The City of Splendors

It is within the expanse of Waterdeep that you have finally planted roots. You have used the last of your gold to open up a quaint book shop in a tucked away corner of the city. The shelves are filled with tomes and scrolls found during your adventurous days.

The day of your grand opening arrives. You await behind the counter, electrified excitement coursing through your veins.

The cool rays of the morning shift to warm afternoon sunbeams. No one had given the shop a passing glance, let alone, step inside. The exhilaration from before had faded, replaced by melancholy and self doubt.

Defeated, you round the counter to lock the door. You reach for the handle, only for it to pull away from you. A cool breeze blows through briefly as a man steps over the threshold.

“Are you still open? It would be quite the tragedy for a wizard to miss the opening of a brand new bookshop.” He says as he glances around. “The secrets these very books might hold. Unimaginable.”