The auction commences shortly after Rei arrives--the first auctioneer, an Arcanoloth with a jackal's snout teleports onto a a podium of bone. "My Lords, my ladies I have here a rare find, indeed." As if on cue two 'Loth warriors cart a large urn with strange Elemental script onto the stage of bone and onyx.<br/><br/>"I have here a treasure purloined from the City of Brass. Who know what secrets are contained therein? But surely something of great power and evil--to judge by the script enwrapping and the fell dweomers guarding it. Shall we start the bidding at ten souls?"<br/><br/>