The Lustrous Lass

The Lustrous Lass is a book found on the corpse of Penita on the quarantined ship outside the Counting House, in the Lower City.

This book is redolent with the enticing smell of paper and ink.

Properties

• Books
• Rarity: Common
•  Weight: 0.5 kg / 1 lb
• Price: 14 gp

Text

When the Fist Manip said he wanted me to check out a Lustrous Lass, I didn't realize that was a ship's name and almost said something regrettable. But when he said the vessel was under quarantine after drifting in to harbour with a dead crew, I realised Ilmater had a task for me.

The crew were dead indeed, of poison or pestilence, but what killed them? I found a wicker basket of rotting fruit of a kind I didn't recognise - could that be it? There's an aura of wickedness here that belies mere death by food poisoning. I must search more thoroughly, but all of a sudden I'm feeling tired. Very tired.

Notes

Despite the book mentioning a wicker basket full of rotten fruit, and wicker baskets full of rotten fruit being found far and wide across Baldur's Gate, there are no wicker baskets upon the Lustrous Lass.