Janius had no issue with Lorag's orders. As soon as the route to Jerrick's body was explained, Harriet and Darahil were lead down to the cold chamber, leaving Vera and Oswall quiet in the meeting room again.

Grolak was the first referee to step forward, looking grumpy and gruff from being woken up, but then again, he always looked grumpy and gruff. He slapped down his letter flat onto a crate with his open palm, revealing the words in the dim light. "Should'a figured Vile would aim straight for the top," he sneered with his other fist clenched, "It's hard to imagine that one of the lieutenants would try to kill 'im, but everyone knows me here, I'm the guy who takes care of rations. The name's Grolak, and I'll help however I can."

The Bosmer stepped up next. She took a more level approach than Grolak, but came off as slightly cold. "My name is Caldris, I am the head bowyer," the short elf nodded respectively and unrolled her letter. "I will observe the situation from Jerrick's perspective, but I will judge for myself how this plays out."

Finally, everyone's attention was turned to the Redguard boy. He was staring at the floor, but only gave a glance up to Meesei and the others. Najirra beckoned him forward, "Come Caleb, introduce yourself to the champion. She is here to help."

Caleb took a breath and a step forward. He looked up at Meesei with a worried brow. "Is father okay? He wrote that he was in danger. What's happened tonight? Where's mother?" He asked frantically. He faced Najirra with the same expression, demanding answers.

Upon inspection, each of the letters that the referees held opened up with a unique passage about their position in the clan and why they were trustworthy, and a recollection of an anecdote that proved that it was indeed Jerrick writing the letter. It then went on to tell them roughly what Meesei had been told by Jerrick when they had their secret meeting, along with the rough plans for the night. The other two referees at least appeared to be in a position of neutrality amongst the clan's pack structure, but Caleb's letter was unique in that the reason that he was deemed trustworthy was his previous instruction on how to treat the greater good of the clan as a whole. He was too young to lead the clan yet, but Jerrick had apparently been grooming him to take his place. He at least had enough confidence in his son to help in this situation, even if it might be an unfair burden.