Carcerus D&D Campaign

Thokk, Ivellos and Spark stood in the swamp at the opening where they had just fought the Black Dragon.  They showed him mercy and he left, promising to not harm the group if they let him go.  The dragon had also left them his treasure.  Beyond the opening, where the battle had taken place, was the cave.  Thokk walked across the waters to it and peeked inside, ducking his head to be able to see in.  The top of a tied bag was sticking out of the water.  Thokk grabbed it and opened it.  A pile of platinum was found on the inside, Thokk had a disappointed look on his face.  "That's it?" Thokk said, as Ivellios went inside the cave too and searched around.  Ivellios found something below the surface of the waters, something metal.  He grabbed it and raised it above the waters.  It was a metal staff, with arcane ruins written on the side of it. Ivellios couldn't make out what the ruins said.

Spark walked over to Ivellios and examined the ruins on the staff.  Spark was able to read the inscriptions, and made it out to be a magic staff of acid and flame.  The group began talking amongst themselves about which way to go next.  

Somewhere in the mountains, North of Kaza Tir... the Hermit sat in a hidden library.  The library was part of his lair that he had built in secrecy, it was stuffed with magical texts and a few magical items.  This library was made up of things that the Hermit had collected throughout his practice as a Wizard.  Spells that had been forgotten or that few people knew were amidst some of the pages in those books... though even if someone were to find the location, it would be just as difficult to figure out the arcane language.  The Hermit specifically recorded these spells in a difficult way to make sure that only the most advanced practitioners would be able to learn anything from them - and after a great length of studying them at that.  

What the Hermit was focused on though, had nothing to do with any of those texts.  He was starring into a crystal ball, that was sitting on top of a ...

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