Amazing Race of Silverymoon (spoiler: answers at end)

[Ladellon]

Posted in various locations around the city can be found the following notice:

The first of five clues to be posted regarding locations within the city's walls. Solve all the clues, find all the locations and great rewards can be yours.

Clue No. 1

My secret’s safe, locked in a vault -
And yet you’ll need no key.
But once through its preserving doors
Waste not your opportunity.
Scour the ample space within
for ancient history.
Behind its wall, a second search,
In no time you’ll find me.

((OOC: send screenshot to Laddy on Discord when your PC finds the location))

[Ladellon]

A second post beneath the first reads:

Clue No. 2

She sauntered in and boldly said,
“A bonnet for my head!
Then, halting, “No, where I’m to go,
I’ll need some muffs instead.”

“Not for the Pass, oh, sakes alive!
It’s for the best I strive.
I’m counting down your list, you see:
One, two, three, four, five.”

Swift off she went to find her place
Inside the smiling, frowning face.
Then up and down and up she trod
And up again, oh what a pace!

She sought to be inspired, though
With muffs on it could not be so.
Instead she should have seen the work.
Don’t let the same choice be your woe.

[Ladellon]

tacked underneath the others . . .

Clue No. 3

As I reposed beneath a tree
A mouth without a face urged me,
“I have no eyes, describe for me,
All that before us you can see.”

Said I, “Eight steeds of iron and wood,
Half are drifting where they should.
The others, they just lay about
And hide away when the sun’s not out.”

“Downstream on waters I cannot wade
Across the course spirits are conveyed.
It’s nothing rusted, or hammered,
Or sheathed in hiding,” I clamored.

The mouth then grinned and opened wide,
I came too close and fell inside.
I looked around and promptly saw
The prize I sought within its maw.

[Ladellon]

The list is getting longer . . .

Clue No. 4

When Hunter begins her journey to the Moor
Through the strangest lands she’ll go,
With silver beams shining from the south
While to the north the stars are aglow.
She’s soon assailed by eastern shafts
And from the west the hammer’s blow.
But once the dangers are left behind,
The Gem’s children fill the valley below.
At the feet of the golden-haired lad
Is found the end she seeks to know.

[Ladellon]

the final clue to help you piece it all together . . .

Clue No. 5

Invincible and Inspiration
Should help uncover this location.
Only when destinies align
Lathandar makes the placements trine.
Inside you’ll find for what you search
Alarming, though, it is no church
Sell it to me if it’s not mine.

[Wynna]

Thank you, Laddy, for the player driven initiative and all your compositions! Thanks to the players who took part, also.

[Ladellon]

Answers to the riddles:

Clue No. 1

(Location: Vault of Sages, second floor balcony, other side of wall where shelf containing ancient history books)
(Hints: "waste not" = go opposite direction of waste bin when entering; locate ancient history shelf; 'second look" = second floor, behind the wall)

Clue No. 2

(Location: Scenery workroom, second floor of Fochlucan)
(Hints: look for muff at De Rochelle's Millinery, fifth on list is Fochlucan Muff; up, down, up and up stairs gets you to second floor; "seen the work" = scenery workroom)


Clue No. 3
(Location: inside sewer entrance near Fochlucan)
(Hints: "mouth without face" = sewer entrance; "eight steeds" = ships in harbor, including their reflections; third stanza describes Bright Blade Brandished; ships and BBB can be seen from the sewer entrance)


Clue No. 4
(Location: loose brick in wall near yellow-roofed house south of Feathered Ash)
(Hints: "Hunter to Moor" = start at Hunter Gate, head toward Moor Gate; go between Handful of Stars and Silversmith, then between Hammer & Helm and Feathered Ash; 'Gem's children" = city buildings, the golden-roofed one is right there)


Clue No. 5
(Location: Isolia's Jewelers)
(Hints: two ways to solve. three churches form a triangle, within the center is Isolia's. You can also solve by looking at the first letters of each line - I-S-O-L-I-A-S)



Thanks for playing!