Pagent sat in his office , the pile of books he had taken from the libiary surroundeding him. He was making notes from them and sheets of parchment lay scattered on his desk . " of all the damn placers to get shut in" he muttered . He himself lacked the power to break into Carceri but it didnt hurt to find the info for those who did . Especially with the high king so angry . It was times like this Pagent wished Neuyru was still around . but the silly sod had gotten himself killed for love . Pagent wouldnt be that stupid . " no , ill get myself killed for power" he chuckled to himself opening the next book on his list . He hoped that "Aberon's guide to unhealthy places and dimensions " would be more usefull than " the almanac of places you really dont want to visit". Sometimes he wondered where Neuyru had got these books, other times he suspected he had written them under assumed names as a joke . Still the dead mages libiary was the best bet in finding out the information he needed .
Pagent hit the imp again and it vaporised , its essence heading back to the plane it originally came from. That was the ninth book in Neuyrus collection that was booby trapped . " A bloody clown imp. where the hells did you find that " he mumbled as he picked up the Codex extrapanuim and put it back on the shelf . So far he had looked in Aberon's guide to unhealthy places and dimensions , Tobins Spirit Guide , the almanac of places you really dont want to visit , The necronomican ( 9th edition with the talking face cover, limited to a thousand copies and signed by the author ) , the Unaussprechlichen Kulten , the Liber Ivonis, The Hitchikers guide to the lower planes ( with the comforting words on the cover "dont panic"), Ceceri Invelitus , Neuyru's Diary ( Pagent would never look at Adelaide the same way again) , the Dictionnaire Infernal , Sokans Travells : a journel of infernal horror , De praestigiis daemonum as well as many more . It had taken him over a day to find them and get them out of the library. It had taken him a week, ten iron guard, seven healing potions, a blessed set of tongs and possibly his sanity to put them back again . But now he had more information on Cerceri ( as well as a lot of stuff that would give him nightmares for months ) .
Pagent contacted those who needed the information with IQs help via secure ley and then went and sat in the chapel for an hour , trying most unsuccesfully to get the images of the sisterhood of decedence out of his mind