better knowing that

feet. They nodded to one another one last time, and then Garrett turned

, " Dolf

es

bout you een Xori

, Dolf.

gating something. He also wondered why he needed to take care in Xorinth; the city guards, well versed mages, were known for being solid men and women, b

women selling wares from gazebos were making their last calls while closing

. Wavering shadows created by the errant flames brought a sense of uneasiness,

Willem opened the door, he poked hi

ings,

est said with a wave of the ha

nds, I s

th barring the door. It took

e asked while patting

n parading around Talsador, trying to

illem int

know, " Garret

emple's foyer remained still, and the cold stonework was as poor

bled, " the pr

a fierce look, which shocked the old m

litician, " Willem sa

lack market dealings, backdoor deals, which leave the populace in a poor state, da

. He didn't make eye contact during the exchange of words,

do with your previous conc

the first time in years by the mercenary leader, t

more than a political figurehead; he was first a priest of Thaud, God of Knowledge, who then influenced the people in the town of Longmarch by initiating false claims of bandits attacking their o

y work...he wants this goblin trinket...this thing reeks of L

wards bettering their town; through the practices of knowledge he bestowed upon Longmarch new technology, and new magick, but shortly after, as the town grew into a city, he began making secret pacts and deals with merce

there...and he still might; he's a powerful merchant of rather virtuous

es to attack neighboring farms in order to buy up the land, poisoning crops and livestock to force n

hundred years ago, " he countered. "How cou

n elf, and probably a high elf, if his magick is as powerful as I've heard, or perhaps he is not one person, b