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| Found in [[The Floating City]], Banderling area.
| | There are five texts named ''A Stained Book''. According to the [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke/A Stained Book|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)]] |
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| [[Image:Icon.png]] <big>A Stained Book</big><br>
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| ''A plain, yellowed book of some years' age.''
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| It is I, Alatar Locke, writing here in the silent remnants of a once gloriously powerful work that I call the Floating City. I call it thus for a two-fold reason: the marvels of some of its architecture, and the way sections of the city seem almost to float aimlessly in portal space, subject to the maddening tricks of a capricious magic. You may see for yourself more of what I mean if you have more than a casual tourist's resolve.
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| The people who lived here last were undoubtedly Empyrean of the Era of Lore. Drunken with new knowledge after the magic of portals were "first" harnessed by Asheron, it seems they explored all of Auberean eagerly, and stumbled upon ruins containing even older and more obscure magic. They repaired and altered what they could of the ruins, and some even took to building within anew. Thus it is, you see, that a forgotten city stands upon a forgotten city.
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| If you traverse further I may perhaps tell you more...
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| Found in [[The Floating City]], Bar.
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| [[Image:Icon.png]] <big>A Stained Book</big><br>
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| ''A plain, thin book of some years' age.''
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| 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....
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