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Brecilian forest - around the dalish camp
It was with a beating heart that Ymlaïs inserted the key into the chest. After the small click was heard, she hesitated for a moment. What exactly was she hoping to find? She didn’t know, but for all those years, it was the only legacy she got from her real parents, so it had to be important. She lifted the lid and found…. A necklace? He was beautiful and of very good quality, but why waiting all these years to give her a necklace, no matter how beautiful?
She observed it closer. It was made up of hundreds of wooden beads, each curved into the shape of an animal. Deer, hawks, wolves and rabbits chased each other across its lenght. In its center was a white and iridescent stone with changing reflections. Touching it, she felt a slight pulsation, an indefinable vibration. She looked at the stone from all angles but found nothing special on it. She breathed a sigh of disappointment.
"Is something wrong?" asked Fenarel as he approached.
“No, it’s fine. There was a necklace in the chest. I think it belonged to my mother.”
“It’s gorgeous! It’s a beautiful gift!”
“Yes…Yes it’s true.” She gave a grateful smile to her friend and tied the necklace around her neck.
“There’s a piece of paper in the chest.” Fenarel observed.
Hopefull, Ymlaïs grabed it and red the inscription written in it: "Ma'Halani. It’s elvish: it means help or help me."
"What does that mean?
"I have no idea….” She had expected to find answers in this chest but she cleary found only questions. She stuffed the paper in her pocket. This was no time to solve family riddles anyway.
"Come on, let’s go see Merrill, we have to find Tamlen as soon as possible."