"You are free to join me if you wish, and if you are looking for a story I can try though I am no bard." She smirked and gestured him to take a seat. "Though its not that particularily interesting." She took a short breath, then chuckling. "I am part of a former adventuring group called Hawk's Talons, and yes, our leader was a self-righteous man called Hawk." She frowned.<br/><br/>"We were raiding a dungeon together when I came across remains of a late mage, and took this from his corpse. On opening it later, I came aware it contains a lot of lore, but the book itself is enchanted. It almost crushed my hand when I tried reading it. Its refused to let me peruse it for long ever since, which is a shame as it seems to contain a wealth of magic. Something in it keeps it closing, and eventually, actually opening on its own to try and snap at me like jaws. It got a bit frightening eventually, it is just enchanted but its acting like a mimic of some sort."<br/><br/>Shrugging a bit, she sighed. "I am trying to see if I should destroy it, or if I should instead give it a chance still. I know there's a powerful mage in this town and hope to get their help. I am thinking that its likely there's an enchantment behind this." She looked at Marric very seriously. "The thing is, this book's markings suggest the dead man was from Cheliax. Something with intellect and malevolent will, and a lot of spells within is both dangerous and powerful most likely. I dont want to just destroy it, but it also begs the questions what the Cheliax mage was doing this far from there, and what kind of a mage protects their spellbook by magking it intelligent, as well as what else its capable of doing. Not to mention if it can reveal some secrets not written but observed."