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SKELLYMAN
no amber in the walls of this room

"I have no wisdom for you"
what do you do here? - i have forgotten
who are you? - "I was hoping my first visitor in many years knew me."

brand recognizes when dren steps into the room
"I am familiar with this presence in this land. I feel like he has been here for many years before I have."

offers us to sit. has a magical book. percy: maybe it has clues to your identity?
- The incants of Exethanter
wouldn't let percy check it out
Exethanter: from the mayor's library. in one of the stories about the temple's creation. he was one of the original protectors and guardians.
percy asks him to guarantee no harm: he will guarantee "in this room, if only I knew..."
"I feel it is a name I know. I recall evil, I recall power. I do not recall why, I do not recall who; it is fuzzy."
brand knows the name. tells dren that Exeth. came here not as we see him, but found the secrets in the temple and became this way. Strahd came to seek counsel and pact with Exeth. but he would not or could not make the deal with him. But there was a dark power pact sealed in blood when strahd killed sergei. (dren doesn't share this with the party)

we have permission to explore "but I cannot guarantee; I do not remember what is outside these walls"

gale: can we help you before we go? - "if you can help me remember everything, i will make sure no thing harms you in these walls"
gale vowed to do everything within his power to help him remember all. vowed to return
- gale thinks greater restoration may help

percy notices a seam in the wall with abjuration magic on it. probably an arcane lock.

we sleep in the feast hall.

strahd's tome excerpt: "The road curved and climbed, making a lengthy switchback into this edge of Mount Ghakis. The air grew colder, not warmer, and patches of snow became more frequent until they were unbroken." Chapter 9

Gale went missing when we woke up. was gone for hours. percy messaged him and gale said he was safe and needed a couple more hours.

tome excerpt: "The gleam in her eyes was like warm sunlight on a still pond. That light is gone forever. When I try to imagine those eyes, all I see is a mad abyss." Chapter 8

Old wizard man attacked us from the statue again. we kill him and his body changes into a fox-like form. he carries a spell book, spectacles with pink crystal lenses, and a magical robe.
history check - he's an Arcanaloth.
robe - robe of useful items: 8 patches remaining. \\ bag of 100g, iron door, wooden ladder (24 ft), riding horse (2 saddle bags), pit (10 foot cube, can be placed w/i 10 ft), row boat (12 ft), spell scroll (moonbeam but unintelligible to percy), mastiffs (2). while wearing the robe, use an action to detach a patch.
i take the 100g, give moonbeam to bell, give the robe to dren.

Gale inspects the orb. He recognizes that that it needs to be activated, but he doesn't know how. Extremely high level conjuration magic.

LIBRARY
blank books.