In the evening of the day of the council meeting, the group discussed what needed to be done before setting out to the Sea of Moving Ice. We decided to go to the Blackstaff Tower and try to learn more about Posmet’s mysterious sphere. Maybe someone could tell us more about where he went?
Blackstaff tower is an imposing building, a huge black tower with glass contraptions floating around it. And, as we discovered: No doors. Fynn tried to plead to be let in, to no avail. As we almost wanted to leave, we saw a young wizard deep in thoughts go to the tower and touch a certain stone, upon which he could enter the tower. We did the same and immediately found ourselves at the inside, looking upon an enormous hall with staircases leading to portals, wizards moving about… a disorientingly busy panorama!
Since we didn’t know where to go, we did as told by the young wizard and took a seat in the hall, waiting for Blackstaff to show up. We observed our environment and saw that the portals led to all sorts of destinations: Some to huge libraries, some to world of fire, water… we briefly discussed taking off to explore a bit, but decided to stick to our mission.
After 1.5 hours, Blackstaff arrived and could be convinced to spare some of her time. She led us to her study room, where she examined the orb with her magic abilities. She said it gave off “curious energy”, reminding her of “the old ones”, ancient beings roaming the Astral Sea who usually don’t bother with the affairs of mortals. She tried to Scry on Posmet as owner of the orb, but did so without success - he was not on this plane anymore. Out of other options, she offered to keep the orb and go research in Candlekeep, the largest library in Toril. She would trade any useful information with us in exchange for an unspecified favor, which got Fynn very suspicious. We decided to keep it with her anyways, since this is our best shot at finding out more about Posmet’s whereabouts.
As for the white dragon mask, she told us that we would probably be able to find Zhentarim in a Pub close to “Earls Tavern”. Rean Nightshade will probably be there too.
The next morning, after an early brakfast, we went back to the tower and were equipped with all the necessary gear and rations for the icy north. We would be transported to the Tower of the Arcane Brotherhood in Luskan. Master Shifu gave Thoredim 30 GPs as payment for our guide there, Lenka Iceskimmer. He stressed that we should return the Draakhorn but also try to find and rescue WanRenMi. Shanliang gave Shan a heartfelt goodbye hug - and off we were, through the portal. On the other side, a red Tiefling, called Maccath the Crimson welcomed us to Luskan.
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