On the Waterfront

You had been rescued from the island by one of the many boats that had come by to see what had caused the troubled sea and the pieces of wreckage. You had retrieved your horses and managed to sell them. And Morrslieb grew faint in the sky again. You bought Egg a dog and enrolled her at the Red Maids of Verena school and paid fifty guilders for her first term’s schooling. She had lost Mr. Whiffle and Molly and you were pretty sure that her powers were no longer in effect, so you hoped she might have a relatively normal upbringing. You now had a decent amount of cash. Kris had spent some of his on a first class mariner’s warrant, and was able to get a decent job on a ship bound for Tilea. The rest of you moved back into Frau Koester’s. Max wrote a letter to Altdorf Engineering College asking for a reference so that he might join the engineers guild in Marienburg. He hasn’t got a reply, yet. Max said that if the reference didn’t come through then maybe he could do some pro bono work f...

Guiltag 21st Pflugzeit So after following the tunnel you had come to some bookshelves in a sort of alcove and the tunnel continued around a bend towards a bright light source. Max was wearing the grey librarian robes and so you sent him forward to have a look. After rounding a few bends and passing a few book-filled rooms and branches in the tunnel, he decided he was getting too far ahead of the rest of you and went back to bring you up with him. And round the next bend you could see that it was lighter and you paused to listen carefully. Heinrich decided that there were a good number of people in the next room shuffling about and probably reading quietly. So you sent Max in for a look, and he could see about fifteen people in a large well-lit atrium. Most of them were at desks reading, some were carrying books around, or reaching for books on the high shelves, and there was one behind a counter checking books out using those copper pendants. Max also counted twelve passages leading...