[WFRP] The Bloody Crown IV

[-Sentinel-]

Elsa sat down and ordered a drink. She looked grave.

"We're not heading back to Mirino right away," she said, her voice low to avoid being overheard. "We have an errand first. Miss Fassbender will lend me one of her books if I bring her fire from a volcano for her work. There are fumaroles in the Dead Hills, or so she says. It should take us close to Nath." She raised her gloved palms in a placating gesture. "I am not taking you into Nath, don't worry. I just want to know while we're there if the place has the same stench, if you will, as Kheneb-Ptra-Urush. If it does, I can probably sniff it from miles away."

She spoke slowly, stressing every syllable: "I need a book of magic. I must scrape the rust in here--" (she tapped her temple) "--before my power grows to a level I can no longer control. Time is of the essence."