<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/b9/4d2d1e8c4eac65fc29dedecec733004c.jpg)<br/>Quarion Silverbough</div>Quarion was very pleased with himself when he returned with Erin and the three containers of magical wine. His expertise in both magic and wine was what had enabled them to identify two of the liquids, and he missed no opportunity to talk about the techniques he had employed, using vintner jargon that nobody outside his own family was likely to be able to follow. Still, he agreed that Erin was the one called forth to receive the gifts, and he made it clear that he trusted Erin's judgement for what should be done with them.<br/><br/>He followed up Masota's call for Allia's attention by waving to her himself. "Yes, over here, Allia! I want you to see how I set this up." He repeated his process from previous nights: taking the ball of twine soaked in sour wine, he wound it around the perimeter of the campsite and attached it to a stack of pots and pans, and spoke some arcane words to imbue the whole thing with magic. "I might be able to... hmm... yes, I could probably write down my recipe in magical notation if you wanted to copy it into your own spellbook. The theory should still hold outside of the apparatus, if you have the power to manifest it purely through arcane means. Maybe we can try that when we get our reward money!"<br/><br/>Once the wards were in place, he sat down near the campfire and glared at the third, unidentified container of wine. "I wish I knew what this one was," he muttered to anyone who cared to listen. "If I had a pearl, I could separate a drop of the liquid into its physical and magical essences, and analyse it from base principles that way. Do you have any ideas, Allia? I guess it can wait until we get home and can consult with our families and teachers, but we all want to know now!"