Dry Lakes And Unpopularity

We followed the Simi river North from Soulhill for several days until we came to the settlement of Merelee. It seems that travelling wizards are not a popular choice around here. Both Tomepicker and myself headed through the main area looking for a bed for the night but instead were greeted with abuse, or else shunned.

I did eventually find one person willing to speak, and they told me that a previous visit by a travelling wizard had resulted in their beautiful lake drying out. Something to do with this wizard stealing the crystal from the lake bed.

Verid, the local wizard at the castle, has been unable to fix this so I tried to help and summoned up an aquarific spell to replenish the lake with the much needed water. However, the people here are still wary of me, they don't believe that I am here for good.

I will have to find this other travelling wizard - Yermej is his name - and see why he took that crystal.