If the players knock and request audience,
a tall, bearded sage will open the door
and invite the party in. Inside are row after
row of bookshelves covered with books,
maps, and scrolls. A desk and chair are near
the doorway. near which burns a lantern.
The desk is covered with ink stains, half-finished
maps, and piles of loose papers.

The sage will assist the party by giving
directions and/or maps to any place in the
city. He has no maps for the underground!
For 100 gp he will say, "Where those that
bear us reside," and give the party an art
book entitled The Illumination of the Rose.
The message refers to the stables (44) in the
Military Quarter, the book to the red-light
district and The Sign of the Rose bawdy
house (13) in the Thieves' Quarter.

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