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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deuce Traveler" data-source="post: 3893557" data-attributes="member: 34958">The 25th of Yearsend Month, 4:36 AM"Open in the name of House Nagel and the authority rested upon it by the City Council, and the Lords of the Twelve, and the One Church of Lothian, and by the...""Oh, shut up already!"  You hear Rufius shout back out, silencing the racket that has disturbed the night.  Each of you is glad that Rufius worked late and stayed in the spare room for the nights have been unusually cold of late, even for the winter months, and bare feet and cold wooden floors are never the best of friends.  Still, you gather a robe and put it on while looking for some slippers while hearing the rest of your teammates do the same.  It's not everyday that some man claiming to be a representative of some noble house demands to see you in the middle of the freezing night and acts like a hysterical loon.Whatever shock Rufius had affected on the man seems to have worn out, for the pounding continues suddenly causing you to groan as you get up and start moving down the stairs and towards the front door.  "I will not be dismissed!  I have been sent to find Verosh and his companions and bring him immediately to House Nagel and so I will, by Lothian!"As you and your companions reach the bottom of the stairs you can see an angry, robed Rufius fling open the door, showing a very young freckled man wearing the house garb of House Nagel and two armored men shivering at attention and each holding up a banner with the symbol of their house: a red crest with a gold eagle and topped by a golden lion's head.  Rufius is shocked by the display, but not shocked enough to remove the sarcastic anger from his voice.  "Alright, son.  What's the emergency?  Who has been murdered?"The boy licks his lips nervously as he suddenly becomes self-conscious of the many eyes staring at him from behind Rufius.  "That's just it, sir!  There's been a murder and Yarek Nagel demands that Verosh and his companions become his private investigators in this matter.  He was quite angry, sir, and demanded we bring them immediately.""Murder?  I was kidding before, boy, but now speak up!  Who has been murdered?""Knights of the Golden Cross, sir."Rufius' eyes grow wide, and his voice stumbles over the question, "Which ones?  Which knights?"  The Knights of the Golden Cross may just be the most popular and altruistic group of adventurers among the people of Ptolus.Tears begin to form in the boy's eyes, then stream along his cheeks as both his composure and voice breaks.  "All of them, sir!</blockquote>

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