A Stained Book (Bar)

Introduced:

Hollow Victory

Related Quests:

Floating City Quest

A Stained Book

• Value: 90
• Burden: 460
• 2 of 2 pages full.
• A plain, thin book of some years' age.

Of course, it is I, Alatar Locke, jotting down this absurdly brief note for unknown posterity. I am moved to write by the remains of this once-bustling pub. The remains of containers and bottles tell me the food and drink here came from around Auberean; the best of everything came here: fruit, meat, cheese, fine teas, distilled spirits.

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Aside from the bothersome undead who seem tied to the kitchen area, I find the furthest recesses of this place a quiet place to come sit, think, and relax. The furnishings and artwork there are tastefully modeled after older themes and designs (perhaps with help from a certain well-learned scholar from elsewhere in the City), and that brings the depth and sweetly melancholic atmosphere of ancient history. But more than that, perhaps I sense around me the faint echoes of Empyrean presences; it is as if I can hear their voices even now....

Notes

• This item is located in The Floating City.
• This item cannot be picked up, and must be read where it is.
• Although no author is given, the text credits Alatar Locke.
• There are five texts named A Stained Book. According to the AC:DM CD Lore, the order of texts is:
  • A Stained Book (Banderling Area)
  • A Stained Book (Lost Chamber)
  • A Stained Book (Skyway)
  • A Stained Book (Museum)
  • A Stained Book (Bar)