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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 7893489" data-attributes="member: 7015827">Very early in the morning of Hammer 10, Rahnee, Brok-Tul, Veran and Jokull tramped wearily into the Gatereach guest house, having just returned from Turnton. After a long rest, they joined Aerikoth for a late morning breakfast at the Gatereach, asking Jandrico to catch them up on happenings in Westgate while they ate. Aerikoth finished early and returned to the guest house while the others sated their ravenous appetites on Goruna’s griddle cakes.Once reunited in the main guest house chamber, Aerikoth announced that he had two things to share with the group, one concerning the Thayan presence, the other concerning Jamal. The wizard said that, both through deduction and a source in House Bleth, he had determined that the Red Wizard in Westgate was working with House Cormaeril. Brok-Tul pounded his fist enthusiastically in response, while Jokull expressed his lack of surprise, given the other evils Cormaeril had been responsible for.Aerikoth, before speaking further of the Thayan, said he should tell the others about Jamal. He told them that, although he had no proof, he believed there would be an attempt on her life because of her public support of Audara Imryth in the upcoming elections. Jokull sat up in his chair, fully focused on Aerikoth’s words, commenting that Aerikoth spoke as if he were sure of what he said. Jokull further pressed Aerikoth on his statements, while Brok-Tul expressed his skepticism that a public figure like Jamal would actually be assassinated. An exasperated Aerikoth asserted that, logically, the Night Masks would inevitably oppose the Harper-backed candidacy of Audara Imryth, and would likely seek to eliminate the most obvious Harper presence in the city, that of Jamal. Aerikoth recommended that their concern be passed to Thalavar agent Garis, which Rahnee supported as being a helpful step regardless.Aerikoth then presented his suggestion on how to lure the Thayan wizard out of Castle Cormaeril. The wizard proposed purchasing an “illusory script” spell from Gondeth to use to send the Thayan a message, establishing thereby that it had come from another worker of the Art. The message would draw on information from the deceased wizard Jamorin’s journal, still in Aerikoth’s possession, regarding a lich jointly sought by him and the Red Wizard Orthalar. If the Red Wizard in Westgate was indeed Orthalar, with luck he would find the message too intriguing to ignore.Veran then raised the question of what should be done once the Red Wizard was lured out of his hold. Aerikoth, looking at Veran and then everyone else in the room, stated that he thought their intent was plain, to eliminate the wizard as a threat to Westgate. Brok-Tul, harkening back to Aerikoth’s criticism of their interrogation of Seriawan, made the point that it would be just as unlawful to lure the Thayan out to be killed by them. Aerikoth, with Jokull in agreement, believed that eliminating him would be for the greater good. (The question of the legality of adventurers' actions is something that does not normally seem to play a large part in their decision making process. --C)</blockquote>

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