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A black shard of glass. A Shard of Angroron. Alette's crew, tasked with retrieving it. The Golden Boars, tasked with the same. And somehow, the Knights of the Iron Rose, the preeminent order of knights within Thaln, had been wholly in the dark about this until this very instant. Was the Crown itself oblivious to the existence of such an anomalous relic?

It didn't matter. The order had long been falling.

[b]"Sir Nicomede,"[/b] Serenity spoke, gesturing to the Mayonite spellsword. [b]"Past experience speaks of how evil most often lurks in the depths of the earth. We'll scour the cellars."[/b] And, if need be, acquire a greater source of 'water' for her fellow knight.
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[color=aa0505]"One day we'll all get to go somewhere nice,"[/color] Nicomede commented, breaking his own silence. This 'Alette' was not familiar to him, so he had been content to let others do the talking; he listened and stood ready, in case negotiations broke down. The past few minutes had given him plenty of time (and reasons) to think about how quickly things were going from bad to worse. [color=aa0505]"But I won't hold my breath. Captain."[/color]

He nodded respectfully to Fanilly, then nodded his confirmation to Dame Serenity. Knowing the general sensibilities behind a fort's layout made it simple enough to know which direction to walk; he held the lantern on his left gauntlet steady ahead of him and strode towards the bowels of the fort that had gone insane and been invaded by the worst kind of mercenary, not [i]necessarily[/i] in that order.