@O'Connor:"Really." The elder looked over O'Connor's armor and clothes, certainly not approving of the latest surge of militant 'scholars' invading his archives...
"Please wait here." The old man quickly moved from behind the counter and went upstairs. Soon he showed up at the top with Eleonore in tow, curiously peeking at the ground floor.
"Oh, oh yes! That's one of my companions. He was going to be a bit late. I haven't told you that, sir? My apologies." The elder just scoffed and went downstairs, then back behind his counter. Eleonore smiled to O'Connor and then went back between the bookshelves to continue her research.
"The 'biographies and population censuses' section is behind the door on the right, in the back. Three shelves in the middle."@Colt:Colt quickly found the pages devoted to the two gemstones. The sections were in different part of the book, but the description of both of these artifacts was identical: "a sphere of pink crystal, known to speak in unknown language at times and glow brightly whenever a wish of a person is being fulfilled."
While Crystal of Wishes had only one chronological entry, the Wishing Pearl apparently appeared seven times in seven different locations. The newest entry was of course about the gemstone held currenly by Baron Lavyerque; the oldest entry mentioned the Wishing Pearl being housed in Kingdom of Ysmir but the gemstone apparently dissappeared shortly before the conquest of Eferia by the Rivan Empire of the old, and then it resurfaced some sixty years later in collection of a merchant in Grand Duchy of Cadus.
@Halldora:'Unification of the South' dealt primarily with descriptions of conquest of Eferia and Ysmir. Victories both in field and in sieges were described brightly and loudly, while defeats had only marginalized mentions. Then, there was this paragraph about the final years of the conquest:
"While the City of Ture remained free and continued mocking the armies of Rivan Empire, a swift attack at the capital of Eferia saw the downfall of the kingdom; indeed, the barbaric King sold his fair daughter, the last Princess of Eferia, to the young Prince of Rivan. The marriage of the two royal children also served as permament peace treaty and orders were sent to the brave and stubborn defenders of Ture to lay down their weapons. The Kingdom of Eferia continued to exist as a puppet state for next seven years, before it was dissolved along with freshly conquered Kingdom of Ysmir and its land labeled was 'Western Territory', the name it bears until today."
@Einar:Einar quickly found out that Margoth was apparently not a lady; he was rather obese, with thick grey mesh on the double-chin, and shaggy brown hair resting against his shoulders.
"Hello there. How can I help you, son?" The owner of the shop asked in a low voice while a brown-haired youth emerged from a door in the back and began filling a nearby shelf with sets of crossbow bolts wrapped together with wire.
@Nerea:Nerea got to the chapel and after venturing inside, she found herself in small, dimly-lit room, the numerous lit candles giving little light. There were rows of chairs, and an altar, upon which the very same woman, holding sun and moon, stood - the figurine being no taller than three feet.
The chapel was empty besides an elderly monk sweeping the floor in the corner with a broom. He was so absorbed in his sweeping that he seemingly didn't notice Nerea enter... nor he heard the wooden door creak horribly thanks to the old hinges.
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