return your books or im sending the it follows monster to your room to retrieve.

[thunderproof]

FORM: Sending Crystal
SENDER: Adalia Enneris
RECIPIENT: Everyone
NOTES: Adalia is now Head Archivist, a position she takes very seriously.

Hello Inquisition! ❰ guess who's back!!! ❱ Or rather, Riftwatch — that'll take some getting used to; you've all been very busy these past six months.

I am Adalia Ennaris, newly appointed Head Archivist for Riftwatch, but some of you may remember me from my previous time spent with the Inquisition. I was here for nearly a year before the rifts reclaimed me, and now I return, older and wiser and in charge of all your books. Some may also remember that I grew up in a library, so books and the care of them is very near and dear to my heart.

❰ here adalia pauses, and takes a sort of contemplative, but very pointed tone. ❱

In fact, in Candlekeep we have some frankly barbaric practices when it came to those who would vandalize or steal our books. Vandals could be blinded and have their hands cut off; thieves would be either stripped of all wordly possessions and exiled or made to complete a dangerous quest in search of a rare and precious book to replace what they took. Those who endangered the whole archive would be killed and burned, as, ❰ a light laugh, ❱ and I'm sure we all know this, those who destroy knowledge, be it with ink, fire, or sword, are themselves destroyed.

❰ another pause, and then adalia's tone evens out again. one can almost hear a smile. ❱

I'm not sure what my rules will be as regards care of the archives, but with that as my base to draw upon, I'm sure I'll find something fitting. It's good to be back, Inquisition.

Riftwatch. ❰ with decreasing volume, as adalia moves on to other things, before the crystal abruptly goes silent. ❱ Damnit, I'm never going to remember that —

Comments

[rowancrowned]

Congratulations, Adalia.

[ pleased as the cat that got the cream. ]

[thunderproof]

❰ SENPAI NOTICED ME. ❱

Thank you, Provost. ❰ just as pleased tbh. ❱

I've got so much work to do — shockingly, the Inquisition's filing and shelving system is nothing like Candlekeep's, and I must rectify that before even thinking of any other pursuits — but I hoped to have dinner with you and your wife soon, if you would have me. I want to hear all about the wedding, and what the two of you have been up to in my absence.

❰ also she has some things to tell you, but. public conversation, so. ❱

[rowancrowned]

[ dryly: ] It is a constant battle to keep the books properly shelved.

We will see you, and gladly, once we return from Hightown.

[thunderproof]

You're joking, but it really is!

❰ listen to her earnestness and know this librarian speaks the truth. ❱

When do you think that will be? It's been far too long since we all last had a meal together.

[rowancrowned]

Well, with your constant vigilance, perhaps we will gain ground.

Perhaps a week. Mayhap more. I will return sooner than my wife.

[chainlightning]

What if the books are wrong?

[thunderproof]

Then publish your own book refuting the wrong one, obviously.

[chainlightning]

They won't listen. I'm Dalish, so clearly anything I know about the Dalish is propaganda, as opposed to every lie that shem scholars put to paper.

[meds4sale]

[Looks like his days of writing and doodling in the margins of library books he doesn't like is at an end.]

It does not roll off the tongue quite like 'Inquisition'.

However

It has fewer unpleasant connotations for many Rifters.

[thunderproof]

❰ yes, they are, you MONSTER. ❱

Yes, I suppose "Riftwatch" never tried to tell us we'd have to end this war in Circles with phylacteries made. It does have that going for it.

[meds4sale]

[Every woodcut of every divine he has laid eyes on has mysteriously wound up with a curly mustache there is certainly no correlation, innocent until proven guilty and all that]

I think they would be far more likely to skip such niceties. We already know what it is to be free.

Once we are no longer useful

We would be a liability.

[cozen]

You grew up in a library? Was it part of anything else, like a university?

[aventuriere]

[ Warily: ] Precisely how do you intend to change the current shelving system? It may not be ideal but it is functional, which is more than can be said for the systems employed by some previous archivists.

[sarcophage]

[Audibly fatigued,]

There are several rooms attached to the library that've been converted into restoration space. Please don't touch anything inside or allow anyone else to do so. I'll be returning to my duties... some time within the next few weeks.

[swordproof]

... Adalia? Is it truly you?