[center][h1][color=ff5000][b]Renar Hagen[/b][/color][/h1][/center]

A shard of something out of myth and legend? Small wonder everyone here was taken by such surprise. Renar felt the same, but shook it off after but a moment, already calculating the angles behind this. Something like that was a priceless tool for destabilizing anything one cared to, but it was used on Fort Daelantine? Certainly, it had resulted in the slaughter of quite the number of Thaln's soldiery. But if one truly wished to strike a telling blow against the crown, would it not have been better to target the Iron Rose themselves? Or the royals themselves? If this was in preparation for an invasion, it would have been better to deploy the shard against a border fortress. No, some other motivation was at play here. A test of its capabilities, perhaps? 

And then there were the mercenaries. Their employer [i]knew[/i]. That was concerning in itself. He would have ruminated on this further, but the Iron Roses' latest addition proved herself to be a simpleton in short order. Renar stared incredulously at Amy following her outburst, suddenly reconsidering the amount of threat she posed to himself in comparison to her apparent level of intelligence. 

[color=ff5000][b]"...The hostilities had ceased already."[/b][/color] Renar said slowly to the half-breed, as if explaining to an idiot. [color=ff5000][b]"If you would care to stop and think next time before speaking, there's work to be done. In any case,"[/b][/color] He turned away, already dismissing her from his thoughts for the moment as he focused on his next target of conversation.

[color=ff5000][b]"Lady Alette."[/b][/color] Renar inclined his helmet in her direction. [color=ff5000][b]"I fear I'm obliged to ask this of you, despite my doubts to your cooperation in this matter. By now, surely you realize that your employer needlessly gambled your lives in retrieving this shard? I recognize that you have your word as sellswords to maintain for steady work, but as I see it, you risk little at this point by revealing who exactly wants this artifact so badly. Even if you plan to take your own vengeance on them for this incident, sell them out to us and this will assuredly be easier on everyone involved that actually matters."[/b][/color]

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