Mendira/Sunflower Retreat
[The Strand, Tree-lined Path]
The thickly wooded area surrounding the footpath does an admirable job of ensconcing the area in deep black shadows. Fastened securely to the many trees along the border, glowing gaethzen globes add a touch of manmade art to the natural environment. Noisy crickets chirp their rhythmic tones every now and then to break the night's silence. You also see an ivy-covered fieldstone retreat standing amidst a riotous multitude of sunflowers, an unremarkable cabin, a lavish alder-gabled residence and a capacious willow tree with a squirrel's nest inside a branch's knothole.
Obvious paths: east, west.
You unlock the door to an ivy-covered fieldstone retreat. You open the door to an ivy-covered fieldstone retreat. You walk through the door to your retreat.
[Mendira's Retreat, Sitting Room]
Walls of cobalt blue jaalmin and a polished ironwood floor covered by a deep-fringed white wool carpet enclose this room. In one corner lies a low blue brocade sofa with a wrought iron frame, and near the sofa sits a delicate rosewood tea table topped with an intricate glass mosaic. A columned white-marble fireplace burns along the far wall with a twining etrana wreath hanging above it. The room holds a very faint scent of etrana blossoms. You also see a large garden window with sparkling glass panes, an elegant dark ironwood bookcase with glass shelves and an engraved rosewood chair that is facing the table.
Obvious paths: none.
>look wall Woven into the warp of the cobalt blue linen are evenly-spaced filaments of shimmering gold, their metallic sheen appearing to almost ripple like quicksilver with the slightest movement. The closely spaced golden threads interact with the background fabric to create the illusion of pinstriping that runs vertically along the surface of the walls. Gold leaf covers the carved cup-and-ball motif on the crown molding, helping to bring out the accents of the metallic fibers in the textile-covered walls.
>look tea table Colorful shards of glass are expertly set into the deep reddish-hued wood to create a lush bouquet of blushing red and cobalt blue etrana flowers across the top of the circular table.
>look on tea table On the tea table you see an Ilithic applewood tea hamper tied with an Elothean silk scarf and an elegant jade teapot.
>look on sofa On the brocade sofa you see an etrana dream pillow, an etrana dream pillow and a soft white blanket trimmed with tiny gold tassels.
>look pillow on sofa Made from soft white linen stuffed with goose feathers and dried flower petals, the pillow has been embroidered with a wreath of etrana blossoms. The same blossoms within the pillow give it an elusive, sweet fragrance.
>look in bookcase In the ironwood bookcase you see a maple welkin figurine, a group of well-worn songbooks, an ornamental rose tree topiary seated within a lacquered blackwood tray, a tall porcelain vase painted with a cascading waterfall, a collection of leather-bound script anthologies, a squat gloamstone basin filled with an assortment of odd stone-like succulents, a collection of worn volumes bound in battered black leather, a collection of artistic studies bound in niveous whitleather and a collection of historical tomes bound in silver-embossed leather.