Inside The Underfloor Cubbyhole

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==The Compartment Under Onwen's Bed==
Once you are past the traps, you pull back the trapdoor to reveal a 8” deep compartment, a foot square. In the compartment is a small 4” cubical metal container with it’s lid closed, it is resting on a folded piece of paper. After checking for further traps (there are none) you reach in to take the cube out, it is surprisingly heavy, as though made of solid metal. Once the cube is lifted you can also take the folded piece of paper.
==Note From Onwen==
[In handwritten script]
To whoever reads this,
The brooch in the box was sent through the weakened veil very early on, by a Dark Elf who called herself Sorlor. They informed us that the item would assist in breaking down the veil so that Elves could come through. Looking back on that time I believe the brooch did that and more, I think it clouded the judgement of those of us present and in some way focussed what is termed the spell of forgetting.
After the first of the Elves had come through, my suspicions that they were not the paragons of balance that they claimed to be were raised, but nobody else seemed to have the same issue. Believing that the brooch was part of this clouding of judgement, I stole it – since by now it seemed to have been forgotten.
At this point the brooch worked its influence on me, as for the next few weeks I simply forgot I was carrying it about.
It was whilst Bez Drock and I were at Tobar that the note from Saratak arrived, along with the container the brooch is now stored in. The note advised me to put the brooch into the container, close it up and hide it. Apparently, if I do this the brooch will be found, but only after my death.
This compartment seemed a reasonably good place to hide the item, even through the box the brooch is exerting some influence as I keep forgetting about it – despite the weight of the box. Hopefully this will make it even harder for people to discover.
We will trap and ward the compartment, with spells of warning to Saratak and the First Sword of Shanah, the Oak will know anyway.
If you are an Elf or Dark Elf reading this then I curse your existence and the day I first got seduced by the idea of your return to the North Island. If you are not, then trust not the Elves, they are extremely honourable and true to their word, but their view is long and their plans are many…..but in their self-righteousness they fail to appreciate the impact of their actions.
Onwen
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