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Message: <blockquote data-quote="diaglo" data-source="post: 726721" data-attributes="member: 2885">Bartol clears his conscience...Bartol and Bernedette returned to the ambush site. They reenacted their parts. The sergeant had his men search for evidence. He also sent a part of the patrol to the Temple of Gond. The Purple Dragons recovered some of the missiles fired during the attack. The sergeant pointed out a very nasty looking substance on one of the arrows. He also questioned Thungor. Too many unanswered questions, too many leads. Eventually the sergeant grew tired of going around in circles with Bartol and Bernedette. The two lovers bickered or huffed about every word spoken to or against the sergeant. Bartol was just trying to be helpful. He had nothing to hide. Bernedette felt otherwise. She indicated the ring on her finger.The patrol took the adventurers to the constabulary. They were led to a small room and left. They were not unarmed, but they were not free to move about either."I don't trust our thief," Bartol finally stated plainly. "Too many unpleasant things have happened since his appearance. Timmay is a  naive fool. Veridian joined us conveniently  at the border. He convinced Timmay to tell him everything. He noticed or contacted the thief inside the gate. He tagged along with me to the Flagon Held High. He followed Alisiar, the waitress, after she left for the evening. He told us of the first ambush. My guess is it was a distraction, while his other agent killed the girl. He has been after your ring from the beginning. And he has been leering over Hoard Master. He is an elf, which by itself means nothing, but since we have met other not so friendly elves this just makes for something more to watch. He is rather rude or abrupt with most people. He has a strange growth on his neck. He wears all black and is a talented bowman and rogue. I suspect he could easily have disguised himself.  He arranged our meeting in the alley. He claimed to have other business. The person he was to contact ends up in the alley with us, missing his eyes and tongue. Veridian had them. Were they trophies and he was showing off his prowess?"Bernedette's jaw dropped. "How can you say such things? And for that matter how come they make sense and are reasonable conclusions? Although we need evidence. Everything you just said is circumstantial or conjecture.""I'm a man of action," Bartol replied. "That doesn't mean I don't pay attention. Though, it does mean sometimes I ignore what my good sense tells me." The barbarian winked at the caller.She blushed.Bartol kept talking. “And another thing, how do we know Alisiar was evil. Perhaps she was an agent of another organization. Say she was a friend of the Bard, Jhaer Brightsong.  Maybe, we were being tested. Not everyone who is sneaky is evil.”</blockquote>

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