Rohese (prime)/Forgotten Ink
Title: Forgotten Ink
Author: Rohese Bayvel
Forgotten 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?
The scent of parchment and aged ink lingered in the halls of Library Aies. Rohese found this comforting and regularly sought out a quiet corner in which to continue her research into the Bayvel lineage. She was particularly interested in finding out more about the glowbark tree in the Veythorne Manor grounds because of her family connection to it: was it an Anienaeun - a remembrance tree - and, if so, when was it planted and by whom?
Scholars in gentian velvet robes moved in hushed contemplation around her, their whispered debates punctuated by the scratching of quills at various writing desks dotted around the vast hall. Rohese was seated at one of these small desks poring over some old texts when an anxious elven woman approached her, her ink-stained fingers trembling around a rolled parchment. It was Scribe Alawien Calelith. Rohese knew her well as she was the scribe that often helped her to access material in the library's restricted section. Alawien glanced around nervously before pressing the parchment urgently into Rohese's hands.
"I was transcribing a passage from a book I discovered that I thought might help you when the ink changed before my eyes. The words rewrote themselves, revealing a passage that I had never seen before. Then, the book slammed shut and vanished entirely."
Her voice dropped to a tremulous whisper.
"I fear I may have uncovered something that was meant to stay hidden."
13th day of Koaratos, 5125
Meeting arranged for 4pm in the Pagination, Reading Room (lich #18690) to discuss the elusive book and the passages Alawien managed to transcribe before it disappeared.
Cast of Characters
- Scribe Alawien Calelith Illistim: Of indeterminate age, Alawien is the last known member of the Calelith family. With the family's ancestral home in the Glydemar Forest long abandoned, she resides alone within the Ta'Illistim city walls and has worked as a Scribe in the restricted section of the Library Aies for several centuries so knows it well. Her reputation and experience in the field of elven botany - in particular arboriculture - have earned her the honorary title of Student of Lore.
- Loremaster Rohese Bayvel
Key Objectives
To follow.
Research
| Library Aies Research | ||
|---|---|---|
| Source Title | Excerpt | Insight |
| Book title | Extract / passage from book | What insight it can give the reader |