Chapter 15: Session 03

Accessing the Order's library was not so simple a task. Radiating outward from a central hub, myriad rooms and chambers connect via access tunnels, with each room representing a different area of study. After sending Mitu back to Larka City so he can work on his armor, Lugh and Soreiss spend a day poking though materials seraching for information about the Druidim and, after finding Druidim too broad a topic, the World Wolf. The creature known as the World Wolf is said to be the instrument of Life's justice, a massive wolf capable of being called forth by a ritual of the Druidim only in a place where blood has been spilled where friend has become enemy, and family, foe.

Lugh's further research is slow, since he learns quickly that most works written for the Order's archives are written in Pargrati, an ancient language spoken only within the Protectorate. He is referred to Lord Berlitz, the premier language instructor in the region (and a joke that nobody seemed to get, alas).

Meanwhile, Slip begins exploring the pathways beneath the Mountain, hoping to find the waternode. His wandering leads him to a massive subterranean river, where he finds a fisherman setting traps in water. He asks about a "node", but the fisherman has no idea about what Slip is discussing. He does, however, ask if that is the same thing as the Maelstrom, the churning whirlpool where the various water streams all converge. Going to investigate, Slip finds that indeed, they are much the same thing -- the most forceful node he has ever felt moves the water here, pushing and pulling the flow like a watery heart. It dwarfs the power of the node at Sh'kael's Necropolis, and Slip can feel the node pulling him closer like being in a gravity well of pure elemental force. Slip quickly decides to leave, unsure of what might happen if he is pulled into the water node's thrashing vortex.

Rin has taken some time to commune with the spirits of air who drift about the steep, mountain slopes. He climbs for most of the day, taking a moment of respite from the affairs of people.

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[Jolt Code: 2B, 13C, 2CB, 3R, 2S]