The House of Knowledge

The House of Knowledge is located by Neverwinter's riverside. Home to a large repository of information, including an area called the Cryptecha which houses the more dangerous books.

A half-elf on reception.

Old Gnome named Yelp, who is unattractive, helps show patrons where to find what they are looking for.

Thackeray Owlrite and Siobahn Ilchester are two known scribes who ventured into the Cryptecha amidst reports of noises and whispers occuring ("the whispering vault"). Both went missing. Other clerks subsequently dubbed the place the 'bad nook'. The group later discovers that an Allip has molested the minds of anyone close enough, seemingly to also drive them mad with some sort of knowledge which they attempt to write out over and over in arcane languages.

The Loremaster Thassis cares more for the reputation of the library, and thus did not seek outside help for rescue.