Stormhaven Keep
The Lord Mayor notes Rath's nod, and moves quickly down to another nobleman still in the hall.
"Settle the affairs of those who wait as you best see fit, if you are unsure on an issue, be generous. If they insist on seeing me, I will return and see all who wait this night." He puts a hand on the younger mans shoulder, then turns to leave by a side door, indicating you should follow. Two soldiers fall in behind you.
Eradan Thyrandas leads you through several halls, and a few great rooms, one in particular is enormous and full of paintings, both of nobles, likely ancestors, but also of places, lakes, and skies, it is dizzying room.
At last, you reach the library, it has a cozy room, plush chairs and tables, and beyond a wall of bars, the does not seem to be a way past those bars from this room but beyond them, there are rows and rows of shelves, books, tubes, and a middle aged man, in brown robes. The Lord Mayor speaks to him and in little time, he brings a armful of parchments, rolled in tubes for you look at, they must be passed through the bars. Missives from the Astronomer.
As you settle in to study these, he sits.
"You have encountered a bit of ancient history, something little known or spoken of these days, but there is no reason you would know the real story, it was a millennium or more ago. In those days, the entire coast for hundreds of miles here and the land inward where ruled by a dark empire. Storms ravaged the lands, the coast was frozen and lands covered in snow most of the year. The center of the empire was Greystorm Castle. Its ruler was powerful and ruthless, but what it was isn't known. It was called Syrix. Snakelike, magical, possibly a demon or undead, there are many stories as there usually are. But its army which raided up and down the coast was led by a large and powerful warrior. A huge man, named Captain Tethi. Not the big dumb giants we see in our time, but a thinking man, strong, and cunning and ruthless, and an army of trolls, ogres, orcs. The civilized peoples joined together and threw down this leader, smashed Greystorm Castle, and destroyed Syrix, and Tethi, and built Stormhaven Keep over the ruins of the ancient castle. It took hundreds of years to finish wiping out the many allies of this evil empire, but civilization won out over time, as it will. If you have found some ancient artifact with Tethi's name, it is probably quite valuable, few exist. Return those scrolls to the librarian when you are done looking at them, and good luck in your journey, I must return to attend my court".