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A Costly Candle

There are several new figures in Tempered Vale. One is a petite, pale young woman in white and gold clerical vestments, marked with a symbol of a path winding into a sunrise. Her voluminous cloaks conceal a well-maintained crossbow and side quiver, and outdoor and in she wears a hooded winter cloak or monk-like habit. She doesn't say much, or look people in the eye, and in fact rarely raises her hooded head at all. Sometimes she seems to be praying, sometimes tending to the feather-winged orange cat in her lap, sometimes toying with an amber amulet. Sometimes it looks like she's pretending one of those things, so as not to look up. She spends most of her time in a small private room at the inn, but early risers may see her leave the inn shortly before sunrise each day. Thereafter she can't be found, until a little after sunrise, where she prays at the small, outdoor shrine of Lathander and leaves a gold coin as offering. Unless someone else is at the shrine, then she wait...