18 Hearthfire
I will begin this entry by saying that I think Aryon is perhaps a very unusual Telvanni wizard.
Also - people interact very differently with me now that I have this suit of armor. I wear more of it more often than the bonemold because it is so much lighter and more comfortable - I have worn some clothes more restricting.
The boat I booked passage on made port in Sadrith Mora shortly after sundown, the crew grumbling about being delayed by the farmers as we disembarked - likely the only reason
I made it to Sadrith Mora that same day. The captain of the vessel directed me to "The Gateway Inn", where I was greeted by a bureaucrat who charged me 25 Septims for "Hospitality Papers" that allow free passage in the city for travelers.
I spent the night there and set out for the Mages' Guild in the morning - the guild seat in Sadrith Mora is in an Imperial fort called "Wolverine Hall" on the Eastern side of the island. I encountered Skink-in-Tree's-Shade there: he is not a master alchemist as I suspected, but a historian, primarily conducting translation of Xanmeer artifacts, the source of the commissioned potion. The alarm on