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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 445119" data-attributes="member: 96">Session Ten, Part One: Di'Fier's SpeechThe address of Watch-Lieutenant Di'Fier to the Captain's Council, as transcribed by Jephthys Carter, Council Recorder.Ladies and Gentlemen of the Captains' Council, I come to you as Freeport yet again stands of the brink of disaster.  Forces from outside the city threaten to tear it apart.  You all have heard of the wave of violence that has enveloped the city.  The Council's current solution not only forwards the plans of those interlopers who threaten the city but also is as impossible a task as holding back the tide.As you may know the current violence is a direct effect of a war in the underworld between Freeport's established Crime organizations and a new more dangerous faction that wants to control Freeport.  This new faction has worked hard to remain anonymous.  But no more.The Dragon's Claw of Highgate has come to Freeport.Their sights are set much higher than just controlling the underworld of Freeport.Seven days ago, the Dragon's Claw kidnapped the daughters of a number of influential Freeport citizens.  The target of their kidnapping was Nifur Roberts, daughter of Captain Marcus Roberts.Using the lives of the girls as leverage the Dragon's Claw first used the Watch to do their dirty work bringing in their competition, having Captain Roberts suggest the current Watch crackdown on crime.Their next step was to influence the vote on the Drac petition.   Captain Roberts was to change his vote to repeal the law for the final vote, thus opening the position for someone who was their puppet.  They would not have stopped there.  Once the Sea Lord-end of available transcription</blockquote>

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