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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deuce Traveler" data-source="post: 4044666" data-attributes="member: 34958">The magistrate seems taken aback as he had fully expected to continue the fight, but then raises a hand in a silent command to his men.  They hesitantly give Dartis space.  "Very well.  In return for your cooperation you will be allowed to walk freely.  As for by what authority I act, I act in the name of the Emperor as myself and my colleagues have been sent by his order with the specific instructions to track down the hiding priests of Festios and their allies.  These are dark times that may spell the end of this great Empire, and so I admit that our current techniques are focused more on speed and brutality than respect for the rights of the citizens.  May there be reason for change and soon.  As for Commander Sassarius, I cannot guarentee that your friendship with him will be to your benefit.  The Emperor has asked that he remain many miles outside the city for now, along with his army."The magistrate motions for you to follow him, which you do through half-empty streets that you imagine must have been filled with life before the plague.  Now you see the few survivors either staring into nothingness with hopeless eyes or muttering to themselves in anguish over lost relatives and friends.Although you walk freely, Collasti Mefust has been tied and gagged and is being partly driven and partly kicked towards the still beautiful Imperial estate.  The guards don't smile as they rough him up; their actions are less sport than complete contempt.  You reach the tall marble columns of the Imperial palace and the magistrate receives nods from the many guards.  Those standing here seem healthier than those in the rest of the city, and as you and the magistrate climb the polished stairs to the main hall he seems to read your mind.  "The priests that the Emperor has still allowed to legally worship are working hard to fight back the disease and keep the city alive.  However, this is the head of the city and therefore the head of the Empire.  The members of the government and its protectors are given the best treatment for if the Senate or the Emperor were to fall it would likely throw the fragile remnants of Tallione into complete chaos and death.  Damn Festios!"</blockquote>

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