Not long after I finish my transaction, a letter finds its way to Erion, and a Viera, a red mage who is oddly enough holding a rod rather than the usual rapier that they tended to wield, found her way to me. I decided not to say anything until she gestured for me to follow her. Given that I was supposed to be working here, I figured whatever she was going to lead me to was going to be at least related to whatever work I'd be doing behind, or, I suppose in this case, on these walls. A strange group of people, which included a Viera of their own entered the city as I was following the red mage. This viera seemed amazed by just about everything here, despite there being so little to be amazed about... particularly, she seemed interested in the men of the area. This viera was obviously foreign, as she didn't wear any of the usual, or traditional garb of the viera. One of the ones traveling with this stranger made a rude remark about the town, and the condition it was in, stating that it was better suited as a coffin, which instantly granted him more than a few enemies, in the form of onlookers and bystanders who heard what he said. I knew the city was in horrible shape, and I wasn't born here, nor did I live here for any significant length of time, so I wasn't really bothered by his remark... the mage who was guiding me, however, did. She glared at him with a look of pure malice, and I had to calm her down with "Let's be kinder to our guests, after all, we could certainly use their help, right?" it didn't work at first, but she eventually calmed down, and continued guiding me to where I'd most likely spend the rest of the day, or something. Unfortunately, the same couldn't be said about the rest of the town, as a trio of characters seemed pretty peeved at whomever made that remark. I honestly hope that the strangers won't get kicked out of town, they needed the protection as much as we did.