Okay, it's like this:  Hazarnaveth Gomer, in his younger days, used
to pay the bills as an artist.  He was good at it, not through great
skill but through eidetic imagery, a talent that let him memorize a
scene in picturesque detail, then draw and paint it from memory.  So
he did lots of pretty landscapes, etc.  

  One day while he was an apprentice he stumbled across Rehoboth Det,
the Madwand-mage, conducting a bizarre ritual involving the
conjuration of an intricate sigil.  Det spotted him and cast a spell
to wipe out the boy's memory of the event, since the spell was a
preliminary to opening the creation gate and he didn't want it known
he was doing this.  But he didn't count on Gomer's talent.

  That day, Gomer had an "inspiration," an idea for a painting that
wasn't a reproduction but an original piece, involving a sorcerous
conjuration.  Working eagerly, he produced what became his personal
best, and sold it to a private collector, who recently sold it to
Nehemiah Abraam of the Capital Art Gallery.

  When Tuvan and his compatriots broke into the gallery (see darkhold.
painting), Tuvan noticed this painting and recognized Det's robes.  He
looked closer, and recognized Det!  Quickly, he removed the painting
from the frame and stuck it into the lining of his cape.  While this
was happening, his partners stole the darkhold painting, had it stolen
from them, and got arrested.

  Aram, the arresting officer, used his Madwand talent to command one
of the guard deva to search inside the Gallery for more intruders.
Since searching is a slow process, and the deva wasn't realy trained
for it, Tuvan "spotted" it before it reached him and ordered it to
return.  So Aram left, and Tuvan went to get the Darkhold painting...
but it was missing.


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