Difference between revisions of "Alcatraz Smedry"

|Grandpa Smedry in his note to Alcatraz{{book ref|a2|8}}

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After being separated from the others, Alcatraz met the Curators of Alexandria, undead ghosts who took all his possessions that contain writing on them. They said they could tell him how to find his father, but he would have to give up his soul and join them as a Curator. Such is the price of taking any book from the Library.{{book ref|a2|9}} Alcatraz found Bastille and Kaz, and learned more from Kaz about the nature of Smedry Talents.{{book ref|a2|10}} They got caught in a booby trap, which released quick-hardening black goo and completely trapped them. The Curators offered them books on how to get out, but Alcatraz figures out how to release the trap on his own. He asked for his confiscated items back, and the Curators reluctantly return copies. Alcatraz realized that the Curators were bound by rules, and gained information about their rules. He discovered that his father gave up his soul to read a book, and that his possessions have already been picked up by Shasta.{{book ref|a2|11}}

 

Alcatraz learned more about Shasta from Kaz, and he uses his Discerner’s Lenses to find booby traps before they trigger them.{{book ref|a2|12}} They discover an ancient tomb, and Alcatraz used his Translator’s Lenses to read the inscriptions on the walls.{{book ref|a2|13}} It warned about the dangerous Dark Talent, the Talent of Breaking. He found that there’s a bubble around the tomb’s coffin, and inside time has been broken to preserve the coffin and body perfectly. He finds the body of [[Allekatrase|Alcatraz Smedry the First]], who had the same talent. Alcatraz found a perfectly clear lens, and another warning about the dangerous power of the Breaking Talent. Outside, they found the Scrivener’s Bone equipped with Draulin’s Crystin sword.{{book ref|a2|14}}