Lundar's Library

Day 10, Year 538 of the Ascendancy

Well folks, the New Year has come and gone, and
Puddleby is still going strong. The balance tax that has plagued many
exiles has been abolished(for now), and a new, faster library has been
built in Puddleby. For my New Year’s resolution, I’ve decided to try to
update my scrolls more often, and keep the durn thing up to date, but
already it is the 10th day of Winter, so I’m obviously not doing a very
good job! ;p

Well, anyhow, I spent the few days preceding the
New Year hunting greymere in the Greymere Village with Gurgi and some
of his companions. It was good hunting, and I managed to hit all of
they greymere that we hunted. The greymere are pretty easy to hit once
they lose their balance(they’re so big!), but still yet, they are
dangerous to hunt because the small rocks(err, large boulders) that
they throw can kill an exile beyond remedy. It was still very good
hunting, and a good way to pass the time before the new year.

Several days later, the New Year had arrived. I’ve
heard about some big parties that were held in the days preceding the
New Year, but the actual New Year came to pass with little fanfare and
celebration. Many exiles were asleep, or engrossed in their studies. No
matter though, the New Year came, and those present to witness it
kissed and hugged each other, and wished each other well in the coming
year. The beer kegs were aplenty, and candy popped up in town square at
random intervals, for no apparent reason. All in all, it was a mellow,
but quaint New Year’s celebration.

Obviously this New Year’s Spirit has caught on to
some of our exiles, for just two days later, the infamous Malkor(AKA
Spriggin Boy) returned the last of the valuable tomes to Libros. The
librarian Lirric was quick to add an extention to Edric’s already
comprehensive collection of tomes, and now we have a new library in
which to study! The only problem is, this new library is rather
expensive. Lirric charges 175 coins a Zodiac(that’s 25 coins an OOC
day, folks!) and the education received is not much greater than what
can be gained for a seventh of the cost at Edric’s old library. Still,
it makes a noticable difference, so those with the coins may want to
try it out. Happy New Year all!