At a little, crowded shop in Genua, complete with stuffed Crocodile and wolf skull, a little known Shadows Wizard, Sadel Noctus, has set up a magic trading business:
>look
An old-style wizard's workroom, cloaked in shadow and gloom, with vague rattling sounds and occasional scrabblings emerging from obscured crevices. What meagre light there is emanates from the flickering flames of the regulation dribbly candles, wax as black as an overcast midnight. Various liquids bubble through an impressive amount of twisty glass tubing, and spell books are strewn carefully over the available surfaces. While Hexing students can perform amazing feats of thaumic prowess, somehow they lack the aura present in this room.
There is one obvious exit: north.
Sadel Noctus is standing here.
A stuffed alligator and a wolf skull are hanging from the ceiling.
>l alligator, skull
The traditional stuffed alligator. What wizardly workshop would be complete without one?
This is a fresh skull of a wolf.
Among the things he sells, one at a time, are nice jewelled rings, 8 of which are highly symbolic of the different orders of Wizardry.
I am trying to get my greedy hands on the eight rings, like a cheap discworld Sauron. Up to now, I only have two of them: my own Order's, and the Seer's ring, which looks like this:
> look scholar's ring
A ring of octiron has been surmounted by a thin slice of emerald, over which have been layered strips of ivory, to create the impression of a weighty, green-covered tome. Inset into the ivory are thin traceries of silver, crawling like writing in an unknown language. Over the writing, golden letters have been set in a recognisable pattern.
Etched in lines of glowing octarine: "Addverendus Haruspex"
It appears to have something written on it.
It is in excellent condition.
>read scholar's ring
You read the scholar's ring:
The Venerable Council of Seers
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