Purloined tomes (Date 1/7/4)

Staying true to his promise to afford Marty more time in town, Euwyn and team spend the few days following the Council meeting in study and labor. Euwyn splits time between doing research in the tower and helping Hedge’s effort to build the orphanage, enjoying the stress break physical labor grants until Lexington approaches the pair with a plan. It’s Lexington theory that General Regar’s library has books that have to contain information about the history of Malwan in the days of the alliance with the elves. Working as a team, he hopes they can convince the general to allow them access. Marty is called in, and the team descends on the office in force, at first being rebuffed until Marty stokes the General’s xenophobia and gets them to back room. Regar makes a big show of pulling a particular book from the shelves claiming it will back up his fears, but upon opening the book, the General has another episode, and begins to ramble erratically. His aids arrive and hustle everyone from the chamber. No one notices Lexington sliding the book into his pack.

Later Marty takes Mjelde to show her the tower. During that visit, a plan is hatched to awaken Lunette and see if she can access the angel blocking access to the top floor – the shield archon having yet to respond to any persuasion by the PCs. The archon lets her pass without question. Showing great initiative for an animate doll, Lunette retrieves Narlock’s diary from the bedroom, but also mentions a magically sealed chest in the wizard’s laboratory.