[Damian]

Damian listens to every word, nodding as he discusses the masked woman that he and Penny had been playing touch and go with for weeks after she'd joined up with the guild. The fact that she could be behind the whole mess worried him, but in his bones, Damian knew what had happened to the majority of the Magic Council Members; an old mantra that was the reason he was glad he'd never been a career soldier. "Absolute power corrupts absolutely," he says when Master Jamie had finished. "While I'm sure it would be easier to simply blame the Masked Woman, I think it's safe to say that with so many of these Council members being young and ambitious, so to speak, Being in such prestigious positions has to have made them think they can do as they please. I mean, not even the government will interfere with Council business anymore."