To the noble BORN 6/9/08 (finished)

Rayburn gathers the cloak and tools, making sure to shake out the cloak very well before rolling it up and placing it in his back. Then he turns to follow Xaros back up the hill. Before getting too far, though, he stops and asks, "Lily, what does the scroll say?"
 

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If Lily can understand the contents of the opened scroll, she reads it aloud as she walks toward the fountain.

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"As I write this last message, my keep is falling. My wife and most of my armsmen were slain outside the walls before the attack. I hear-by abdicate my baronial rights to any that may clear my home of these bastards. I have sent my smallfolk to the towns of Eerie and Forstel, but they will return if they can be protected."
signed "Baron Griseld le Morton, October 5th 596 AC." It is stamped with crest in ink - it looks like a bird with a ball.


Written nearly 12 years ago.

You return to the spring, still dripping up through the rock surface, then drifting slowly into the air in round globules. The water levitates about three feet up then forms a flat surface in mid-air. The surface seems to have the same dimensions as the rock below, an irregular shape about 4 feet across. A current seems to pull the water past the edge of the rock where it cascades to the ground.

Xaros drinks [sblock] The water tastes cold and clean, but much like any other water. You don't feel different at all. [/sblock]
 

Xaros shrugs at the others. "Well. it quenched my thirst. If that's all the magic it holds, this trip was for naught. And, if i may ask, where is your reformed brigand, Sir Kerin?"
 

Lily cups her hands to gather water from the fountain. Thirsty from the battle, she drinks eagerly.

"Does anyone think we should open the sealed scrolls? From the date on this one, whatever message they carry would to be 12 years old after all."
 

"Sure. Fine by me. Has anyone ever heard of this "Baron Griseld le Morton" fellow? Perhaps the other scrolls shed some light on whom "these bastards" are. This fountain won't be bringing us the glory your father had hoped it would, Rayburn. But all is not lost it would seem."
 

Rayburn studies the fountain for a moment, then asks, "Was the water itself magic, or is it merely a little magic holding it up?"

Rayburn cups his hands and drinks as well, then looks to Xaros for an answer.

OOC: Were the other scrolls sealed? I got the impression that only one was.
 

"My detection spell seems to indicate the water that hovers above the stone is enchanted, but that might be a mis-interpretation. The water loses the enchantment as soon as it goes beyond the borders of where it's being held up, so it might indeed be as you suspect." says Xaros.
 

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