On Sat, Sep 13 2025 at 11:29:02 AM -0500, bss via Emerald Flame <emerald-flame@lists.incorporeal.org> wrote:
On Saturday, September 6, 2025 4:54 PM bss via Emerald Flame wrote:
Much of the structures of the room are ruined, as in the last, but the shelves built into the stone contain some pages and covers of tomes that have survived the disintegration brought about by time. The covers and portions of readable pages are in an ancient Elven language, long out of use but something Dax can discern enough of to pick up bits and pieces. The text suggests worship of a "seed" that had been maintained here, the cathedral itself used in reverence of an entity or idea in the seed. The snippets of texts vary, but centralize mostly on clerical records and treatises on the procedures of proper worship of the seed. Its spiritual nature seems to be that of "renewal" or a "purge", but it is wrapped in layers of fable.
As your pour over the books, one of you, or perhaps all of you, begin to notice a strange darkening of your surroundings. The light sources you have don't seem affected, yet the shadows cast against the walls creep up and out, taking with them some of the illumination of the area. Nothing malicious immediately occurs [yet?], but you all get the sense that it's time to act, one way or another.
Gegren would be poking around looking for anything related to crafting and magic, and would note down anything concrete he could find about a 'seed', perhaps piling those tomes up for further study.
If the light of the place is getting ominous, {Nia} would ready her shield (with the torch in that hand) and be ready to arm herself if things are about to go south.
Noticing this, Gegren would prepare for danger as well, probably finally noticing the ominous light at that time. "Maybe we should move on for now and come back here. Further along the corridor, anyone?"