Meeting Miirym

• Miirym speaks to us in their own language, asking us to identify ourselves as they smell the Keeper’s magic, but not him.
• I offer up the Writ as proof of permission to be here.
• They tell us it has been a long time since the collections were added to, and welcome us to the catacombs, showing us their translucent form that was once a great silver dragon.
• They will not keep us from our search but bid us leave all as we find it, for they are proud of their organization of materials.

The Catacombs

• We are now surrounded by the dead of Candlekeep, Avowed laid to rest after a lifetime of service.
• The first exit we find leads to an antechamber to the tombs – another way in for a different purpose – a room with altars and tables to prepare the dead.
• Further on we find a massive room with spiraling walkway going both up and down.
• Bookshelves, passageways, and several large double doors fill this space.
• We decide to start at the very top and work our way down.
• The top door sets of a Banshee Scream, but we are all well away and safe.
• The path beyond leads to a room full of doors and passageways.
• The first room is full of ravens, and the second that same impossible decrepit tavern, so we stop checking doors and head back down the spiral.
• The second door is much hard to open, and Mr. Darkfoot gets ensorcelled and kills Tuppance and tries to attack Ms. Rosewood, but I dispel the magic on him.
• When we get through, it leads us to a a room with thousands of glowing crystals and a singular podium.
• These are Crystals of Notation – we have found the Echoes of Alaundo.
• We head back out and further down, to the very base of the spiral.
• The next door paralyzes Questdrone, and Mr. Darkfoot has to fix him before we can proceed.

The Chamber of Lost Lore

• A spherical room with sloped ceiling and a deep basin with a prayer circle in the middle and full bookshelves all around the edges.
• The ceiling holds a beautiful mosaic of the Library above.
• The books, we discover, hold lore about Candlekeep itself.
• One tells us that the prayer circle is used by the Avowed to speak to the spirit of Candlekeep itself to ask questions.
• Looking through the books reveals much of this storied institution and the great mythal below.
  • It was crafted in the time of Mystra, before such magics were banned.
  • It is a True Mythal, made by the ancient elves.
  • It was found here, buried deep within the ground, and an ancient citadel once stood where Candlekeep now stands.
  • Through the work of Archmages and master craftmen, the housing units were created to drawn upon its power through the weave itself.
  • However, the power can only be drawn short distances, and this has set the boundaries of the Library.
  • The housing units are the programming, setting the rules, and there were a number of mishaps early on.
  • The mythal itself refuses to be used for violence or conflict and the first Candlekeep crumbled to dust when this was attempted.
• Mr. Trisfir agrees to ask questions on my behalf, as I have yet to put myself forward to officially become avowed and we discuss what it is we will ask for quite a while.
• When he meditates and then casts the spell, the room darkens, the mosaic above alights, and a wispy, humanoid figure with fiery hair manifests above the basin.
  • Where can we find books about True Mythals? In many places throughout the Library, but for the books we seek, we must go to the library by the main housing units near the Library’s Mythal.
  • How do we get there? There are three passageways, but we must take the 5th door to the vaults, and turn away from the sea, to the place furthest into the cliff.
  • Where might we find information on the human mages who most worked with True Mythals? The very same place.
  • What dangers might we face on our way there? The caverns themselves are a deterrent; the doors uniquely trapped, and the Mythal itself protected by a prismatic wall and other high level magics.
  • Mr. Darkfoot asks for the final question, as I have no others. How could we bypass the prohibition on interdimensional travel within the Library? The spirit shows how a specific housing unit might be altered to allow such a thing. I am concerned what he might do with this information.
• Ms. Lendiel asks for privacy as she speaks to the spirit, so we drop a silence on those of us not in her immediate circle and rest while she speaks with the spirit.
• After, we all take a long rest to recover ourselves from the long trek down here, and in preparation for the final thrust down into the caverns.
• When we return to the spiral room, Miirym is waiting and asks of us what we have learned, but Mr. Trisfir tells them simply information on where to go next.
• Mr. Darkfoot unlocks the final door, and Miirym comments on his skill, reminding us all not to steal anything.

The Caverns Below

• Greeted by stale rotting air and sea water, we slip and slide our way down to strange unnatural rock formations.
• Turning inland, away from the sea, we find irregularly lit caverns and tunnels.
• The first large room we find contains a strange, glowing, amorphous shape at the center.
• Looking carefully, it appears to be a living spell – perhaps a Prismatic Spray.
• As soon as we enter it attacks, and will not be dispelled, but Shohei manages to destroy it, and several of us are caught in the resulting explosion.
• Some quick magic keeps Ms. Rosewood from turning to stone and we continue on.
• The next room is a large library, but Ms. Lendiel finds many pressure plates througout.
• Mr. Darkfoot marks them to keep us safe, disabling them as he can.
• There is a glyph of warding beyond the exit that he studies while we check out the books.
• Ms. Lendiel said they were safe, but one sends out a pulse of energy that curses everyone.
• Meanwhile, Mr. Darkfoot attempts to dispel the glyph, but when he fails, Questdrone orders us all back and sets it off himself, absorbing a chain lightening all himself.
• We rush through the hall as the tide begins to roll in.