A Reclusive Wizard

The bird flicks it's gaze across both of you. Other than this it continues to attempt to climb the stairs by hopping and scrabbling with its claws, with an occasional flutter of its wings which seems to cause it to flinch.

As the two of you move to encircle and grab the bird it's struggles become more frantic. Finally as you are about to snatch it the bird spreads it's wings and flaps its wings only for a screech of pain as the favored wing suddenly emits a small snapping noise and bends in a way you can only assume is not good. The bird faints and you quickly move to secure it.

Aurora gently probes the bird as healing energy flows into it. The clearly broken wing shifts and she guides it back into place where it begins knitting the bones and muscles back into their proper forms. Unfortunately the bird is still unconscious, which might have been a good thing as healing broken bones can be even more painful than breaking them in the first place. By time the healing finishes its breathing has slowed and it seems to have settled into a deep sleep.

Orrid looks over the bird and spots several interesting traits. Unlike any other bird you are familiar with this ones face has a mask pattern around its eyes and what is clearly a rune can be seen on the breast feathers, formed by the shift in the feather coloration. Though either might be natural they seem more deliberate than evolved.

Leaving the now healed bird you continue on up the stairs and read a small yet comfortably furnished room. A thick carpet covers the cold stone floor and several chairs of various sized are set around with lamps, small tables, and a couple of book shelves. At the far end of the room is a stout wooden door.

It is a solid wood door that does seem enchanted to stay closed.

You find the room to be very comfortable and there a seat to fit each of your unique frames very nicely. There are some books for light reading with topics such as "Countryside Herbs and their uses" and "Interesting but harmless, mostly anyhow, Fae" with large colorful illustrations. One one small table you find a small silver bell and another has a drawer with a writing kit.

Orid finds some of the books easy to understand as they limit the words used and tend to use the simplified common script as much as the more advanced high script used by magi and clergy