The Manor

Etch slams into the ceiling and using the sword to lead the way has a moment of victory as he feels it shatter the wood and glroious daylight fills his sight. Unfortunately the old shed has gained a second skin of vines and plants that catch Etcher like a web. Hacking his way free Etcher clambers up and once he frees his wings pulls himself out of the structure.

As daylight poors down into the structure he hears a buzzins hissing noise. Looking down he sees the last of the beetles scurry behind any object they can find to get out of the light. sighing in relief he lands with his prize in one hand and his sword in the other. Getting some water form the well, which is still servicable, he mixes in some of the pellets from the bag and proceeds to weed the garden for th next hour. Scratched, tired, and hot Etcher is given a nice cool drink of flavored water half way through and by the end has removed several of the larger dangerous "weeds" near the kitchen. Good job, come on in for some food and a rest. Witic calls fom the kitchen doorway

As you enter the kitchen it takes a moment for your eyes to adjust ot the dim lighting inside the room. A large wood burning cast iron stove emits a comforting heat that is quickly disipated by the cool stone floors. The room is imaculately clean and as you step into the room a horifying screech almost makes you jump back out
Whipe those feet and go wash yourself before you DARE come int here.!
Curse you Witic. Do not invite guests into MY kitchen if they do not even have basic manners
A short mean ooking creature steps out from behind a counter glaring at you balefully. A quiver over one shoulder holds sevreal kitchen implements and you are sure a knife would not be too hard for the cook to produce should any not abide by their rules.

A quick retreat to the well and a bucket of water washes most of the dust, blood, and splatterd plant pulp from Etchers legs and clothes. Luckily Etcher is fastidious in keeping his feathers clean so there is little problem there. Satissfied he has done all he can Etcher returns and only gets a snarling glare as he makes his way to the counter where the meal has been laid out.

A clean bowl of a thick stew with a fresh loaf of bread encrusted with a variety of seads and a small dish thick with creamy butter is laid before Etcher. Slipping an un-needed fork into his belt pouch Etcher beginss consuming the lovely food. The atmosphere of the room would be perfect for relaxing and enjoing the meal, if only the cook would stop staring so intently at him. Their scowling face and eles that glow fainly red, combined with the hint of fangs visible despite the this pressed lips does little to comfort Etcher.

As Etcher eats he decides the knife is no longer needed and drops it in he pouch as well. Before he can move to other nearby items hs attention is caught by a loud crack as the cooks snaps their fingers. The purloined items imediately fly up and out of Etchers pouch and sail through the air and into the sink. Kitchen and dining implements done being used are to be cleaned and stored properly The cook snaps at you.with a glare.

The potions will be ready in a bit. Witic says to give you your choice du to the "excelent" work you provided the manor. the goblin like creature snarls at you. Placing 4 vials on the counter they expaing the 4 potions use and say you may take 2
+ Healing Salve : 1 minute after aplication it heals 1 hit point per dose. 4 doses
+ Hot CoCo : drinking this grants resitance to all cold for 1 hour, reducing damage by 1/2
+ Anti-Itch cream : Cures any surface infection or reaction. 2 aplications
+ Chemical Attraction : When opened and applied to any creature, living or dead, all other creatures of that type are drawn by the resulting aroma: This lasts for 10 minutes and the area increases by 10' every 10 seconds for the first 5 minutes.

During this entire time Witik is nowhere to be seen.

A narrow circular iron stairway, illuminated by tiny windows about a hands span wide, leads you up to the sound of the door behind you closing. At the top of the stairs is another door. Bracing yourself you open it and look out cautiously.

Inside is a round room with a pedestal in the middle with a curved stone atop. The peak of the stone is a pale crystal the flickers with inner lights of varied hues. The only light in the dim room is from an opening in the ceiling that though only dimly lighting the room is blinding to stare at directly. The surrounding walls have intricate mechanisms inset into them. Small and neat runes cover much of the area around the mechanisms and the mechanisms themselves. As you look around the room a shadow blocks some of the light from the hole above an a form floats down.
Come in. It has been some time since I had a guest to talk with The voice enters your mind directly and as the form drops lower you make out a floating eye with four eye stalks. The main eye and a couple smaller ones look you over You are not of the manor born. What brings you here? I assume that silly little Witic let you in. What did she say about me? Come, come, step out from the shadows.
As you hear this last sentence you feel your body begin to move on its own.
Roll a Save test (2d6) to resist the urge to enter the room.

Looing up into the opening in the ceiling Etch can barely make out a curved outline off center. The orb looks to be sevral feet wide. He can imagine an orb filling much of the are of the vaulted dome.

The seer staires at Etch and replies ins a somhow amused, though totally alian feeling, tome
If you wish to be a friend I am not disinclined. As for shiny one of the eye stalks glances back over the creature and up into the domed opening Yes, it is quite well illuminated above in my domicile. You can calm yourseelf. I will not hurt you, so long as you respect my house rules. First of all is common courtesty. I shall start the introductions.

You may call me Seer, and this is my home. Who might you be and why have you come?

The seer flinches away then relaxes as it realized the stone will miss Realy now . . . it begins to say, only tracking the rock with one or its eyes. At Etch's sudden motion it pulls further back narrowing its eyes, that begin glowing, only to once again realize it is not the target of the attack. Wait! Stop, don't break anything! It cries as Etch launches himself upwards.

Catching the cleverly thrown rock on the way, Etch pulls in his wings and passes through the opening and is temporarily blinded but manages to pull in his wings and land on something as his eyes adjust to the glare. Etch stands in a small buble barely 6 feet in diameter. The bubble is made of polished crystal cut into myriad shapes, triangles, circles, squares, diamonds, octagons, and each facet contains an image. Not just images but they are like windows looking out onto different parts of the world. As Etch stares in awe, he shifts his feet and all of the images suddenly shift chaotically flaring in brilliance. Startled Etch flares his wings and tries to find better footing but each shift of his feet causes additional flashes and shifts of the brilliant images.

Ahhhh! My windows! You wretched bird get out of my house! You are no longer welcome! the seer shouts up at Etch, who feels magic gather below him. A snap at his feet then 2 pulses of magic strike at Etch. The seer clamps onto Etch's leg and pulls him out of the upper room and swings him down to fall onto the floor. The seer is visibly upset and pulls back up to the dome entrance to the upper room as Etch is thrown down.
Take 1 damage from the bite.
Roll 2 Save Tests (2d6 each) The first is against Paralysis, the second is against Fear that will cause you to be unwilling to approach the Seer and have disadvantage on all rolls while you can see it.