<div class="floatleft">(https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcpbh0kl5I1rpvemio4_1280.jpg)</div>Carissa eyed the scripture with a combination of awe and dismay. She thought she recognized the letters, Draconic? She did not recognize what they meant or represented. Perhaps someone nearby would know?<br/><br/>Then the parchment began to glow. She shook her head, thinking it a trick of her eyes at first but the glow grew. There was some sort of magic enabling her to read the paper. She read it once and then tried again. If the meaning or wording changed she would have thought it was simply her imagination. The third time she read it out loud so all could hear.<br/>It was a wizard who was stuck her. It was frightening to think someone with magic was having trouble escaping. The wizard was from their land. The sword confirmed it. Why had he written in these symbols? Perhaps a spell so anyone could read it?<br/>"<strong>We shall keep a safe distance from these halflings should we see them. We will not attack but we won't treat with them either.</strong>" She wondered what had happened to them.