purple gelatinous cube o' Doom
2007-06-20, 11:03 PM
The library at Partanacril
The library was started several eons ago, by a slightly eccentric Elven wizard whose name has long been forgotten roamed much of the known multiverse in search of any and all knowledge he could find and learn. As the elf traveled, he wrote down a description of the cultures he experienced the events that occurred while he was there, copied every text he could get a hold of, and spent much time dabbling in the many facets of the arcane and divine. He also researched psionics when it was possible, but could never bring himself to put that knowledge into practice. After roughly 200 years to traveling the planes, the wizard had accrued information rivaling that owned by several planes put together. So, the wizard decided it was time to find a location suitable to hold all the volumes he had collected. He decided after much thought, that he would put his collection on the material plane. He had also came to the decision that, while much of the collection were histories and mundane information of the places the elf had been, he had a fair amount of dirt on the blood war, demons, devils, necromancy and other dark arts that were not safe in just anyone’s hands, and wanted to put his library in such a place only those worthy of such information, would be able to reach it and use it properly. After about a year of searching, while the wizard was traveling the vast waters of the Sea of Fallen Stars, so aptly named for the crystal clear water that allows the mysterious glowing stones that litter the bottom of the sea to shine through looking like the night sky shining up from the depths, he spied the island of Partanacril, a quite small but mountainous island. He immediately took to the location, and decided that it would be a wonderful place for his collection. He continued across the sea to his boyhood home where most of the collection was being stored. After arriving home, he concluded that he must plan out and prepare for the construction of the library and transfer of all the information to the new location. During this period, the wizard took on an apprentice, a young elven female by the name of Estelwen from the town. After completion of the building to the wizard’s specifications, master, apprentice, and Aldon, a human druid and Estelwen’s consort, left the collections, and headed for location that was to become their home. The wizard then spent the rest of his years at the library teaching all those who came to him to learn what he had to know, or discover the information for themselves by browsing the many volumes. Estelwen and Aldon became the caretakers of the library, and their ancestors still hold that position today.
The library was started several eons ago, by a slightly eccentric Elven wizard whose name has long been forgotten roamed much of the known multiverse in search of any and all knowledge he could find and learn. As the elf traveled, he wrote down a description of the cultures he experienced the events that occurred while he was there, copied every text he could get a hold of, and spent much time dabbling in the many facets of the arcane and divine. He also researched psionics when it was possible, but could never bring himself to put that knowledge into practice. After roughly 200 years to traveling the planes, the wizard had accrued information rivaling that owned by several planes put together. So, the wizard decided it was time to find a location suitable to hold all the volumes he had collected. He decided after much thought, that he would put his collection on the material plane. He had also came to the decision that, while much of the collection were histories and mundane information of the places the elf had been, he had a fair amount of dirt on the blood war, demons, devils, necromancy and other dark arts that were not safe in just anyone’s hands, and wanted to put his library in such a place only those worthy of such information, would be able to reach it and use it properly. After about a year of searching, while the wizard was traveling the vast waters of the Sea of Fallen Stars, so aptly named for the crystal clear water that allows the mysterious glowing stones that litter the bottom of the sea to shine through looking like the night sky shining up from the depths, he spied the island of Partanacril, a quite small but mountainous island. He immediately took to the location, and decided that it would be a wonderful place for his collection. He continued across the sea to his boyhood home where most of the collection was being stored. After arriving home, he concluded that he must plan out and prepare for the construction of the library and transfer of all the information to the new location. During this period, the wizard took on an apprentice, a young elven female by the name of Estelwen from the town. After completion of the building to the wizard’s specifications, master, apprentice, and Aldon, a human druid and Estelwen’s consort, left the collections, and headed for location that was to become their home. The wizard then spent the rest of his years at the library teaching all those who came to him to learn what he had to know, or discover the information for themselves by browsing the many volumes. Estelwen and Aldon became the caretakers of the library, and their ancestors still hold that position today.