As a group you head towards the hallway at the far end of the room as Imarra uses mage hand on the lever to make the stairs rise again and buy you some time. The hallway is lined with shelves, sporting all sorts of oddities. Noticing that the shelves have a labeling system the group slows down to investigate.   Confidence and Odi each take a page of parchment with pressed Kordali Flower (3 flowers each)   Odi also takes a jar that seems to be moving slightly, as if it has a small creature skittering around in it.   Confidence also grabs a small chest labeled "Twig. Elder Tree"   Firn, unable to read, grabs a jar at random.   You also find several coffins, one which might have something inside of it and is locked. On the shelves you detect that one of the small chests is actually a mimic, which Firn motions to attack but Odi steps in and flings the mimic towards the direction of the hallway you came from.

  You continue forward down the hallway which becomes more rudimentary and rocky until you come to a small opening only big enough for a single person to crawl through at a time. Through the other side it opens up again, only to face what looks like a cave in. A small amount of light escapes in from a crack in between the rocks. You notice the floor of this room is different, made up of what appears to be a fine sand.   Attempting to work on the hole in the wall Ioanna notices a figure cross in front. She quiets the group and listens to hear the voice of a child. She calls out and you find out the child is a Korsu and this passage connects to one of their many underground tunnels. The child's name is Mura and he's hesitant to let you through since "uplanders" are not allowed in the tunnels. Once he learns that you are Questers he realizes that he knows about the note that you were left by the other Korsu. He says that there may be a secret message hidden in it.   After some looking over the message yet again Ferron gets an idea. He lights a small flame on the sandy floor and begins to sing.  Xusase mu bobretu kunteruethu eltu xe' tsasmaii tas petre gi witwalaha gurleda gihakue fein tas  As he does you see the small flame start to grow and slowly move across the sand like a snake. It moves in a circle around the center flame and expands outwards beginning to fill up the whole room. As he finishes his song, the flame, now lighting up the entire room suddenly goes out and Ferron, as if falling into water, sinks completely through the sand, disappearing. After a few moments you hear his voice through the crack.   Ferron teaches the group the song, which he says is a prayer to Xali'a . You all fall through the sand and end up in a small room in a pile of sand, the room connects to the hallway and Mura leads you through the passageways. You follow him until you arrive at a ladder, Mura tells you to "tip the doorman" and says goodbye. Ioanna gives Mura an emmis.   You ascend the ladder and find yourself in a small shack, inhabited only by an old blind man. Everyone in the group tips him one katspr. Outside the shack you find yourself behind the statue of Attagat in the center of town. You notice an abnormal amount of crows flying overhead. Northbound.   You head straight down to the KAAHRP Anthropology Office finding the door locked. Confidence opens it with a spell and you find Kwesk Andalus still sitting in the back of the room, he doesn't even notice you enter. You grab the dictionary of Athari'las and set down the tablet to decipher.   The tablet reads: Burtu tenoed gi olas gi OleonDweba bur Azhiraxu demu batawitKomeleon Vekriat galtaed klibili hei Azhiraxu tethwanamuCandxu, yiniatua, bordaTalb itu den Canxu den batakorsa  Question brought forth in a seminar in Olean (holy place): is eating dragonborn flesh sinful? Leader Vekriat (ancient human ruler) ordered an inspection for dragonborn ancestry. Humans, fey, other. Answer: if not human, not legal. (Can't eat part-human dragonborn) - Imarra  Demuai sang ha gestu.Lema hei solmgayi Sizat demuai glabutri yew xe aotasi, tindemola batasang ha tsisa  Leather and flexible/good handbag for/ polish leather slowly for the duration two day otherwise / becomes stiff and splits - Firn (or whoever filled in for Firn)  Balsku kin tra gelsk candxu ja Yiniatua,hacaku wew Azhiraxu tethwanamuAzhiraxu xu, dwi, obudenteyu,bo gagated famazanad suna halaTiciten zel dweba ja jio kistana  Poison which can kill humans or fey depending on dragonborn ("born of dragons") anscestry. Dragonborn blood boil distill plus pummelled Sharpscale with whispers Victim must eat or be injected   -Confidence and Ferron Albright  Lukusku mu wa sisitiaLorbiu mu haxala melaku, drutua tanur juebiuLior tanur eltu, dwebaFamfam ha Famfarutint sisitia busiadwiArraku sisitia Azhira balskuQuaran’bak Famtint ha Quaran’korsu ha Faru sisitia vo ahiatimoruFamarraku ha Quaran’bak Tint sisitia gexiQuaran’kilsa ha yityit sisitia demueltuDen dweba demu mu sorbuleon azhiraxu  [it is a] medicine of many cures Find [the] bladder of [its] breath weapon above [the] kidney Cook above [a] flame [and] eat Black and copper cures heartburn Green cures dragon poison Brass and gold red cures libido Blue and ancient metal yellow cures to be tired brass and silver cures fever not eat body of priest Born of Dragons  Ioanna Silversnake and Odinfell “Odi” Tellwylde   From this tablet and from the information you had learned before, you feel fairly confident saying that there is an attempt to use Dragonborn blood, harvested from the genocide Dragonborn of Ra'uel and possibly elsewhere, and turn it into a bio-weapon that could be used against the [Aigrei Kwesk Andalus confirms that Azhiraxu (dragonborn), can only be created by a dragon mating with an elf or a human.   From the tablet, you also find out that the random jar that Firn grabbed earlier is a preserved "breath weapon bladder" that allegedly cures "poor libido".   You stash the tablet with the other materials in the room.

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