Lance waited a good while, but no gifts arrived from Totnes. He didn't know what had happened there. Since he was wide awake and couldn't sleep, he simply leaned into the glow of the lantern and took out a book to browse.
Learning is an endeavor that never results in a loss.
"Interesting..." Lance studied the "White Wolf Scroll" in his hand and found some very fascinating things within it. For example, methods to craft Extraordinary Equipment and how to handle Spiritual Materials. He finally understood how those little skulls used as ornaments by the Barbarian Tribes were made.
It turned out that a potion was needed to fully immerse a severed head. Through a ritual, the soul, or rather the Spiritual Essence, would be trapped. Meanwhile, the flesh would dissolve and impurities would be removed, leaving behind pure Spiritual Essence and thus shrinking the skull.
