Infiltrate the Masquerade of Whispers
Infiltrate the Masquerade of Whispers
🔍 Quest Lead
The **Masquerade of Whispers** is a secret society of junior scholars, librarians, and collectors who meet monthly under the full moon to trade information they deem important. They have stolen books from Candlekeep's infernal section, including volumes that may contain information about the Bagpipes of Lariel's Lament and other powerful artifacts.
Source: A Candlekeep librarian informed Shade about the Masquerade of Whispers while researching the bagpipes. The librarian noted that several books in the infernal section were missing, likely taken by this group.
What's Known:
- The Masquerade of Whispers is described as "a secret society in the way that loud cosplay at a silent auction is secret"
- They are junior scholars calling themselves the Masquerade of Whispers
- They meet monthly under the full moon
- They trade information they consider important
- They have taken books from Candlekeep's infernal artifacts section
- The librarian suggested the party could infiltrate by offering any old book with a convincing story—the members won't know better
Potential Leads:
- Wait for the next full moon and attend a Masquerade meeting
- Acquire a plausible-looking old book to use as trade bait
- Prepare a convincing deception about the book's importance
- Use the meeting to gather information about infernal artifacts
- Recover the stolen Candlekeep books if possible
- Determine what other dangerous knowledge they've been trading
- Investigate whether they have connections to the Cult of the Dragon or other threats
Related Entities:
- Shade - Most likely to successfully deceive the Masquerade
- Candlekeep - Library they stole from
- Bagpipes of Lariel's Lament - Artifact whose related books were stolen
- Harpers - Might be interested in recovering stolen knowledge
Sessions Mentioned:
- Session 36 - Return to the Castle - Where the Masquerade was mentioned