The Water Lyre (Adventure)
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Nikandros¸ professional scoundrel and scourge of the commonfolk¸ has surfaced after an absence with a strange Syrneth artifact-a lyre with seven strings of water instead of animal gut. Kept secret¸ no one knows what the so-dubbed water lyre does or just how powerful it is. Terrible rumors swirl¸ but a chance to settle them has arrived. Nikandros is hosting a gala at his estate in Montaigne where he will auction off the water lyre. Most people know they should be wary¸ but curiosity besting caution guest after guest.
Nikandros hoards his trophies¸ he doesn't sell them. For some reason¸ though¸ the water lyre is different. Some say the water lyre's only magic is in its strings¸ but others claim it can sway minds when played. No one saving a missing archeologist has studied the lyre up close¸ so no one is certain. The potential power and harm are certainly great and¸ in the wrong hands¸ catastrophic.