Flamerule 14

Flamerule 14, 1369:

    Multi-class members of party finish their training.
    
    Bruce contacts the party and notifies them that he has found two
    people in the city who are currently selling magic weapons and at
    the party's request he sets up apointments with them.  He also
    gives them the name of Rhaunric Starbrand, a well-known dealer in
    magic weapons in Nesme.  It's said (Bruce says) that he always has
    at least one magic weapon for sale at any time.

    Dexter, with the aid of documentation provided by Dario, goes to
    the High Palace and asks to be admitted to the Crypt of the High
    Mages so he may pay his respects to his ancestor, Ederan "Catseye"
    Nharimlur (687-784), 3rd High Mage of Silverymoon.  He is permitted
    to enter, but asked to leave his magic weapon.  After some
    discussion he is allowed to take it with him peace-bonded to a
    board.  He prostrates himself betfore his ancestors grave and sees a
    vision in Binky's blade. 
    
    The vision shows him (in the clothes he wore to the tomb) being
    lowered into a pit in the middle of a bar as patrons cheer him on.
    At the bottom of the shaft he finds himself in a sand-floored room
    with many battered shields on the walls.  He heads down a corridor,
    which turns a time or two, to a room where he puts away his light
    spike and lights a torch.  He then proceeds to the left side of the
    room and dances on a particular sequence of flagstones before
    pumping a lever vigorously.
    
    At that point the vision faded and he realised that several magical
    alarms were going off around him.  He was swiftly taken into
    custody and questioned by two members of the Spellguard
    (Silverymoons wizard corps) and eventually released after they
    assured themselves that it was just another damn adventurer trying
    something stupid.  Binky was kept for further examination.  Dexter
    returned to the Lingering Song and told the party what happened.
    (Actually, he left out a lot of details about the vision, but
    Darius questioned him repeatedly over the next week of camping and
    managed to fill in what he hopes is the rest.) (400xp)

    That night, Stewart arrived at the bar with 2 bird cages, each
    holding two carrier pigeons.  He explained that the pigeons were
    on loan from the Temple of Silver Stars so that he could call on
    the armies of Selune, should they be needed against the forces of
    Shar.