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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3086899" data-attributes="member: 3448">“I don’t understand why the Archduchess did not have the corrupted clergy dealt with,” said Dame Brionna.“Perhaps the message arrived after her death?”“But then it would have been delivered to us.”“Then perhaps it was intercepted.”They quickly went to the Prioress’s chambers.“Reverend Mother, how would the Abbess have sent a message to the Archduchess?” asked Dame Brionna.“She would have sent one of the sisters with it.  Because the Abbess was close to Her Grace, her missives would be sent directly to the Privy Secretary,” said the Prioress with a touch of pride.“The Privy Secretary…” echoed Dame Brionna, looking up as she tried to remember who filled that office.“Yes, Lady Deborah Brightspan,” added the Prioress helpfully.“Brightspan!” gasped Dame Brionna, beginning to draw her sword in horror.  “Quick!  They will need your best horses.”  She gestured at Jacques and Ilsbet.  “We must ride for the Palace at once!”The trio rushed across the City.  Dame Brionna barely reined her horse in as she charged up the great marble steps to the front gate, gesturing at the guards to let her companions pass as well.  As she rushed in, she ordered the alarm sounded and gathered a detachment of guards to accompany her.They rushed to the Privy Secretary’s office, Dame Brionna resolutely riding her warhorse through the palace halls.  Jacques knelt before the door and looked carefully at the frame and the lock.  “No signs of traps.”“Wait!” called Ilsbet.  She cast a spell.  “There is a rune on the door, with power.  An abjuration… probably a magic trap.”“If I may perform one more service,” the old sergeant commanding the guard detachment said.  The black cloth tied around his arm announced his intention to follow the Archduchess into the light soon enough anyway.  Dame Brionna closed her eyes for a long moment, and then nodded heavily.  “Stand back, lads.  Best if only I face the danger.”  The guard flung open the door, grimacing in pain as energy crackled around him.“Surrender in the name of the Archduke and the Lord of Light!” shouted Dame Brionna as the sergeant led his squad into the office.The Privy Secretary looked up in surprise.  She was bent over an open area of the stone floor, carefully drawing a large symbol in chalk.  Several candles already burned at strategic points around the unfinished pattern.</blockquote>

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