APShop:The Last Chapter/April 2022

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Slabs of polished alabaster marble line the walls of the shop, veins of gold glistening in the pale light of a trio of silver lamps that hang from the domed ceiling. A pair of cushioned velvet-covered chairs rest on a thick carpet of woven silk that covers the elegant stone floor. Some dark mahogany shelves that are filled with various books, tomes, and volumes line the side of the spacious room. Hanging by the entrance is a polished wooden plaque.
Obvious exits: northeast, northwest, out

a polished wooden plaque

In the Common language, it reads:
Our shelves are filled with books from all over Elanthia
Check back for new additions and our best seller list!

On the top shelf you see: On the top shelf you see an onyx-inlaid scarlet mithril tome, a bird-painted ivory book, a mithril-gilt scarlet leather book, a vultite-bound darkened suede book, an onyx-inlaid golden mithril book and a small parchment.

a small parchment

In the Common language, it reads:
Legends and Fiction

an onyx-inlaid scarlet mithril tome	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect an onyx-inlaid scarlet mithril tome for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The tome can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at an onyx-inlaid scarlet mithril tome. You analyze the scarlet mithril tome and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the tome may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at an onyx-inlaid scarlet mithril tome. But it's closed! Look: Black enamel combines with shards of onyx and obsidian inlay to produce the image of a smoking, ruined city upon the blood-red cover of the volume. Jet black damask lines the inner cover, matching the hue of the destroyed city depicted on the front and the black mithril covering the spine. Two tear-cut rubies have been set along the spine, and writing engraved betwixt the rubies reads, "The Forgotten Faendryl and the Death of the Ashrim: by Ralkir Ralkir Reichtenstein".	100,000 silver
a bird-painted ivory book	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a bird-painted ivory book for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The book can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a bird-painted ivory book. You analyze the ivory book and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the book may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a bird-painted ivory book. But it's closed! Look: Ibises, hummingbirds, kingfishers, herons, and other beautifully colored birds have been painted upon the carved ivory cover of the book. Dark-scaled snakeskin connects the front and back covers and secures the silvery pages within the volume, and the snakeskin's hue matches the hue of the inlaid spiderweb obsidian tower on the center of the front cover. Deep green jade inlay beneath the tower displays the title and author: "Chronicle of the Ivory Tower, by Chutnee BornOdepression".	100,000 silver
a mithril-gilt scarlet leather book	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a mithril-gilt scarlet leather book for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The book can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a mithril-gilt scarlet leather book. You analyze the scarlet leather book and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the book may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a mithril-gilt scarlet leather book. But it's closed! Look: A woman's graceful silhouette has been depicted in mithril upon the burnished scarlet cover. Her bowed head is shown in profile, finely detailed with long lashes, angular features, and several waist-length ringlets of hair slipping down from her shoulders. Tear-cut diamonds and intricate mithril traceries create the image of a delicate crown hovering above the woman's head. Below the train of the woman's gown, silvery letters read "The Fate of a Faendryl Princess, by Gowain Olberath".	100,000 silver
a vultite-bound darkened suede book	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a vultite-bound darkened suede book for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The book can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a vultite-bound darkened suede book. You analyze the darkened suede book and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the book may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a vultite-bound darkened suede book. But it's closed! Look: Blued vultite binding forms a solid frame to the thin book. A nameplate of the same pale metal is affixed to the front, where it contrasts sharply against the darkened suede cover. "The Immortal Company" is prominently etched upon the nameplate as tiny snowflakes swirl around in loops and whirls, and a solitary crow wings past beneath. While thin, the book is also oversized, its dimensions more appropriate to a folio than a tome.	100,000 silver
an onyx-inlaid golden mithril book	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect an onyx-inlaid golden mithril book for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The book can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at an onyx-inlaid golden mithril book. You analyze the golden mithril book and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the book may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at an onyx-inlaid golden mithril book. But it's closed! Look: The center of the golden mithril cover depicts a hyper-realistic onyx triumphal arch carved with miniature mythical beasts and birds, while in each of the book's corners is a piece of onyx cut to resemble a round star ruby. Curved above the arch, in jet black stylized letters edged in bluish white flames, is the title "The Jinn of the Qirnyz Gate." Below the triumphal gate, printed in smaller but still flame-edged letters, are the words "by Nazarr Csaba."	100,000 silver

On the middle shelf you see: an onyx-inlaid scarlet mithril tome, a bird-painted ivory book, a mithril-gilt scarlet leather book, a vultite-bound darkened suede book, an onyx-inlaid golden mithril book and a small parchment.

a small parchment

In the Common language, it reads:
Games

a dice-engraved bright silver guidebook	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a dice-engraved bright silver guidebook for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The guidebook can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a dice-engraved bright silver guidebook. You analyze the bright silver guidebook and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the guidebook may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a dice-engraved bright silver guidebook. But it's closed! Look: The front cover bears the image of two dice sitting on top of an enormous heap of coins. Such fine detail has been paid to etching the coins that the designs of their faces can even be seen, and tiny round pieces of onyx show the pips upon the dice. The spine reads, "Sixes: Instructions on How to Play the Second-Best Party Game Since Terasian Craps", and the back cover displays a dark elven woman with long braided hair as she hastily sweeps gold and gems from a table into a large open sack.	100,000 silver
a small jade-inlaid book	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a small jade-inlaid book for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The book can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a small jade-inlaid book. You analyze the jade-inlaid book and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the book may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a small jade-inlaid book. But it's closed! Look: Green, yellow, and brown pieces of jade carved to resemble the leaves, roots, and blossoms of healing herbs have been set into the engraved mithril cover. In languidly curling script, the title reads, "A Pocket Guide to Herb Roulette" and the name "Odevalis Suhestial" has been engraved just below. Where the fine jade inlay does not conceal the mithril, the blue-grey metal has been lightly etched with images of tumbling dice and falling coins.	100,000 silver

On the bottom shelf you see: a gak suede mithril-trimmed volume, a narrow black and grey volume and a small parchment.

a small parchment

In the Common language, it reads:
Personal Tales

a gak suede mithril-trimmed volume	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a gak suede mithril-trimmed volume for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of leather. The volume can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a gak suede mithril-trimmed volume. You analyze the mithril-trimmed volume and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the volume may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a gak suede mithril-trimmed volume. But it's closed! Look: Bands of ornately patterned mithril run along the edges of each pale brown cover and the spine as well. The gak suede cover has been brushed to a fine, soft texture, and square-cut pieces of asterfire quartz adorn the corners of the front cover. Taken together, three lines of embossed script across the front read, "The Rescue of Lord Bleeds, from Yviara Na'Savar's chronicles of the early years of Eahlstan Hjeldin".	100,000 silver
a narrow black and grey volume	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a narrow black and grey volume for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of cloth. The volume can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a narrow black and grey volume. You analyze the black and grey volume and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the volume may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a narrow black and grey volume. But it's closed! Look: The fine black leather cover has been inset with several intricately etched pieces of deep grey mithril, forming a rather odd scene: a sleek cat reclines gracefully atop the chest of a dead cave troll, while a huge roa'ter burrows out of the earth in the background. Twin pearls shine from the volume's cover to represent the cat's tilted eyes. A line of Saramar runes has been engraved beneath the dead troll.	100,000 silver

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Small silver sconces set with panes of frosted crystal decorate the gold-flecked alabaster marble of the walls. Set between the candelabra are dark mahogany bookcases, each filled with volumes in a wide range of shapes and sizes. Thick carpeting of rich blue silk covers the stone floors adding elegance and warmth to the space.
Obvious exits: southwest

On the bottom shelf you see: an agate-inset engraved haon book, a midnight blue opal-inset volume, a sun and phoenix painted volume, a ruby-inlaid white mithril book, a reddish-gold onyx-inlaid tome and a small parchment.

a small parchment

In the Common language, it reads:
Legends and Fiction

an agate-inset engraved haon book	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect an agate-inset engraved haon book for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The book can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at an agate-inset engraved haon book. You analyze the engraved haon book and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the book may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at an agate-inset engraved haon book. But it's closed! Look: A heart-shaped moss agate roughly as large as a giantman's thumbprint has been set into the silvery haon cover. The tiny pieces of preserved moss within the agate match the hue of the dark green silk lining the inner cover. An oak twig bent from tip to stem in a circle has been engraved around the agate, with etched acorns and oak leaves projecting on both sides of the circle. Beneath the engraved oak-twig circle, block lettering engraved upon the fine haon reads, "A Ranger's Heart".	100,000 silver
a midnight blue opal-inset volume	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a midnight blue opal-inset volume for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The volume can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a midnight blue opal-inset volume. You analyze the opal-inset volume and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the volume may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a midnight blue opal-inset volume. But it's closed! Look: Tiny pearl chips set into the dark blue mithril form the image of a massive wavecrest. Three inset opal moons shimmer high above the pearl-crested wave; the first is a tiny round fire opal, the second is a large crescent of white opal, and the third is a gibbous ovoid of iridescent black opal. Between opal moons and pearl-marked wave, the flowing words "Minstrel's Heart: Poems of a Wanderer" have been engraved across the dusky mithril. Below the title is the author's name: "by Bevan Ravenswing".	100,000 silver
a sun and phoenix painted volume	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a sun and phoenix painted volume for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The volume can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a sun and phoenix painted volume. You analyze the phoenix painted volume and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the volume may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a sun and phoenix painted volume. But it's closed! Look: Ebon silk is painted brightly with a crimson phoenix rising above a golden sun. Pale coral lettering spells out "Triumph of the Light" by Lord Krisenfest Rote-Kapelle	100,000 silver
a ruby-inlaid white mithril book	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a ruby-inlaid white mithril book for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of mithril. The book can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a ruby-inlaid white mithril book. You analyze the white mithril book and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the book may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a ruby-inlaid white mithril book. But it's closed! Look: Carved pieces of sylvarraend ruby shine from the surface of the front cover, where the blood red gems form the image of a heart wreathed in twisting tendrils of flame. Soft white suede lines the inside cover, but its hue seems muted when compared to the gleaming white hue of the smooth, polished mithril cover. Elegant script engraved along the spine reads, "Salvation - From the Heart of a Poet".	100,000 silver
a reddish-gold onyx-inlaid tome	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a reddish-gold onyx-inlaid tome for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The tome can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a reddish-gold onyx-inlaid tome. You analyze the onyx-inlaid tome and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the tome may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a reddish-gold onyx-inlaid tome. But it's closed! Look: Ornately gilded flames gleam upon the scarlet leather, and brilliant gold inlay has also been used to write the words, "The Legend of Winterbane" across the top of the front cover. A carved black diamond scimitar has been set into the leather just below the title. More gold lettering runs beneath the scimitar's onyx hilt: "By Tanager Skydancing".	100,000 silver

On the middle shelf you see: a celadon lily-enamelled book, a slim leather-bound volume, an emerald-set ebony book, a pearlescent garnet-inlaid tome, a scarlet leather-bound psalter, a bejeweled leaf-green tome, a crystal-inset grey leather volume, a spotted gold and black volume and a small parchment..

a small parchment

In the Common language, it reads:
Religion and Philosophy

a celadon lily-enamelled book	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a celadon lily-enamelled book for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The book can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a celadon lily-enamelled book. You analyze the lily-enamelled book and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the book may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a celadon lily-enamelled book. But it's closed! Look: The scent of lily blossoms clings softly to the translucent vellum pages. A pair of silver-edged willow leaves has been inked in the upper outside corner of every page, and each page's first letter has been carefully illuminated with emerald and silver paints. Deep jade hues have been used for the elegant script coursing over the page, and the words on the page are as neat and precise as if each letter had been stamped from a mold.	100,000 silver
an emerald-set ebony book	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect an emerald-set ebony book for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The book can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at an emerald-set ebony book. You analyze the ebony book and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the book may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at an emerald-set ebony book. But it's closed! Look: Two marquise-cut pieces of emerald have been set into the pure black ebony with the tilt, size, and separation of a distant panther's eyes. A delicate tracery of etched lines surrounds the twin emerald eyes with the powerful body of the cat represented, though the etching is so light as to be almost invisible to sight and detectable by touch alone. There is no other engraving or ornamentation upon the ebony; the spine and the back cover are flawlessly smooth and dark.	100,000 silver
a pearlescent garnet-inlaid tome	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a pearlescent garnet-inlaid tome for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The tome can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a pearlescent garnet-inlaid tome. You analyze the garnet-inlaid tome and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the tome may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a pearlescent garnet-inlaid tome. But it's closed! Look: Lengths of white pumahide connect the hammered vultite covers, and pearl dust clinging to the vultite causes the silvery metal to shimmer slightly. Pieces of deep red garnet have been set into the polished vultite to form the image of a thorny rose twining about a dagger-pierced heart. Slanting script engraved below the design reads, "Mularos: A Study of the Arkati and His Religion." Beneath the title, slightly smaller script reads, "By Tierus Morvaenus".	100,000 silver
a scarlet leather-bound psalter	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a scarlet leather-bound psalter for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The psalter can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a scarlet leather-bound psalter. You analyze the leather-bound psalter and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the psalter may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a scarlet leather-bound psalter. But it's closed! Look: Bound in scarlet leather, the cover of the thin psalter is embossed in silver with an anatomically detailed, pierced heart. Along the spine, in matching metallic foil are the words, "Seven Hymns for the Pierced of Heart" by Naamit DMVMD-Braggiani."	100,000 silver
a bejeweled leaf-green tome	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a bejeweled leaf-green tome for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The tome can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a bejeweled leaf-green tome. You analyze the leaf-green tome and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the tome may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a bejeweled leaf-green tome. But it's closed! Look: Three lines of inset gems spiral over the green mithril from the outer edges of the front cover to a common center. One of the spiralling lines is made of sparkling ocean blue sapphires, one is made of glittering flame-bright rubies, and the third is made of scintillating diamonds, while a pure white soulstone gleams softly at the center of the vortex. A stylized heart has been etched around the shimmering soulstone, and letters engraved beneath the spiral read, "The Heart of Elanthia, by Songowl".	100,000 silver
a crystal-inset grey leather volume	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a crystal-inset grey leather volume for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The volume can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a crystal-inset grey leather volume. You analyze the grey leather volume and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the volume may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a crystal-inset grey leather volume. But it's closed! Look: Two round pieces of translucent crystal have been inset side-by-side halfway down the front cover, one dark and one light. The hues of the crystals are such that the color of the leather is precisely halfway between the two, and a sideways figure-eight has been traced in silver upon the cover with one loop encircling each of the crystals. Simple silver lettering above the twin crystals reads, "Walking the Path of Neutrality", while matching lettering below the crystals reads, "By Cappurnicus Calerous".	100,000 silver
a spotted gold and black volume	Details Inspect: You carefully inspect a spotted gold and black volume for sale. It is a small item, under a pound. It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of organic material. The volume can not be worn. Analyze: You take a closer look at a spotted gold and black volume. You analyze the gold and black volume and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer. You get no sense of whether or not the volume may be further lightened. Read: You take a closer look at a spotted gold and black volume. But it's closed! Look: Patterns of stripes, streaks, and spots executed in combinations of gold and black mithril flow over the surface of the book. Although initially appearing chaotic, a rhythm to the pattern emerges when one long gold streak is recognized as the sunlight-splashed trunk of a tree, and then it only takes a moment longer to spy the calm leopard lounging across a leafy branch. Rather than being spotted like the covers, the spine is pure gold, and it bears the engraved words, "Andelasian Art of the Hunt".	100,000 silver