((Insight +5))

When Dayereth feels that his body and mind are ready to travel, (game terms: no more -2 to rolls, approx. 24 hours after rest of party left for the Drakespire meet), he gathers his belongings together and quietly moves to where he can observe the bridge which he must cross again.

As he moves, he worries somewhat about his rations, which have finally been depleted during his day's rest.  Years of school in magic and blade training at the Court of Roses did not have wilderness survival in the syllabus.  Dayereth has always been fairly wise in the ways plants however, and he has had weeks to observe the Rangers at work, foraging and hunting to keep the party's supplies filled.

((nature +5, untrained))

Once again he pushes thoughts from his mind and focuses on the tast at hand.  If the ogre has returned, Dayereth must make a plan to get across the bridge, or face a longer journey of unknown perils to find another way across the river and back to Brix.

Almost against his will, Dayereth thinks of the chants of the Shamen who watched the ancestral shrines in his father's house.  He thinks to his uncle, the most recent of his family to leave the feywild to find adventure in the world of Wyverndale.  Dayereth always found the rites of magic more solid than the whisperings of ancestral spirits through the mediums of divine magic.  Yet he hopes that his uncle's spirit, once an acclaimed warrior, would help him in his time alone, facing singular survival and perhaps combat in the wilderness.

Keeping an eye out for unusual activities from wearers of the spiderweb design, Dayereth sets about the task of finding the wife of the ring's owner.

With the outcome of the new election, the inscription on the ring worries Dayereth.  The new chancellor is Omas Bood, who 'bought' the election with a promise of silver for votes.  The ring is inscribed with the initials O.B., and belongs to a Bood, who is very dead and likely the dinner for a very infuriated ogre.  The sycronicity between these facts has implications which Dayereth pales to think of.  Politically motivated murder and imposters could lead to more trouble than they were worth.  Dayereth and his companions came here to rest, the fewer enemies they made amongst the leadership the better.

Bearing this in mind, Dayereth decides to begin his search by finding the merchant whose inscription is on the ring beside the initials.  Perhaps he has some useful information, or at least knows where the widow Bood might be found.

((Does the new mayor, Omas Bood resemble the Bood from Dayereth's vision?  If so, does Dayereth notice anything different or strange about him, i.e. illusion or doppleganger?  Would Dayereth know what dopplegangers are?))

After checking out the merchant and Trina Bood, Dayereth looks for lodgings, possibly a house to rent (or buy, although Dayereth probably couldn't afford anything outside of the hook).  Once lodgings are aquired, he will complete his drawings and written descriptions of the different drakes and the ogre which he encountered with the party before he chose to part ways with them.  He also copies pyrotechnics and effect fires into his ritual book.  Once this is done, he will store the bulkier of his items (dragon organs, travel pack) in the lodging, and go shopping for rituals.  He is particularly looking for Enchant Magic Item and Brew Potion, but is also interested in Last Sight Vision, Unseen Servant, Magic Mouth, Arcane Lock, Knock, Eye of Alarm, Skull Watch, Traveler's Feast and Create Campsite.

Money is tight, so Dayereth will also inquire about trade, he has the dragon organs and the orb stand that the Effect Normal Fires and Pyrotechnics rituals were on to bargan with. Although he will not carry them on his person, he has his detailed drawings of them.  He will take the actual goods to a merchant once a deal is struck. 

Since he probably arrived in Brix before the rest of the party, he will do generally that until he gets word that his companions have arrived back in the city.

"Thank you for your assistance. Please let me know your requirements and I will ask my niece to make arrangements for your audience. In the mean time if you need any silver-smiting done My workmanship is at your disposal.”

(I also apologize for the lateness of the post concerning my abscence)

With the passing overhead of the shooting star, Dayereth does a quick calculation to find where it may have landed. Knowing that rare minerals and metals often fall to earth with comets and shooting stars, Dayereth decides he would be of more use to the party by investigating that.  As the party sets off in the direction of the Feyfields, Dayereth sets off toward the shooting star's projected landing site, with promises to the others to meet them in Feyfields in a few days.

((Prior post edited to add flavorful detail))

While resting in the tower of Garum, Dayereth has an opportunity to inspect the softly glowing fragment. While mostly purple the rock has multiple small scrapes of various colors on the side of the rough sphere which was broken off. When chiseled the un-scarred side leaves a subtle red scratch on the surface of the otherwise violet rock (weight about 30 lbs.) Over the course of the evening and to the next morning the scratches change color back to its violet.  Judging from the previous scratches and the time it took for the color to revert, at least 10 small fragments were removed from the rock in the last 18 hours the fragments were likely removed at least an hour apart.

Judging from the soft glow on the ceiling of the vault he finds himself in now, the fragments were likely crushed into a fine powder and somehow applied to the ceiling some 200 ft above.

The intact meteorite can serve as arcane components of up to 1000 Marks...though it is heavy.

After returning to the tower to secure the warp-stone Dayereth is reviewing his ritual book when he gets the sense that he is being watched. Honing his arcane skills  Dayereth detects a phantom eye watching him. The Ron'el-ya (They who see) are watching him. Luckily the scrying ritual used to create the eye is expensive and short lived.. no more than a few minutes. Enough perhaps to see the interior of the tower and discern its age and condition maybe its general location?

These spies and assassins would not dare to risk confrontation with his order without reason.This is cause for concern.

Dayereth wonders if perhaps the staff and the quicksilver pool might be connected with the appearance of the Ron'el-ya. The value of the items was worth mentioning to the party, but what about the Ron'el-ya? Perhaps it would be better to leave them out of it, for now, they weren't necessarily looking for the staff and the pool.  Besides, since they were heading back into the valley anyway to further excavate the dragon's cave, why shouldn't they investigate this?

Dayereth approaches the party, and tells them what the scroll contains.