Death House

[alhoon]

Van opens the double doors that lead to the library. Burdur, with the magical light held aloft approaches him shedding light in the room as Van's shadow stretches on the floor.

Red velvet drapes cover the windows of the library. An exquisite mahogany desk and a matching high-back chair face the entrance and the fireplace, above which hangs a framed picture of a windmill perched atop a rocky crag. Situated in corners of the room are two overstuffed chairs. Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves line the south wall. A rolling wooden ladder allows one to more easily reach the high shelves.

[kintire]

Kimber nods soberly at Vorj's words. She moves into the door of the library but remains facing outwards into the hall, watching the other doors, her eyes untroubled by the gloom, looking and listening for any signs of movement, leaving her position only to allow people to move in and out of the library. Anything else will have to go through her.

[steveflam]

Bhunder walks in and stops,,, looking at all the books!

"Well hello there," he says to noone particular.

He walks over to a bookcase.

[VAN]

"Bhunder wait, there might be a trap, let Gnorric search first."

[steveflam]

Bhunder stops in midstride, lookng back with a mildly annoyed expression.

[VAN]

"Sorry my friend, you saw what happened before, this house is a tricky place."

[ewancummins]

"Sorry my friend, you saw what happened before, this house is a tricky place."

''Let me see..''

GNORRIC takes a close look at the bookshelf.

[Ken of Ghastria]

Vorj steps in behind Gnorric, ready to guard the gnome's back should something attack. Towering over Gnorric, he's able to glimpse some of the books' titles. "I wonder if these are real... or deceptive constructs like that painting." He tries to read some of the titles from where he's standing.

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Vorj readies an action to defend Gnorric.

[steveflam]

Bhunder walks over to his brother's side, and assists him.

[alhoon]

The bookshelves hold hundreds of tomes covering a range of topics including history, warfare, and alchemy. There are also several shelves containing first-edition collected works of poetry and fiction. For so many books to be here, the area must have printing press or very dedicated pursuers of books, since so many would cost a fortune.

[VAN]

Van walks around the room looking around and finally goes to the desk and looks if there is anything on it without touching it though.

[alhoon]

The desk has several items resting atop it: an oil lamp, a jar of ink, a quill pen, a tinderbox, and a letter kit containing a red wax candle, four blank sheets of parchment, and a wooden seal bearing the Durst family’s insignia (a windmill).
The desk has a drawer.

[VAN]

Van points the drawer.

"Gnorric, when you are done with teh library can you help me search the drawer, it maybe trapped and may also contain clues about this Durst family."

[Ken of Ghastria]

Once Gnorric gives the all-clear sign on the bookshelves, Vorj steps over to examine some of the tomes, especially the poetry collections. "This is amazing..." He pauses. "And still no signs or sounds of parents or monsters, of course. I half-expect the books to be full of blank pages." He selects one of the poetry books at random and examines it.

[ewancummins]

Once Gnorric gives the all-clear sign on the bookshelves, Vorj steps over to examine some of the tomes, especially the poetry collections. "This is amazing..." He pauses. "And still no signs or sounds of parents or monsters, of course. I half-expect the books to be full of blank pages." He selects one of the poetry books at random and examines it.

''If they are what they seem to be, and not mock-ups, we should confiscate them. At least what we can carry out of this house, and what seems most useful. If this truly is somehow a far away country, I think grabbing the volumes that have maps would be smart."