Azure Bonds

Azure Bonds is the first book of The Finder's Stone trilogy by Jeff Grubb and Kate Novak. It was later made into an adventure module, Curse of the Azure Bonds, and a computer game of the same name released by Strategic Simulations, Inc.

"Her name is Alias, and she is in big trouble.

She is a sell-sword, a warrior-for-hire, and an adventuress. She awoke with a series of twisting, magical blue sigils inscribed on her arms and no memory of where she got them.

Determined to learn the nature of the mysterious tattoo, Alias joins forces with an unlikely group of companions: the halfling bard, Olive Ruskettle, the southern mage, Akabar, and the oddly silent lizard-man, Dragonbait. With their help, she discovers that the symbols hold the key to her very existence.

But those responsible for the sigils aren't keen on Alias's continued good health. And if the five evil masters find her first, she may discover all too soon their hideous secret."

Summary
The 7th of Mirtul 1357 DR, Alias woke up in one of the guestrooms of the Hidden Lady inn in Suzail. She quickly realized she remembered nothing of the previous night, nothing of how she ended up in the room, and she felt hungover with vague images of lizardmen, shadowy warriors, and wizards in her mind. Another surprise was right there on her sword arm - an elaborate glowing azure tattoo. It was a pattern surrounding five symbols: a dagger lit with blue fire; three interlocking circles; a dot and a squiggle; a hand with a fanged mouth in the middle of the palm; and the last one was of three concentric circles of bright blue light. There was an empty spot underneath all the symbols as if the tattoo was missing one of its parts. As Alias was inspecting mysterious symbols on her arm, she noticed that she was being watched by a lizardman of sorts, one she's never seen before. As Alias' warrior instincts kicked in, the strange lizard was gone.

Alias walked to the Hidden Lady's barroom and met a friendly barkeep who told her that she was found by Mitcher Trollslayer, one of the regulars. She was left on the inn's porch with a bag of gold and trinkets, that was used to pay for her stay. It was there where the woman met Akabar Bel Akash, a trader, and a wizard from Turmish. The Turmishman agreed to help Alias finding out about the azure tattoo by casting Detect Magic on it. The effect was overwhelming, the spell exploded with blue light, lightning flashes, strobing rays, eliminating the barroom. Shocked by the uncanny display of magic, assuming Akabar Bel Akash was incompetent, Alias left the Hidden Lady in search for a capable magic-user to help her.

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Characters
Vangerdahast Aeiulvana • Mourngrym Amcathra • Elminster Aumar • Cassana • Daisyeye • Daisyeye II • Darol • Dimswart • Mistinarperadnacles Hai Draco • Dragonbait • Gaylyn • Phocius Green • Han • High Roll • Lady Killer • Leah • Leona • Lhaeo • Lightning • Minda • Moander • Phalse • Zrie Prakis • Rafner • Roberts • Jhaele Silvermane • Turko • Windove • Winefiddle • Dorath Wyvernspur • Finder Wyvernspur • Frefford Wyvernspur • Giogioni Wyvernspur

Locations
Arabel • Desertsmouth Mountains • Dimswart Manor • Elven Wood • Hilp • Immersea • North Gate Inn • Old Skull Inn • The Old Skull Tor • Reddansyr • The Rising Raven • River Ashaba • Shadowdale • Shadow Gap • Stonelands • Teziir • Tower of Ashaba • Towers of Good Fortune • Voonlar • Yulash