Agyr/Patricians/Academy/Collection/Table
Stone Table of Ibnanzil
A center piece in the tale of the Ancient Scroll
Dimensions: 2m by 2m by 1.5m.
Composition: Stone: Granite
Appearance: Plain roughly dressed stone, monster writing along sides and left table surface.
Powers: Translate single sheets of writing into the monster tongue.
Smiling faintly he wanders around the table, dodging the flurry of activity from the workers, "It isn't that old really, predates the first invasion by about half a year. The inscriptions taken from the carries of Qual spoke of the first blessing of the Gods on their children to test the would be usurpers."
Waving his hand absently, "The exact nature of that initial blessing should be well known to you given your diligent study, so I'll not waste time. Strangely enough the tablets uncovered from the same burial mounds spoke of the great difficulties the monsters had in learning the Dark Mistress' gift. Hard to say for certain exactly what the problem was, the tablet was cracked along one side, but either way Ibnanzil decided to take action. What action he took required tracking down writings collected from the Zettermain and Haffemet tribes, but apparently the great shaman created this table to assist in the efforts. From what I read in those findings and on the table itself, it seems to ask the spirits of the air and the earth to rewrite that which is written."
Stepping forward Aldo taps the table surface, "You see how this half is smooth and polished while the other has embossed writing? You merely have to place the written text on the rough side, and apparently, it will be rewritten on the smooth."
Leaning back Aldo adds, "Well in monster of course, no point in translating it to something else they didn't know how to read. Still shouldn't be too much of a problem. The real issue is what will a book do? Monsters prefer to write on single sheets at a time, not a bound volume."
Pausing to look around the vault he nods, "I do wonder what it is they so desperately needed to translate however, from what I learned Ibnanzil had to sacrifice a great deal to make this table..."
Shrugging Aldo turns back to Silvianna, "Either way it was kept in the Zisswii cave network until human encroachment drove the monsters out. The Silantins acquired it when they owned the region and they decided to take it home as a trophy of their exploits, it was used as a desk for sorting things in the vault since it was so large. I myself hope to put it in the main library in Agyr, should speed up translations immensely."
