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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 8263742" data-attributes="member: 2012">Akos muses for several minutes as he goes over in his mind what he knows about the Iron Gate.[Spoiler="What Akos Knows About the Iron Gate"]Akos did know that the inner gate known as the Iron Gate is considered not only vital to Bluffside's inner defenses, but also that it is only opened during political ceremonies or in times of great crisis. Otherwise, it remains closed. He also knows that only The Five can give the order to open the gate. For it to be opened means that either someone gave an order they shouldn't have or the crisis in the city is worst than Akos and the other know.The Loremaster had absolutely no knowledge of how the gate is opened and seeing the Great Gate Construct (as he will soon learn it's called) rise above Old City is both awe-inspiring and frustrating to him. He is a Loremaster! How could he have not known about it! Those are the thoughts racing through his head. If he'd followed Tim and Vinccenzo, he could have seen it better.[/Spoiler]"The Iron Gate is meant to stand closed," Sergeant Herleva says. "It's a symbol of stability... both from a military and a political standpoint.""Gods, for it to be open," Mariana muses. "Perhaps another member of The Five has died?""More than likely they opened it for Tim after seeing the doppelganger and hearing what's transpired here," Tuck says. "As to who opened it... someone might lose their position or their head for using the Construct.""Let's hope no one died or loses their head," Herleva notes. She shes the look on Breva's face and goes into more detail as they step out of the guard post and see the stunned looks on the faces of many in the crowd, which has thinned out. "The Great Gate Construct was built generations ago by the steam gnomes. At first, it was merely a curiosity and barely moved at all. Over time, the gnomes and the Wizard Council enhanced it to be able to perform more complex movements. It used to stand in the center of The Grand Gallery in front of the Palace. It was moved into the Old City Rift for maintenance and never came out again. Morlocks tried to invade Bluffside through the rift and after they were repelled, the Construct was repurposed to stand guard near the top of the rift and open the Iron Gate."She notes the look on Roland's face and Akos pacing back and forth deep in thought. "You saw it.""It was... amazing. And frightening.""I can hardly believe it," Lord Reddish says. "M- my shop can wait, I think.""I think the Regulars can spare some time to help you while this is going on, Lord Reddish," Roland replies. "Work must go on even as The Gate stands open.""Loremaster, are you troubled?" The Street Sergeant asks Akos, a bit worried.OOC: Changed the color I'm using for Sergeant Herleva. Using light green for Tuck while posting for [USER=6776182]@JustinCase[/USER].BTW, the designation of Street Sergeant is a bit like how there are Street Judges in the Judge Dredd comics and movies. However, they don't have free reign to pass out sentences but are relied on to keep order throughout Bluffside. Herleva is one of the nicer Street Sergeants. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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