In all likelihood my Lythia is probably passing through as well. As we discussed ourselves previously she'll probably spend a night in the village (if indeed she is "just passing through") sitting at a table in that inn common room, reading/studying. By now, she's spent all the money she saved up from back home to get this far and is starting to kick herself for not budgeting for a return journey so, if she's rented anywhere to sleep it's likely the barn.<br/><br/>If she could think objectively about her skill set she'd know she could use what little grasp of spellcraft she has to buy her way to wherever it is she intends on going after this (more on that below), but as I've said - and I cannot, cannot, CANNOT stress this enough to my fellow players - her social anxiety combined with her failures at practical spellcraft in the university she studied at have had the effect of just...blocking off that whole part of her brain. She doesn't even consider magic as an option, and hasn't cast a spell since leaving school. I'm repeating myself, but, it'll take a pretty major shock to rip her out of her shell and get her casting at anything resembling a normal pace for a wizard at her level. This also, of course, means that as of her first post in the actual game itself she has no spells prepared - only her cantrips which, as discussed, she won't be using off the bat either. I think the DM told me that it only takes six minutes to prepare a spell, so this shouldn't be too crippling when she's finally convinced to play her part, but if anything kicks off she'll have only her trusted crossbow to defend her (if she gets involved at all and doesn't just hide behind a table cursing herself for being stupid enough to come to this shithole of a country).<br/><br/>Longer term, she's come to this beautiful part of Lupravia on the strength of its reputation as a font of magic and mysticism. She's tracking down a rare tome on Sylvan lore she knows was recently in the possession of a travelling Dwarven merchant, and, having lost his trail about a week ago, was directed to this marshland on the hunch that, if anyone has an interest in buying a book on magic, it'll be one of the locals here. Her devotion to this particular personal errand is as strong as her refusal to even consider using her magic - if a strong enough situation develops that she is forced to cast a spell, that situation is likely also important enough to take priority over her search for a book. By that I mean - and the DM knows this, I think - that I don't really care if she finds this book or not; it's just a plot device in effect to put her in this place at this time with all these other wonderful characters.<br/><br/>Still, if anyone needs to conduct any research there's no better half-elf girl for the job :D