Editing Orphea (section)

==Manse 2: Stone of Mending Flaws==
During her travels, Orphea once went to Nexus, the City of a Thousand Lice. She quite quickly found herself drawn to a young man called River Runs Dry, an enlightened mortal Scavenger Lord from the Southeast. Aside from having a very attractive bound servant (Ignatia), he was charming and witty, and eventually mentioned to Orphea his plans to investigate rumors of a ruin to the north, on the edge of the Black Chase. Concerned for his safety, Orphea accompanied him on his journey, which eventually led them to an abandoned, small castle in the middle of an eerie forest. <br>

The interior was a cobweb-covered nest filled with eclectic piles of junk and treasure; River found more than enough wealth to retire in comfort, and Orphea found a gorgeous moonsilver pendant (and the manse's hearthroom behind a false bookcase). The castle intrigued Orphea, so she persuaded River to allow her to keep it- not difficult, given the creepy location and the magnitude of his new wealth.<br>
:'''Archive:''' Once Orphea tore down the cobwebs that covered the place, she discovered that the castle had an extensive library. Spidery handwriting contained notes in Shogunate-Old Realm, clearly written by a reclusive scholar of the occult who was obsessed with study of the nearby shadowland. Though it's never mentioned specifically, Orphea suspects the castle's previous owner was a Lunar from the tone of the writing. His books contain information on the Black Chase (Occult), as well as a handful of necromantic spells he clearly found useful (Summon Ghost, Flesh-Sloughing Wave, Banish Ghost, Piercing the Heel, and Iron Countermagic)<br>
:'''Hidden Passages:''' The entire castle is riddled with secret passages and hidden doors, behind bookcases or tapestries or worked into murals.<br>