Saya/Armor/1/Lord Ruairi

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"We'll be taking ye to a wealthy land owner at the northern border. It's a quite secluded area and I know next to nothin' about him. His name's Lord Ruairi. I tried investigatin' him, of course, but he's one mysterious fella. officially, he lives in a town by lake Aurora - but he's rarely ever seen there. I've fished up a rumor of him livin' in tha water, but that's jus' a rumor. I'm thinkin' dis fella lives in the abandoned manor on the mountaintop overlooking the lake" "I tried asking around the area if anyone knew anythin' 'bout their landlord, but the only stuff they could tell me was that he makes the lake 'burn' or that he's a demon wieldin' hellfire so..". Straining your ears, you take a moment to more or less make sense of Duran's crude speech.

Xavier comments "now, I for one would be quite amused should he turn out to be an Aquamancer. Would be a pretty smart disguise no?" Duran frowns at aquamancer, you doubt he fully understood.

Smirking, you reply "Demon wielding hellfire eh? Sounds like daddy's found a good match for me." Duran sighs as you lick your lips seductively. Then he continues "I figured ye might like that. Still, checked the Magi tower's records to see how much of it be true. His name was on there so he's a spelljerker fer sure. There was nothin' else on him, though I'd wager he's a pyro-dude or demonologist since all of the rumors have 'im settin' fire to stuff or sendin' devils right up folks' arses apparently." He rolls his eyes and continues "Anyway, the lack of shit on him gives me the feelin' some really high-flyin' fols are shieldin' 'im. There's nothin' in the magic buggers' papers to tell if anyone's keepin' an eye on 'im either."

Xavier pulls at his mustache in disdain muttering something about 'typical useless politics' but keeps to himself.

Sighing softly to yourself that Duran's speech is gonna rot your ears, you reply "Hmm, that so? well, it doesn't really matter, fact is : if my dad would have me marry him, then he's bound to be of great importance to our country - or something like that anyway." The corners of your lips twitch at that, but you manage to keep a straight face and continue. "I don't intend on opposing him - unless he tries to admit me to a cloister and tells me to be a nun." Duran shakes his head at you, smirking. Then he pulls out a roll of parchment with the royal seal on it and hands it to you. "Heh, guess that explains why he gave us this-here letter for yer eyes only - Must be real bad though if he don't even want ta tell me 'bout it".

Xavier looks on with interest, eyes sparkling like he found an interesting new toy.

You take the parchment from him. Before you can take a closer look, Duran pulls out another item "One more thing, yer old man also sent ya this bag o' coins in case ye needed it" Duran gives you a dubious look, rolls his eyes and rejoins the rest of the escort after handing you the lofty sum of 5000 Aruns. This makes it quite obvious to you that your father has some ulterior motives for sending you to this Lord Ruairi. He never gives you more money than you need, the stingy bastard. Not that you ever actually asked for more money or anything, your pride wouldn't allow it..

You put the money away and look at the letter in your hand The seal is still intact, so no one tried to take a look. Not that you'd expect anyone to risk their neck out of curiosity. If it's a matter of such importance he can't even tell Duran, you should probably not open this letter in public.

Signaling Xavier, you :

Read the letter in your private quarters with Xavier standing guard.