which you stand on now. The two bedrooms, bathroom, and a small closet on the landing are all that is on this floor.
The first floor contains a main hall, where you sat and spoke with Gretchyn, a dinning hall, a playroom, a school room, staff quarters, and a small shared bathroom for the adults.
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Gretchyn stops to answer the groups questions.
The church of Saranrae has owned this structure for many years....since before...well since before I took over from the last headmaster. I think some noble spinster bequeathed the house in her will. I oversaw the renovations when I first started here.
Caytis's and Nia's senses expand, seeking the residue of magical energies that might have been used to gain entry to the building. You sense no magical energies nearby other then yourselves and Nia's familiar. The locks are clean of magical tampering, as are the windows.
Gretchyn responds to Nia's request to examine the key. She gets a suspicious look on her face at first, but quickly realizes she is being ridiculous. She pulls the key from her blouse. As she does so, you notice a rather ornate holy symbol to Saranrae about her neck. It strikes you as more then a little odd that an otherwise common woman would own something that seems more appropriate around the neck of a high priestess. But, her aura remains completely devoid of magical energies, divine or otherwise.
The key is a relatively standard affair. Visythryx recognizes it as a high end 6 toothed bronze key. The intricacy of the teeth leaves little doubt that it was likely the work of his once master, Keygan Ghelve. Inspection of the locks confirm this, as they bear the artist's mark of Ghelve.
Nia passes her hands over the key, even sniffing it for signs of arcane energies, finding nothing remarkable about the object.
Gretchyn answer's Visythryx's query while he gets to work inspecting the locks.
Yes, and a fine coin he charged too! They were installed along with the windows when I renovated the place 5 years ago.
Visythryx nods knowningly while he works the locks. His magnet pulls some small fragments from the lock, but a cursory inspection reveals them to be of the same material as the key Gretchyn holds, and there appears to be just enough to be consistent with normal wear and tear. The locks appear to be in excellent condition otherwise and there is no sign of tampering.
