Rohese (prime)/Forbidden Ink

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Title: Forbidden Ink

Author: Rohese Bayvel

This article is a work in progress!

Alawien Calelith
Created by Rohese's player using Midjourney AI.

Forbidden Ink was a player-run storyline set in Ta'Illistim during the summer of 2025. It began as a continuation of Rohese's story; more specifically her research into the Bayvel lineage and the sentience of trees. What followed was an interactive quest involving other player characters.

Summary

Setting

[Library Aies, Restricted Section]
The library's inner foyer is fully panelled in rich, dark maoral. Pale creamy marble covers the expansive floor, punctuated occasionally by a small golden tesserae set at cross-angles with the tiles. Large antique tapestries cover the wall behind the scribe's desk, illuminated by a series of candle-lit wall sconces. You also see a spectacled elven scribe.

You see Alawien Calelith Illistim.
She appears to be an Elf.
She is average height.  She appears to be aged, carrying wisdom and grace in equal measure.  She has rheumy teal green eyes and wrinkled, fair skin.  She has mid back-length, straight salt-and-pepper grey hair tucked neatly behind her ears.  She has a pinched face and a thin mouth.
A long silver feather quill is tucked behind her ear.
She is wearing a pair of half moon spectacles, a silver-bound open tome pin, a gentian velvet robe graced by a crossed quill and inkwell, and a pair of soft leather slippers.

Prologue

Who decides what must remain hidden? Who deems knowledge unworthy of illumination?

More to follow.

Cast of Characters

• Scribe Alawien Calelith Illistim
• Loremaster Rohese Bayvel

Key Objectives

To follow.

Research

Library Aies Research
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