Editing Tennan Gracevale (section)

=== Ways of the charlatan ===
Tennan managed to get the book he stole out of the palace and was able to sell it for a great deal. Tennan was amazed he could finally bring something back to his family to make them proud. As such he was able to again get away with stealing another few books from Shardore library, in trade for great prices. Elnin did not approve of Tennan’s behavior and thievery and decided to leave, parting ways with him. 

As Tennan gained more knowledge about magic, the city and the sahuagin war. He grew disgusted by the way the empire had treated the college’s founder and the outer inhabitants of the sea. In Tennan’s eyes: the great wealthy and expensive lifestyles of the people living here was built off of nothing but exploitation, he began to see the rulers of the empire as restrictive and greedy monsters.

As Tennan’s college continued he got more selfish and became more and more interested in illusionary and enchantment magic. He realised that the way the college treated its students was restrictive and limited, nothing like a college of creation he imagined where freedom and expression is incentivised. Clearly he was losing his care about the college, the city and its successes. Yet Tennan wanted access to the palace again and so tricked the college’s conductor with the use of his charms to become a contestant for Aquireth’s royal bard status. Tennan became fully absorbed into his act, and it showed his narcissistic side. He succeeded in stealing more scrolls and tomes from the palace, and trading them on the black market just outside of the walls of the city. 

Tennan decided to head back to his hometown Whithersreef. Upon arriving back in the town the situation of the people had become worse due to surprise attacks from the sahuagin, some houses were ruined and food became scearce. Tennan returned to his house to meet his mother and sister, they were happy to see him come back safe after all these years. His father was sick and had long lasting injuries due to working in the mines and had been in a coma for a long time. Tennan left part of the money he made to his family to rebuild and to keep themselves safe, the other part he gave to the mayors of Whithersreef in the hope to make a start in rebuilding the town. 

After a week Tennan decided to return to Aquireth, hoping he could still finish his bard college. However, for reasons unknown to Tennan he was not allowed back into the college, but that didn’t stop him from attempting to take tomes, magic scrolls and a violin from the magical facility. Tennan was stopped by royal bard ‘'''Eniox Clampearl'''’ and wanted him to forfeit and give him the chance to confess for his crimes in front of the queen herself or be put in jail. Tennan refused and with his flattery and tricks was able to make it out unscaved. 

Tennan made his way outside of the city walls and traded his tomes and scrolls but decided to keep his violin to himself. With it he set out on a journey towards Tohill wilds.