*Thusly confused, the party can set out to the Mage's Guild, a stone building intricately carved with strange runes on the outside. Inside it is pleasently cool and lightly scented with something floral. Elegant tapestries line the walls, and the windows are large and very clear, augmented by lanterns and mage-lights. The place is very brightly lit. At the back of the guild is a long counter, on one end of which is a gnome in a high-backed stool. He's currently writing something in a book, a look of fierce concentration on his face. He doesn't look to be too old, and is wearing a scholar's outfit with red robes and a soft red hat with a ridiculously extravagent feather in it.*