Kendra smiles, pleasantly enough, trying to hide her sorrow. "If they aren't, you're welcome to stay at my home, for the night, dear." She leads the way back to her house, through the town.<br/><br/>The construct will learn that the man who seems to be the 'boss' of the offending crowds is an old warrior, named Gibs. A DC 20 Perception check from the drone will allow it to learn that Gibs currently lives in a shack, to the south of the city, near the old ruins of Harrowstone.<br/><br/>On the way back to the house, Kendra requests the presence of Councilman Vashian Hearthmount, to read the will for them. He notes he has a few matters to attend to, but he'll be over shortly, and, sure enough, arrives after they've had a chance to freshen up, pour some drinks, and get a chance to know one another, for a few minutes. A Sense Motive check of DC... 4 allows the women to determine that Vashian doesn’t completely approve of strangers being involved in local matters, but he keeps his comments to himself, focusing his involvement entirely on the reading of Petros’s will.<br/><br/>Kendra is as unaware of the details of the will as everyone else, since the stipulation indicated that both Celeste and Lilial must be present, and to wait up to a week following the burial, for their arrival. The Councilman produces the sealed scroll case, allowing them to verify the unbroken seal, before cracking it open and revealing the case. As he does, a small iron key slips out, clattering noisily on the table. Undeterred by the key, however, the Councilman begins reading the will aloud, clearly eager to be done and to leave.<br/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"><div align="center">I, Petros Lorrimor, being of sound mind, do hereby commit to this <br/>parchment my last will and testament. Let it be known that, with <br/>the exception of the specific details below, I leave my home and <br/>personal belongings entire to my daughter Kendra. Use  them or <br/>sell them as you see fit, my child.<br/>Yet  beyond  the  bequeathing  of my personal effects, this <br/>document must serve other needs. I have arranged for the reading <br/>of this document to be delayed until all principals can be in <br/>attendance, for I have more than mere inheritance to apportion. I <br/>have two final favors to ask.<br/>To my old friends, I hate to impose upon you all, but there are <br/>few others who are capable of appreciating the true significance of <br/>what it is I have to ask. As some of you know, I have devoted many <br/>of my studies to all manner of evil, that I might know the enemy and <br/>inform those better positioned to stand against it. For knowledge <br/>of one’s enemy is the surest path to victory over its plans.<br/>And so, over the course of my lifetime, I have seen fit to acquire <br/>a  significant collection of valuable but dangerous tomes, any one <br/>of which in the wrong circumstances could have led to an awkward <br/>legal situation. While the majority of these tomes remain safe under <br/>lock and key at the Lepidstadt University, I fear that a few I have <br/>borrowed remain in a trunk in my Ravengro home. While invaluable <br/>for my work in life, in death, I would prefer not to burden my <br/>daughter with the darker side of my profession, or worse still, the <br/>danger of possessing these tomes herself. As such, I am entrusting <br/>my chest of tomes to you, posthumously. I ask that you please deliver <br/>the collection to my colleagues at the University of Lepidstadt, who <br/>will put them to good use for the betterment of the cause. <br/>Yet before you leave for Lepidstadt, there is the matter of <br/>another favor—please delay your journey one month and spend <br/>that period of time here in Ravengro to ensure that my daughter is <br/>safe and sound. She has no one to count on now that I am gone, <br/>and if you would aid her in setting things in order for whatever she <br/>desires over the course of this month, you would have my eternal <br/>gratitude. From my savings, I have also willed to each of you a sum <br/>of one hundred platinum coins. For safekeeping, I have left these <br/>funds with Embreth Daramid, one of my most  trusted  friends  in <br/>Lepidstadt—she has been instructed to issue this payment upon <br/>the safe delivery of the borrowed tomes no sooner than one month <br/>after the date of the reading of this will.<br/>I, Petros Lorrimor, hereby sign this will in Ravengro on this <br/>first day of Calistril, in the year 4732 AR.</div></div>