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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malvoisin" data-source="post: 4921399" data-attributes="member: 40128">"Wiser? That's a laugh. More powerful? Perhaps for now...but more corrupt? That's a certainty! Don't you see, these creatures are not the real problem...it's the powers that be in this city! That arrogant fop of a 'Lord Mayor' and the wretched old nobility that squabble amongst themselves for the table scraps cast their way by the diabolists in Egorian!  Do you think they really want to eliminate the threats that stalk our streets after darkness falls? These creatures are a tool to keep the common folk of the city safely out of the way and underfoot...just like the Hellknights, the dottari...but I say no longer!" "This is exactly what they wish you to believe! We must be stronger, we must come together and force a change! Not as rioters or rabble rousers, but as protectors. We must win the admiration of the ordinary citizen through good deeds."If Marcus expected Janiven to be disappointed, he finds her just the opposite. "By Desna, that's wonderful news! This battle may need strength of arms before the deed is done, but sometimes the pen is mightier than the sword! You could print literature to be distributed on the streets, taking the message to..."At that moment, Janiven's impassioned plea is interrupted by a sudden, insistent pounding on the tavern's front door. She immediately tenses and whirls to face the unexpected noise, hand on swordhilt.</blockquote>