The Inquisition: Burned Hands
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Canestro is the shining star of Teraoune. It is the home of the famed Teraoune University, and more importantly, The Teraoune Weaver's Academy, where young mages called Weavers learn to hone their craft.
However, the Academy has been acting suspiciously, and the eyes and ears of Teraoune, the Inquisition, have had their attention grabbed. Money that disappears, staff is hired, but they never leave, more and more exotic materials are being imported, apparently to no end.
An unlikely ally from across the Strait of Plenty has offered to aid them in their investigation, unprompted, causing further concern in the upper echelons of the Inquisition, and accelerating their efforts. Little does she know the threads she will begin to tease apart will come from a tapestry much larger than she anticipated.
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