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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 8432163" data-attributes="member: 2012">Tim manages to get some guffaws from the crowd. A young waif recommends a tailoring shop in Old City's Cliffside Ward known as the Stitch Witch. "Miss Ghali's fashions are the best in Old City and she does special requests for adventurers and the Elite."Most of the citizens in the crowd begin to disperse back to their work or homes. They take the knowledge that the 'temporal magic' has been ends and that the Exemplars have survived and returned. The news will likely spread like a wildfire burning across a dry grassland. Others seem unwilling to leave the presence of Akos, Breva, and Big Tim who are quickly becoming celebrated for their deeds and words.Falen watches the fanfare from a distance. It isn't his way to become famous. You cannot blend into a crowd when people are always looking at you. He stays behind Tuck and lets the others take the lead. He might need to build a new identity to use while mingling with these large crowds.Captain Pare welcomes the Loremaster's aid for him and his fellow guards. "If you can spare the magic," the captain says.Once Akos refreshes the guards, each one of them thanks him even going so far as to shake the Loremaster's hand. The captain says a quick "good bye and good luck" to you all before he and his squad head back towards the Masque Arch. They escort home a few citizens that were laid low by the temporal shift.OOC: It is a really cool ability that definitely helps with the current situation. I'm assuming Akos is also helping all the guards assigned to the Gate of Scales. At some point, Akos will probably want to go find the dragori druid and use it on him again."Agreed," Custodio says. "We need to get them to either the barracks or the palace." He looks back towards the guard post. "I'm not sure which is the better option. If there are other Regulars and Elites in Waldo's pocket, then who can we trust?"He muses for a second and then goes back into the guard post to ask the recovering guards assigned to the gate a few questions. When he comes back to the guard post's doorway, he motions for you all to join them. "Mr. Vinther, he's the sergeant assigned here, thinks its best we head to the palace instead of the barracks. The commanders of the barracks are in a uproar right now and the cells are full of captured Loyalists and the few Rising Sword mercenaries that didn't fight to the death. He says that our other prisoners were taken there too. Solomon was put into isolation in the Tower while Narzissa and Mambru are being kept away from those captured during these new attacks."The man who Tim found slumped by the table steps towards the doorway. Akos' ability to remove the nausea has gotten him and the other Elites stationed at the Gate of Scales back on their feet."First, thank you for your help, Loremaster. Mr. Vecchi has explained to me what happened and we are very grateful."He motions to his fellow Elites. There are three others who are keeping an eyes on Lowenan and the others. Lady Anorna is not happy to be locked up in one of the cells. She sits next to Silagord with her arms crossed and she looks at you all with great displeasure. It doesn't take any sort of hunch to tell that she feels that she was deceived by you all."Second, if you head to the palace, don't expect to be able to go through the Iron Gate. It took some major engineering and magical manipulation, but The Five and the Wizard Council managed to get the gate blocked off almost right away. You'll have to go the long way through Rift Arch and The Trench. Security was being tightened throughout the district and that was before we became isolated from the rest of Old City by the magicks from down below.""Can I make a suggestion," Lowenan says from his cell."No you may not!" Custodio snaps."Do not let him or his followers sway you," Custodio insists to Akos. "You cannot trust him. It doesn't matter that he is a sorcerer. He has broken his Oath and aligned with an enemy of the city. That is enough to warrant him being executed.""I still can't believe it," Sergeant Vinther adds. "I came up under his tutelage in the Military District. For him to be a traitor is just... unbelievable.""He has admitted it," Custodio replies to the guard sergeant. "Although now that his master has abandoned him, I think he regrets his decision." He turns back to Akos. "Silagord will have to answer to the Wizard Council. As long as he is willing to renounce his association with the commander, he might just get kicked out of Bluffside with a dagger in his hand and blank spellbook on his back." The Vanquisher cleric looks to Vinny. "I will leave it up to you to decide what do with him, Sectarian.""Go see Lady Pomander," Lowenan says. He speaks just loud enough for them to hear him but not loud enough to be overtly threatening."You really need to be quiet," Custodio insists."I might be in your custody, d'Elite," the ex-commander replies. "But I have not been convicted of anything, yet!""If you don't want to make it worse for yourself and these others, you will be silent, commander," Sergeant Vinther says."Commander Wearne, please," Silagord pleads with his commander."The Lord Commander told me that the Wizard Council believes that the Del Cannithas are one of the most powerful families of the Dragonwalk Cities. They do not have any holdings in Bluffside. The Dragonwalk Houses are not welcome here. They are disruptive and expansionistic. If it wasn't for the Dragori Empire acting as a buffer between those cities and the rest of the Northwest, they're armies would have expanded through the Dragon Sands and into the forests southeast of here over a century ago."Falen listens to the ongoing conversation with some trepidation. He's heard of the Dragonwalk Houses. Most who have lived in or visited Tânger have heard of the Dragonwalkers and their powerful houses. They dominate the Free Cities, what others call the Dragonwalk Cities. They have tired to conquer Tânger in the past but have always been rebuffed by the Dragori Empire or another powerful kingdom. If Phelix is a pariah of his family, that means he is an excoriate. He has has been shunned by his family and they will probably not even acknowledge that he is alive.He continues to wait and listen, as he isn't willing to reveal too much about himself or what he knows. If it becomes vital to the city's survival (and his own), he will tell Tuck and the others what he knows of the Free Cities. For now, they seem to understand that Phelix is an outcast of his kin and cannot count of them for support.Right now, he's more concerned about the Dusk and where they might be in the city.Custodio shakes his head. "Akos is right. The Five don't have any influence in Khasan or the other Dragonwalk Cities. They may have sent envoys to the Del Cannithas when Waldo first became a problem, but if they did, nothing has come of it." He pauses and looks at Lowenan. "But we now know he plans to not only try to conquer Bluffside, but also to use it as a stepping-stone to return home and take over his own house and try to conquer all of the Dragonwalk Cities."He asks Lowenan. "How does he plan to do this?""Now you want my council," Lowenan snaps. "Well, forget it. Take me to see Lady Pomander. I want her assurances that if convicted, I will only be ostracized. Then, I might be helpful to you again. And don't forget that I am in your custody and if you abuse your abilities to force me to talk, I will make sure everyone knows about it when asked at my trial.""And what about them?" Custodio asks regarding Lady Arnora and the other ex-guards."I will not be able to do anything for Silagord. The Wizard Council has complete authority over him, as you have already said. If Arnona and Rhilaseth renounce me, they might be allowed to leave the city in disgrace. It will be harder for Arnona to avoid going to prison, or worse, and her family might lose their holdings in the city even if she does renounce me." He pauses. "But if I can get one of The Five to officially promise me in writing that I won't be beheaded, then I can save myself and start a new life... far from here." He pauses again. "And that's only if I can evade my so-called mentor and his Loyalists."The ex-commanders speech leaves him breathless and he leans back against the wall of the cell. He closes his eyes and tries not to let the nausea break what's left of his resolve."He could still come for you," Custodio says."Bah! He would have done that by now!"</blockquote>

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