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<blockquote data-quote="pacdidj" data-source="post: 5573239" data-attributes="member: 86793"><p><em><span style="font-size: 18px">Local Apothecary Convicted of Smuggling, Conspiracy</span></em></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">Siveris Smythe,</span> the former proprietor of Siv's Salves, a highly-reputed apothecary in downtown Daunton, was arraigned and hastily convicted by the High Magistrate's court today on charges of smuggling a controlled substance and conspiracy against the Founding Families. The arrest follows a raid on the young gnome's establishment while he was away at war on the Island of Baskrant, based on anonymous tips that <span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">Mr. Smythe</span> was illegally importing the fungus known as fleshbane from sources in Bacarte. The fungus is highly-toxic, potent, and widely-feared, as only a single drop of its extract can rapidly dissolve an entire human body.</p><p></p><p>During the raid Daunton constables also happened upon <span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">Mr. Smythe's </span>private diaries in which he had apparently been making plans to use the illicit substance at the Founding Families' annual ball in the month of Merkari later this year, where he planned to spike the punch with fleshbane extract. He was apparently targeting the Lady Glasston, matron of Daunton's most powerful family, though his reasons are not clear at this time. No one was able to extract a coherent statement from the young gnome in court, as he immediately began throwing things and shouting insults and threats when released from his bonds by the constabulary. He spent the remainder of the hearings bound and gagged.</p><p></p><p>Myrna Magnavoce of the Dauntonian Civil Liberties Society remarked that it is unusual for a defendant to be tried and summarily convicted within one afternoon, stating that her office plans to launch an investigation into whether <span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">Mr. Smythe</span> was given the benefit of due process. Inside sources tell The Screamer however that Lady Glasston privately suspects <span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">Smythe's</span> involvement with the disappearance of her grandson Pyron last month. Our source speculates that it may have been Glasston money that greased the wheels, so to speak, on the legal conveyor belt that quickly deposited <span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">Mr.</span> <span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">Smythe</span> behind bars.</p><p></p><p>[OOC]Anyone in need of a Dauntonian villain, please feel free to use <span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">Siveris Smythe.</span> I am retiring him as a public character. His sheet can be found <a href="http://l4w.wikia.com/wiki/PC%3ASiveris_Smythe_%28pacdidj%29" target="_blank">here.</a>[/OOC]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pacdidj, post: 5573239, member: 86793"] [I][SIZE=5]Local Apothecary Convicted of Smuggling, Conspiracy[/SIZE][/I] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]Siveris Smythe,[/COLOR] the former proprietor of Siv's Salves, a highly-reputed apothecary in downtown Daunton, was arraigned and hastily convicted by the High Magistrate's court today on charges of smuggling a controlled substance and conspiracy against the Founding Families. The arrest follows a raid on the young gnome's establishment while he was away at war on the Island of Baskrant, based on anonymous tips that [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]Mr. Smythe[/COLOR] was illegally importing the fungus known as fleshbane from sources in Bacarte. The fungus is highly-toxic, potent, and widely-feared, as only a single drop of its extract can rapidly dissolve an entire human body. During the raid Daunton constables also happened upon [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]Mr. Smythe's [/COLOR]private diaries in which he had apparently been making plans to use the illicit substance at the Founding Families' annual ball in the month of Merkari later this year, where he planned to spike the punch with fleshbane extract. He was apparently targeting the Lady Glasston, matron of Daunton's most powerful family, though his reasons are not clear at this time. No one was able to extract a coherent statement from the young gnome in court, as he immediately began throwing things and shouting insults and threats when released from his bonds by the constabulary. He spent the remainder of the hearings bound and gagged. Myrna Magnavoce of the Dauntonian Civil Liberties Society remarked that it is unusual for a defendant to be tried and summarily convicted within one afternoon, stating that her office plans to launch an investigation into whether [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]Mr. Smythe[/COLOR] was given the benefit of due process. Inside sources tell The Screamer however that Lady Glasston privately suspects [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]Smythe's[/COLOR] involvement with the disappearance of her grandson Pyron last month. Our source speculates that it may have been Glasston money that greased the wheels, so to speak, on the legal conveyor belt that quickly deposited [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]Mr.[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]Smythe[/COLOR] behind bars. [OOC]Anyone in need of a Dauntonian villain, please feel free to use [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]Siveris Smythe.[/COLOR] I am retiring him as a public character. His sheet can be found [URL="http://l4w.wikia.com/wiki/PC%3ASiveris_Smythe_%28pacdidj%29"]here.[/URL][/OOC] [/QUOTE]
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