Vargon makes a lunge at Irian and manages to grab her before she can dart away.

The barkeep looks you up and down, evaluating you. "I don't know where else he goes. He just came in here one day and asked if he could play here. I let him stay because the customers seem to like him. Especially the ladies. I don't ask him any questions and he gives me the same respect. Keep y...

The man continues to watch you quizzically until you sit down, he doesn't seem to take much notice of what you're saying, then he picks up his lute again and says, "One last song. This one is for Irian." He plays a song of doleful melancholy, the story of an unlikely relationship between h...

He turns to look at you with his deep blue eyes and holds your gaze for a few seconds without saying a word.

Eventually he says

"What is your name, my lady?"

He waits for an answer, his striking eyes still staring into yours.

While you sit and enjoy your wine, the musician continues to impress with his musical prowess. Eventually, he comes to the end of a song and does't start another one. "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for listening, and for your kind generosity! I'll be here the same time next week." He sta...

The whole city is packed full of taverns, it seems like the place must run on alcohol, so it's not too long before you find one selling Elven wine. A minstrel sits on a stool by the fireplace, strumming on his lute and singing passionately about love. His lute-case lies open before him and it's laye...

You find a member of the city guard and he tells you that there is no public library, only private ones maintained by the individual guilds.

The man calms down enough to tell you a little more: " Sorcerers are not welcome here because magic is something you study hard to understand, or are granted by the gods. Your "spontaneous" magic is an aberration and should be outlawed. Why should real mages have to toil for their pow...

"You are a Sorcerer?!"

The clerk almost spits the word out, as if he doesn't even want it passing through his mouth.

"Your kind are not welcome here at all! Leave immediately before I summon the guards!"

The clerk replies, "I'm sure there'll be someone who has done research into this. I'll send the boy to find out." He dings the bell on his desk (it's one of those ones you get in hotels which you press for service at the counter when nobody's there) and a young man no older than 15 runs in...

Irian decided to visit the Mages' guild to see what she could find out about arcane healing. Their HQ is a tall, ornate building with gargoyles protruding from the masonry at various levels. The main door is guarded by burly men in armour, but they ignore Irian as she walks past. Inside, you see a s...

[At this point there'll be a gap of about 3 weeks while you all do whatever you like to fill the time until Xavier finds out whether he's got lycanthropic plague or not. Please PM me with what you want to spend the time doing. Anything is fair game, you can go shopping, take a trip elsewhere, try to...

"The Mage's guild is the place where you are most likely to find the knowledge you seek. The wizards there do all sorts of research into all kinds of things. If anyone know about it, it'll be them. Their guildhouse is on this same road."

"You are to travel with these people and help them with whatever they require. Their ultimate goal is to restore the rogue to good health should it be found that he is, indeed, afflicted with lycanthropy. In the meantime, you could use your knowledge of the city to help them find anything they ...

Joseph leads you back to the stairs and just as you get there a man walks down towards you...

"Silvered weapons are indeed the way to go. The beasts are also affected by all kinds of magical damage, their protection extends only to physical weapons not made of silver. Perhaps the reason you could not defeat the beast was due to its incredible strength. Weretigers are exceedingly hardy a...

You follow Joseph for a while as he takes a confusing twisting, turning path among the dusty tomes. Once he is out of range of the lamp, he casts a spell and his hands start glowing (you recognise it as light ), lighting the way. Eventually he stops at a shelf. You don't think it looks any different...

"The ritual is very rarely performed because the required materials are incredibly difficult to find. Let me see now..." He thinks for a few seconds and then points off into the distance and starts walking down the aisle muttering to himself, none of you can make out what he's saying, but ...

"As for you, young elf, there is nothing much of lycanthropy in the archives except what I have written myself, and I have already told you almost everything I know. If you seek to use the arcane arts to heal, then you will find nothing to help you in this archive, our healing abilities are gra...