Zelgodis made his way out the gate and turned to the left. Soon he was rather deep in the woods, hearing the sounds of many animals which hadn't been present in the town. Up ahead there was a clearing with a mid-sized temple situated in the middle of it. The heavy stone doors were bolted shut, clearly meant to keep strangers out.<br/><br/>Zel pulled back his hands and thrust them forward, trying to cast a spell to open the doors. It was no use. He could feel his magic getting weaker by the day, so far, nothing in his readings had given him any idea how to stop it.<br/><br/>Zel took a gloved hand and grabbed his sword by the hilt. In one expert stroke he unsheathed his sword and cut the bolt in two, sheathing his sword again shortly after. He pushed open the heavy stone doors with far more ease than a normal person would have had and stepped inside. It was dark and musty. There were no windows, but that was a good thing. If this place did have old scrolls then the sunlight would just make the ink fade.<br/><br/>Zel held out a hand in front of him and a small ball of light floated up to light the room. At the very least he could still cast something as simple as a light spell.<br/><br/>Feeling relatively sure that no one would be stopping by there, Zelgodis pulled down his mask and hood. Underneath was revealed bluish skin of stone, with chunks of rock embedded here and there, pointy ears, and silver hair that was stiff and made of wire. Clearly this man was not human. It wasn't much wonder why he hid his face in public, and wasn't big on social interaction.<br/><br/>Zelgodis made his way over to a dusty shelf and drew out a scroll. He opened it carefully so as not to damage the contents in any way. Also as a precaution, he kept it out of direct contact with the light from the light spell. If these were as old as they looked, they could be extremely fragile. Zelgodis sat down on the floor behind one of the shelves, stirring up a slight dust cloud, and began reading.<br/><br/>(( Zel looks like this:m<a class="postlink" href="https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRhBfsC7pJfMEZjlzf7_SGZO4otWpRG6YF41PL790ABNO3uE-v9Aw">https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/image ... NO3uE-v9Aw</a>m))