River’s Rest Museum/East Room Table
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An oak table
On the oak table you see a green tourmaline ring, an onyx inkwell, a silver chalice and a metal ring shirt.
The River's Rest Museum encourages all visitors to enjoy the exhibits. Bards are requested to handle items carefully and return items to the proper places when finished.
A green tourmaline ring
This item has a loresong. This loresong would be of interest to anyone interested in local green tourmaline lore.
A closer look
This is a simple ring, just a round-cut green tourmaline inset in a modest band of silver. The band is scuffed on one side.
Official documentation
A tag attached to the tourmaline ring states, "According to local lore, this was intended to be the wedding band of the legendary Estamil of the Bridges. Contemporaneous historical records confirm the existence of Estamil, who was undeniably the designer of several bridges in and around River's Rest (two of which still exist). The legends which have grown around her, however, cannot be authenticated.
An onyx inkwell
This item has a loresong. This loresong would be of interest to those who appreciate the irony in life.
A closer look
The bottom of this onyx inkwell is engraved with a seal. Clearly, the inkwell served double duty. Written on the side of the inkwell are the words 'You could do worse.'
Official documentation
A tag attached to it states, "This small inkwell was the property of Kemal Jaffar. Jaffar was originally sent to River's Rest by King Gardiel of Torre in 4241 M.E. as part of the Royal Survey and Census party. His reasons for remaining behind in River's Rest after the others left have long been a mystery. There is no mystery, however, about the service Jaffar provided to the people living in River's Rest.
Kemal Jaffar was the most effective 'wali' the island has ever known. In his time he arranged marriage contracts for well over a thousand 'river rats.' It is said Jaffar never had an unsatisfied client. Birth records dating from 4245 M.E. show the most common name for newborn boys was Jaffar.
A silver chalice
This item has a loresong. This loresong delves into one of the various reasons people immigrated to River’s Rest. Fair play is also a part of this loresong’s lesson.
A closer look
The silver chalice is designed to be a trophy rather than for use as a chalice. Inscribed on the cup are the words 'First Prize - Archery' followed by the date 4001 M.E. The space between the words and the date, where the winner's name would normally be inscribed, is blank.
Official documentation
Attached to the chalice is a tag which reads, "Donated by the Ammat family. This chalice belonged to Anka Ammat, who came to River's Rest in an hour of great need and rose to prominence during the era of the Last Commander of the Citadel. Circumstances have forced the Ammat family to leave River's Rest many times, and each time they have returned."
A metal ring shirt
This item has a loresong. This loresong can be quite unsettling. Things are not always as they seem.
A closer look
At first glance this appears to be a shirt of very flimsy chain mail. Further examination, however, reveals the garment could never have been intended to protect the wearer. The small metal rings which comprise the shirt are much too thin for that. Nor would it have been possible for the wearer to don the shirt alone. Oddly-shaped metal clamps line the back of the shirt and the backs of both sleeves.
Official documentation
A tag attached to the metal shirt says, "This is Lingba's Shirt. In 4605 M.E., during the First Elven War, a number of local smugglers, elven patriots and elf sympathizers secretly aided the Elven Nations in their war on the Turamzzyrian Empire. One of the sympathizers was said to be the daughter of Lingba the Tailor. She was captured and interrogated under torture by Emperor Krellove's personal Inquisitor. She died on the third day of interrogation.
Late in that year, the Inquisitor was captured by elven sympathizers. Lingba constructed this shirt and, according to legend, forced the the Inquisitor to wear it for nearly thirty days.
