One gnome was arrested for firebombing the palace.

As advised I never executed him, and ended up imposing a sentence of a tenday re-education with the temple of Tymora.

Abelard

@spiffymeister

If I am attacked then I am entitled to defend myself with the spells at my disposal. Or should I stay clear of the Historic District entirely?

Abelard

There have been a number of posters and announcements that we are not welcome in the historic district and that we will be assaulted if we go. The announcements are slanderous to nobility and to the King.

I will be conducting patrols over the coming days and anyone who takes up arms against me will be executed as a traitor.

Abelard of House Blackstone

@Voss_ @SpiffyMeister

I have heard offhand remarks from a few peasant adventurers that could be construed as slander against the Crown Guard.

I propose that slander of our men and women be considered a serious offence, and subject to fines as appropriate.

Is someone able to update the Palace Clerks so that it can be addded to the books at once?

Abelard of Hosue Blackstone

I met one Octavia Flip Hawke who claims to represent a group of around 8 adventurers known as the Companions of the Breach.

She stated that they are looking for contracts and interestingly she claimed to have previously taken a contract for a Lich claiming to be Raubagaush.

It is doubtful to me that this is truly Raubagaush, or he, as a hero of the revolution, would have made his presence known after his arcane tower was demolished.

Octavia has claimed that if the Lich is not Raubagaush, then she will find out who he is.

Abelard of Hosue Blackstone

Mikals fine had been cancelled by Beltran, and I reinstated it in light of his slanderous posters just yesterday.

Abelard of House Blackstone

//I only reimposed the original fine yesterday and haven't had a chance to be in game to collect it.

@joekickass said in Crownsman Blackgrain:

My proposal:

The Ilmateri were present when Bloodhound Mikal participated in the lynching of a citizen in Eveningstar.

We shall propose they go about getting witness statements in return for the Illuminated Blade and Crownguard Blackstone supervising their use of the book.

Blackgrain

I was thinking more that they commit to aiding us in the capture of the Blood and Bone tribe

She stands accused of Arson. Wilfully releasing an efreet into the redwood to set a forest fire. Her intention to attack the Cyricists is assumed, though the reason that she chose to aid Belon is not understood at this time. She declared neutrality in the holy war, so it is not a protection for her act which saw devastation within the Kings land.

This was confirmed by Helmite Dominic Swift.

When summoned she made an announcement that she does not answer to summons. Add a charge of evading a peace official to this if she is seen.

five thousand for arson, five thousand for evading a peace official.

Abelard of House Blackstone

Count Immerdusk,

This tome has been inspected by myself and an independent mage, and the following has been discovered

Preliminary investigation of the book suggests:

• The book is very old or was poorly stored- the dust upon its cover is interspersed with salt.
• No obvious exterior magic is present on the book, attempts to sense radiant magic coming from it were not immediately obvious.
• There is a minor debossing on the top cover, rubbed raw by poor storage.
• A title rubbed raw has place for two characters followed by NG, a space, O(f/r/t?) (another space), two more characters rubbed raw and LT.

We may infer from the wraiths that were chasing the person who held it, who was talking about it possibly fixing Eveningstar, that these creatures were drawn to the zest of life, the pain of having a purpose dangled in front of them. Or that they were possibly influenced by the book.

I am reasonably certain the title of the book is ‘Song of Salt’.

Having conducted several lengthy interviews, I do not believe the wraiths to be related to the book. I think they were seeking out the man that came through as a beacon of life to sap. His soul was not ripped from his body to become an undead himself and he apparently had read the tome- suggesting, then, that he was not ‘bound’ to undeath by way of the book.

From this, I think we can understand the book not to be automatically malicious. Hezbel was a servant under an entity known as the King (or Lord, I forget which) of Salt. It’s very probable that this book was potentially used to bind Hezbel to this plane- though I don’t know what secrets may lie within to undo the damage.

The Ilmateri wish this book, but it is not a holy text related to their God. They have had first hand experience of the work, however they may be more likely to use the tome to harm themselves than resolve the issue of Eveningstar.

My recommendations are as follows:

I believe that the King's men have the nobility of spirit, and resolve to see this through and ascertain whether it has the means to repair the damage in Eveningstar.

However, given the financial issues being caused by the Ilmateri, they could be given supervised access in Eveningstar in exchange for signing a legal document compelling them to only use it to repair Eveningstar. And subsequently aid the crown guard in apprehending the Blood and Bone tribe.

Abelard of House Blackstone

@SpiffyMeister

I currently have possession of the book and would suggest we do not hand it over to some religious order, given the amount of chaos such groups have caused recently.

I will see what I can gather from investigating it and perhaps consult Fyevarr or Lord Mossmere, it is possible such a find would clinch his aid in founding a new arcane order to see the cultists of the Precept turfed out of the city once and for all.

If it would help I have seven thousand gold to hand that I would use to cover any expenses currently being experienced by bureaucratic inefficiencies at the palace.

Abelard of House Blackstone