The invitation delivered last night was remarkably simple, especially given the importance of the occasion:<br/>“Start where it all began. Meet us at the Pig’s Paunch one hour before dawn.”<br/><br/>The Pig’s Paunch is a run-down building with a faded sign of a large pig standing on its hind legs, arms folded above a corpulent belly. Inside, the air is thick with the scents of human sweat, stale tobacco, and leftover food. In the center of the room, surrounded by inebriates sleeping off their revelries, a familiar elven man stands high upon top of a large round table.<br/><br/>(http://pathfinderwiki.com/mediawiki/images/thumb/5/54/Kreighton_Shaine.jpg/500px-Kreighton_Shaine.jpg)<br/><br/>“Welcome! Welcome, my proteges! Please, have a seat!” With that, Kreighton Shaine, the Pathfinder Society’s Master of Scrolls, nimbly drops down to sit cross-legged on the table before looking about the tavern with a sense of reverent wonder. “Can you believe it? It all started here years ago—well, over four hundred of them at least. Under this very roof the Pathfinder Society was born."<br/><br/>You can't help but wonder if this is for real at 4am in the morning, but for those of you who happened to have known Kreighton Shaine for any amount of time, probably for real. In any case, he snaps back from his reverie into the present soon enough.<br/><br/>“But today! Today you will begin your<strong>Confirmation</strong>!" You're not sure if you like his enthusiastic emphasis on his last word, or if his excitement is getting to you. "Master Farabellus, Master Zey, and I all agree you each have shown your worth and dedication to the Society, so there’s no better time to see if you can handle becoming full field operatives. Allow me to introduce you to Janira Gavix."<br/><br/>He motions for an excitable halfling woman to approach. She wears a large backpack and carries all manner of tools, pouches, and scroll cases around her waist. She looks a bit too eager for an ordinary person's liking, but ordinary is probably not the best word to describe most of your motley crew.<br/><br/>Shaine continues, saying, “Janira here will be going with you on your Confirmation. She was one of my brightest pupils and will no doubt be an invaluable resource on your journey, for she discovered the caves you are about to explore during her own Confirmation.”