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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew D. Gable" data-source="post: 1494922" data-attributes="member: 4144">Jamila turns back to look at Balavous, grinning slyly.&nbsp; &quot;I think I shall have no problems with that,&quot; she says.&nbsp; &quot;Wait here a moment.&quot;&nbsp; She runs ahead and speaks with two guardsmen standing in front of the villa.&nbsp; After a moment, she walks back towards the group, nodding.&quot;Tiberio will see you,&quot; she says, leading them forward through the massive oak door of the home.&nbsp; She nods again at the guards as you pass into a long room.&nbsp; Plinths set back into niches along the walls are topped with potted plants, and a rich purple carpet, Zamboulan by the looks of it, lies on the floor.&nbsp; Jamila leads the party through the corridor, emerging in another room, evidently a dining room.&nbsp; In a divan at the room's end reclines a dark-haired man of middle age, attended by three female servants.&nbsp; Jamila clears her throat.&quot;Father, these men were hired by Gyrrho of Vasala, who himself was slain moments later.&nbsp; But they have slain the assassins in turn.&quot;&quot;Ahh!&nbsp; So that fool Gyrrho got what was coming to him?&nbsp; I suppose it shouldn't have been unexpected.&nbsp; He was a good man, but a man who made his living killing Ophireans showing up in the roughest section of Ianthe has it coming to him, I suppose.&nbsp; What are their names, then, Jamila?&quot;&quot;Thorkin of Vanaheim, Santoro of Shadizar, and Balavous of Aquilonia, sire,&quot; Jamila says.&nbsp; &quot;They wish to know of Drusus, that was what Gyrrho spoke to them about, killing Drusus.&quot;&quot;Ahh!&nbsp; I should not be surprised at that.&nbsp; Gyrrho had great hatred of Drusus, and rightly so.&nbsp; The massacre of the khallufti was a terrible thing, indeed.&quot;&nbsp; Then, looking at the party, &quot;Forgive my apparent rudeness, sires.&nbsp; As you may have guessed, my name is Count Tiberio of Ronocco.&nbsp; Please sit, I will have my servants bring you some food or drink, should you wish such.&quot;Gyrrho has likely told you of the fate that befell his men, and why he carries such hatred of Drusus.&nbsp; Now I will tell you what he did not.&nbsp; After the massacre, Drusus was called to the Ianthium by King Cantallo, god rest his soul.&nbsp; There, he was reprimanded severely, and taken down into the king's cellars, where I do not know, and do not wish to know, what occurred.&nbsp; But the reprimand was not for the deaths of the khallufti, for what is the deaths of even a hundred foreign bandits to the king?&nbsp; No, Cantallo had received word that Drusus was wretchedly cruel to his own subjects, and those of neighboring counts and dukes, and had a hand in all manner of criminal activities, among them slavery.&quot;&nbsp; At this, a sad look passes over Jamila's face.&nbsp; Tiberio takes a glass of wine from a serving girl and drinks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andrew D. Gable, post: 1494922, member: 4144"] Jamila turns back to look at Balavous, grinning slyly. "I think I shall have no problems with that," she says. "Wait here a moment." She runs ahead and speaks with two guardsmen standing in front of the villa. After a moment, she walks back towards the group, nodding. "Tiberio will see you," she says, leading them forward through the massive oak door of the home. She nods again at the guards as you pass into a long room. Plinths set back into niches along the walls are topped with potted plants, and a rich purple carpet, Zamboulan by the looks of it, lies on the floor. Jamila leads the party through the corridor, emerging in another room, evidently a dining room. In a divan at the room's end reclines a dark-haired man of middle age, attended by three female servants. Jamila clears her throat. "Father, these men were hired by Gyrrho of Vasala, who himself was slain moments later. But they have slain the assassins in turn." "Ahh! So that fool Gyrrho got what was coming to him? I suppose it shouldn't have been unexpected. He was a good man, but a man who made his living killing Ophireans showing up in the roughest section of Ianthe has it coming to him, I suppose. What are their names, then, Jamila?" "Thorkin of Vanaheim, Santoro of Shadizar, and Balavous of Aquilonia, sire," Jamila says. "They wish to know of Drusus, that was what Gyrrho spoke to them about, killing Drusus." "Ahh! I should not be surprised at that. Gyrrho had great hatred of Drusus, and rightly so. The massacre of the [i]khallufti[/i] was a terrible thing, indeed." Then, looking at the party, "Forgive my apparent rudeness, sires. As you may have guessed, my name is Count Tiberio of Ronocco. Please sit, I will have my servants bring you some food or drink, should you wish such. "Gyrrho has likely told you of the fate that befell his men, and why he carries such hatred of Drusus. Now I will tell you what he did not. After the massacre, Drusus was called to the Ianthium by King Cantallo, god rest his soul. There, he was reprimanded severely, and taken down into the king's cellars, where I do not know, and do not wish to know, what occurred. But the reprimand was not for the deaths of the [i]khallufti[/i], for what is the deaths of even a hundred foreign bandits to the king? No, Cantallo had received word that Drusus was wretchedly cruel to his own subjects, and those of neighboring counts and dukes, and had a hand in all manner of criminal activities, among them slavery." At this, a sad look passes over Jamila's face. Tiberio takes a glass of wine from a serving girl and drinks. [/QUOTE]

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