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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cinerarium" data-source="post: 855332" data-attributes="member: 9349">Hammer 3, Happy Harlan's, Continued We also made a more gruesome find, a bag of human ears.  Also in the bag was a note in goblinoid.  I tried my best to decipher it, and found it a set of sinister instructions, included here for reference: Securing a rope, Gunn and Fin lowered themselves to the second level.  There they found, bound, gagged, blindfolded, and up to their chests in water, three humans!  Lost in the darkness, they were grateful for rescue.  Unfortunately, none of them were Opulio.  Their leader, Dulf, identified them as being part of the crew of the barge “The Harrenstar.”  They had been attacked after a night of shore leave, and awoke bound and gagged in the darkness.  Dulf claimed their captain would reward us for their return, and we were happy to oblige.  We felt we had obtained all of the clues we could, and though we had not found Opulio, were confident there was little else to be found in the sewers.  Back on the surface, we headed to the docks to deliver Dulf and his companions, Bagor and Mikel.  As promised, we were given a reward, and hopefully an ally for the future in The Harrenstar’s captain, one Hoomlur Sealover.  Retiring to Happy Harlan’s and glad to be out of the sewers, we ordered baths and found new clothes.  My old vestments have been burned, and I can only hope that soon the stench will leave me behind.  A short lunch followed, wherein we decided to proceed directly to the Library of Oghma.  Again I thought I should make my presence known at the Temple of Deneir as soon as possible.Refreshed and full, we left for the Library where I had spent so much time over the past two days.  A scribe showed us in to the chambers of Clifticus of the 2nd Vellum, a Basilican whom I had met briefly on my earlier trips to the Library.  He heard our story solemnly, and was shocked at the news.  Clifticus recognized Fineon’s description of the body as Brother Linden Bjorn, the tattoo of his fiancée, Jenly, giving the late Binder’s identity.  Brother Bjorn had been last seen in the company of two elderly humans matching the description we had received from Steel Jack!  They had previously been in the Library, with Bjorn as their escort.  He had not been seen since.We asked to be shown the logbook that all must sign to gain access to the Library.  Clifticus was only too happy to comply, and we followed him with troubled thoughts to the inner gate of the Library.  There, the book showed only Brother Bjorn’s signature, and where he was headed – but no mention of the elderly couple!  Clifticus was understandably vexed by this development, and he agreed to show us to the area where Bjorn had taken the couple, as indicated in the logbook.  The Binders guarding the inner gates screened us for flammable items, and relieving us of what we had, let us pass.  Descending to the depths of the Library with Clifticus as our guide, we located the stacks where Bjorn and the humans had been working.  The books in that area mainly dealt with the Age of Darkness, that I too had been intrigued by, but were in a slightly different area than I had researched.  Driade examined the dust, and was able to determine that a book looked to be missing.  Clifticus confirmed this, but could not understand how it could be true.  All guests were searched, by both mundane and magical means, before being allowed to leave.  Obviously, the couple had either smuggled out the book in question by some other means, or had moved the book somewhere else within the Library – making it as hard to find as the proverbial needle in a haystack.Clifticus, in a dark mood, promised to ask his superiors, and perhaps even the Great Binder Himself, for help in resolving the mystery.  We agreed to share knowledge and meet again whenever either of us discovered anything new.To be continued...</blockquote>

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