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Doctor's Notes, Book 4 : Of Giant gaits / gates

Entry 3

Summary, Things of note since last entry: finished the crossbow went to the temple found a unsettling shop Visited Waterdeep's Lady Silverhand The Frost giant ship, pulled by a white dragon

| Woke up the next morning kind of tired, but that has been a pretty normal occurrence for the past fe... a while. quickly grabbed some breakfast before starting work on Lym's crossbow. ive disassembled the parts to get a better grasp on at least the mechanical aspect. The arcane or divine nature of it, requires a bit more study. ( good thing that I picked up Celestial in the past ) Ive decided to reinforce parts of the crossbow, so that it doesnt loose its structural integrity when it has to deal with the possibly increased magical and kinetic force in the future Ive also treated the wood just in case. Never hurts from what the bits i know of woodworking. The string and triggering mechanism have been upgraded which officially concludes, the easy part Using the magic and energy from activating the spell scroll that Lym made me; I combined the fist divine essence with several other alchemical reagents, in order to create a unique solution infused with the magic of the required spells. | successfully combined the first divine scroll with preliminary components. decided to start with the easiest scroll first. | Of to a good start, no issues thusfar | seconds scroll has been infused into mixture. things are going at a good pace. | final scroll went without issue. simply need to add the final divine essences at let mixture rest until it's ready. Might as well practice the celestial inscriptions while i wait. | the mixture is now fully ready, and ive laid out my inscription / inscribing tools. the color of it is quite interesting though. it is a iridescent and semi translucent liquid, that seems to give almost a divine glow. * decided to test out the possibly luminescence, and when placed in the dark, the resulting effect is quite stunning. it could indeed function as a light source, sort of creating a divine radiance with a subtle iridescence. I should keep a bit of it if i have any left, to show to Lym later. After a final couple hours of work, ive successfully inscribed the crossbow with the celestial runes. ??? Didnt want to make the crossbow seem to busy in appearance, so ive limited as to which sections I applied the inscription to. And simply gave the remaining section another treatment / coating | I must say, Im quite happy with the result. in appearance alone, the weapon looks like quite a beautiful piece of artwork. I dont know how... potent it is yet. so ill wait until Lym comes to pick it up Couldnt find Lym So, Ive decided to set up a target and leave a note for her instead. Presenting the crossbow on my now tidy worktable. I think Ill give myself an actual proper break now, and head into the city for a bit. ive been meaning to visit the Temple of the Triad, whenever we got back and I had to chance. I Wanted to give them my thanks for the help they've provided thusfar.

| Met Lym while going to the temple district, she was apparently out shopping and looking for intersting magic items at some of the shops in same district as the temples. she decided to wait for me outside the temple of Triad, till I had concluded my business, so we could browse some shops in the area together. I managed to find Father Michael without much issue, and give him my thanks. I inquired if there was anything i could do to repay the kindness he the temple had shown me, hoping to perhaps offer my services as a doctor and maybe treat any of the sick or wounded, but he said that wouldnt necessary. But, if I did want to show my appreciation, i could perhaps make an offering. unsure of what else i could do, i simple donated all the silver I had on me. Though I wish I had more gold left at the moment, and hadnt spend most of it. Guess ill have to make a larger donation next time we get paid.

| After that, I joined Lym on her shopping trip. we passed by a couple of stores, but none of them really had anthing of interest. While wondering through the districts, she also complained about some store that was falsely advertising magic items. while in really it sold only spells scrolls and the like, instead of anything concrete. (though im somewhat curious about the scrolls, ill admit. im not sure if i want spend my hard earned gold there however, or even support a business that behaves in a less reputable manner like that.) Eventually we did stumble upon a rather peculiar shop... it was located in the middle of the road. And most people seemed to avoid or walk around it. it didnt seem particularly big either, consisting of just a small one story wooden shack. But the sign advertised itself clearly, and Lym's curiosity had already been piqued. ( even though i had some reservations myself since it seemed kind of shady ) to my surprise the interior of the shack was rather spacious, and it displayed of wide variety of magical wares. ( And in hindsight, im certain that that place couldnt have nearlly been that big based on the exterior dimensions) To a much more startling surprise, a disembobied voice welcomed us to their store. I tried to locate it's source / origin, but similarly to the Jeweler's shop in Mirrabar I was unable to find it. which was less reassuring in this case, for some reason.

Lym asked to see a catalogue of the shop's wares, and the unseen attendent was quite happy to oblige. While she was browsing through the pages, i kept an eye out on our surroundings, just to be safe. When she eventually found something of interest, the method of payment was also... rather questionable. it seems we could pay in... anything, as long as the "shopkeep" perceived it to be of equal value. and by anything, I mean Anything. Coin, trade, services. knowledge. memories... I uh... I can see why it has such an impressive array if wares now, if its able to trade in things as valuable such as magical knowledge. and I dont know what else And I mean like, actually giving up the knowledge you have of something, In return for something else. Lym eventually purchased a couple of things, and... I dont think she gave up anything of too much of value or importance. ( then again I was a bit too distracted to really pay attention.) But my own curiosity eventually got the better of me as well, and i took a peek at the catalogue myself. I did hear a few items of possible interest being mentioned. I was desperatly trying to figure out the best possible payment for some of the healing items that were for "sale", without having any actual money on me. when i noticed that lym had finished her purchases, and the "shopkeeps" attention was directed towards me. "It" in particular, was very curious about all the knowledge that i possessed, about magic and artifice for example. And uh... eventually i caved a bit under the pressure and sold one my... my uh.... healing recipes, i think, or one of my inventions. or was it just an idea? i sold something. that i've never really used i think As well as some healing potions, ( and a few nightmares i was happy to get rid of ) , partially because is was curious as to how the shop would accept such payment, and be able to sell them. seems the the catalogue also serves as a deposit of items, as wells as knowledge one simply has to write down or place the thing the are exchanging, and that's it ( I... wonder how that book works. or what kind of echantments it contains )

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I eventyally left the shop with 2 rings. one that improves my healing potions. And a ring holding a delicate rose, whose petals i can use to apparently heal others. which i might be able to use in potions as well. but as soon as i got my items, I immediately left the shop. And was glad to see Lym follow soon after. I dont see where the shop went after we left though.... when i turned around to get a final look at it, to make sure to avoid it next time we stumble across it in the future, it uh... it was gone. I guess the 2 rings i now posses, are evidence that i Didnt imagine the whole thing. as well as Lym being a secondary witness. But I'm not sure how i feel about this whole encounter... * I did sleep a lot better then i expected afterwards... Strange.

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the following day, we finally managed to arrange a meeting with Lady Silverhand. ( of which there are multiple of, I know realize.) And we went to the LA's tower in the afternoon. We had to wait a little bit outside, but not as long as in Mirrabar fortunately, before being led to Lady Silvehand's office. We informed her of our succes in taking down, or assassinating the Hill-giant queen i should say, within the Dessarin hills east of Longsaddle. And gave a description of the hill giant den's location. Also, there were appearently some townsfolk captured there... Hoppefully they will be able to safe them, now the the threat of that place has been reduced. At the very least it should solve the famine and food shortage issue though in the surrounding villages of that area. Incuding Goldenfields, which is nice After our report, she informed us of the recent Frost giant activity up north. Appearently there is a Frost giant vessel or ship, being pulled by a... White Dragon. And its making its way south through the Sea of Ice. which sounds like an issue. Also there were already issues with trade ships along the Swordcoast and Sea of swords, as well as trade embargo from other "alliances", Which with the recent frost giant activity is only making it worse. Lady Silverhand has therefore asked us to try and help with the recent threats from the north, the best we can. And she mentioned it be better if we go by sea, instead of sky. Since the recent defeat of Guh, has now made the giant aware of the threat that we pose, and to keep an eye out for sky ships, which they might want to take down... I guess a regular ship it is then it is then. I will have to do some prep and get some supplies for our journey on the seas. As well as bring / make some medicine against nausea. it'll probaly take a bit for me to get my sea-legs I fear.