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Comment by DJScias

Found in the Arcantina selling RP-related consumables.
Basically consumables that when used remain in your hands for some time.

She sells:
Sacredite's Ledger
Archivist's Codex
Silver Hand Squire's Libram
Blood Knight Training Manual
Historian's Tome

Comment by ultraspacecat

If you transform into a Sandstone Drake, using any of the items she sells you makes you do a looping breath attack animation.

Comment by DaemoniKira

Ari:

Khadgar showed me this sanctum after he recovered in Dornogal.

It may not be as grand as the Hall of the Guardian, but at least it is quiet.

I can't help but wonder what secrets this place harbors.

Well, well, well! I'd stopped by Janky first, and I just got the feeling that he --and the items he sells-- is involved in a secret of some sort.

And now, seeing Ari specifically mention "secrets this place," my "there's got to be a secret here" alarm is going off like crazy!

Could what she says when you ask "Who are you?" be a clue? She says:

I am Ari. I am a friend of Khadgar's. I once made my home in the Hall of the Guardian, in the Violet Citadel.

I had dwelled amongst its bookshelves and reading nooks for many quiet, undisturbed years.

But when Dalaran fell under attack by the nerubians, I...

<Ari falls silent for a moment.>

Like many others, I struggled to find my place after the city fell. The outside world was much too big and loud for my liking.

But Khadgar brought me here, where it is safe and quiet. I owe him much.

Could this be a set of instructions for what items the player must use and where, for a secret? For example, going in order:

1) "I once made my home in the Hall of the Guardian, in the Violet Citadel."
Perhaps we are meant to start the secret in the Hall of the Guardian, the Mage Class Hall. (Though, I believe this would be a departure from previous secrets in that it would require players to at least do this part of the secret on a specific class.)

2) "I had dwelled amongst its bookshelves and reading nooks for many quiet, undisturbed years."
There are interactable books laying around the room in which Ari is standing: Archivist's Codex, Historian's Tome, and Sacredite's Ledger, neither of which I can find a WoWhead page for yet. (I did, however, find these --Historian's Tome and Sacredite's Ledger-- in Founder's Point, strangely. Are they interactable, too? Do they do the same thing?) Ari also sells several book items that have uses: Sacredite's Ledger, Archivist's Codex, Silver Hand Squire's Libram, Blood Knight Training Manual, and Historian's Tome. ~~2 of these books are not found in this room (unless I missed them?): Silver Hand Squire's Libram and Blood Knight Training Manual.~~ (Edit: I found an interactable Silver Hand Squire's Libram and Blood Knight Training Manual in the other room, the one where Skitter, Myrrit, and Peanut are.) Maybe we are meant to buy these books and use them in the Hall of the Guardian?

NOTE: The useable book items are CONSUMED ON USE! Considering each book costs 3 or 4g, this will quickly get expensive to test. Though, once used, the effect lasts for I think 15 minutes, and you can interact with NPCs, sit/stand, and shapeshift without breaking the effect. And if you buy a bunch to stock up, you can vendor them -- but only for a copper each. It doesn't look like they're Bind on Pickup, though, so they should be able to be listed on the Auction House, at least.

3) "But when Dalaran fell under attack by the nerubians, I..." / "<Ari falls silent for a moment.>"
Perhaps the next location for this is the rubble of Dalaran on the Isle of Dorn?

4) "Like many others, I struggled to find my place after the city fell. The outside world was much too big and loud for my liking."
Looking around the Arcantina, there are several random items one can pick up for free, including Pygmy Oil, Inky Black Potion, Elixir of Giant Growth, Savory Deviate Delight, Reflecting Prism. This line makes me think of Elixir of Giant Growth! Maybe we're supposed to use Elixir of Giant Growth at the site where Dalaran fell to Dorn? (Alternatively, it could be Pygmy Oil we're supposed to use, if you interpret the clue in the opposite way!)

NOTE: While the NPCs that appear in the Arcantina rotate, these lootable items are stable and respawn after a set amount of time! (Longer than 5-10 minutes, but shorter than 24 hours; and leaving the Arcantina and returning does not force them to respawn.) As far as I can recall, it seems the items respawn in the same places, and if, for example, an Inky Black Potion spawns on a bookshelf next to the ladder, that is the only item that will spawn there (a Pygmy Oil will not spawn in that location). Again, as far as I can recall.

5) "But Khadgar brought me here, where it is safe and quiet. I owe him much."
Finally, maybe we are meant to return here to Arcantina to finish this secret? Perhaps we're meant to speak with Khadgar, or emote him somehow?

This is just my initial hunch -- I haven't tested any of this yet. I will share my thoughts with the Secret Finding Discord and see if anyone else has considered this (I'm assuming they have).

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Edit #1 (3/20/26): After scouring the Arcantina, I've found that half of Janky's candle wares are available as lootable items: Lit Candle, Simple Torch, Hand Torch, and Sturdy Torch. In fact, there are 2 of each of these 4 candles throughout the Arcantina. However, the other 4 candles he sells --Holy Candle, Twin-Flame Holder, Arkonite Beacon, and Argunite Beacon-- don't seem to be anywhere in the tavern as lootable items. So, I bought 4 of each of those for testing. The flavor text for Holy Candle and Argunite Beacon intrigue me...
While finding all the interactable candle locations and types in the Arcantina, I did try gathering them in order (e.g., using both Lit Candle, then finding the next one and using both of those, etc.) until I'd used them all. Nothing happened. I've brought each candle type to Janky as well -- nothing.
Also: the interactable candles, like the interactable books, have WoWhead object pages, but they're listed as being located in Founder's Point rather than the Arcantina. So it's certainly possible these interactable items aren't related to a secret at all, and are simply for decoration and to show players what Housing Decor is available, or something.

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Ari

This NPC can be found in Arcantina (67).

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