[@Tom Lyon] [@PaulHaynek]

[i]Why[/i] did no one move to apprehend the hooded man? Did he not appear, for all intent and purpose, to be anything but an intruder to a camp of hired soldiers? Did he not offend their honor, they who had gathered under [i]Monseigneur[/i] Devaron to aid and defend his cause under the Concilium? Was it not suspicious beyond doubt that he had materialized just as [i]Monseigneur[/i] Devaron left, and left just as chaos broke out? It could not be mere coincidence!

[i]Perhaps he snuck into the camp or disrupted the meeting with the dwarves and intends to escape in the chaos? Who would speak of such trouble between allies so casually if he did not have ill intent![/i] Estelle frowned as the thoughts bogged down her smile, the flirtations of earlier lost as Alfred made his orders and others scrambled to follow them.

Never mind that she was meant to act without question! Damn proper silence! Not to be ignored, she tugged on Alfred's sleeve as he drew out his wand and pointed over to where the odd man had disappeared. "[i]Monsieur[/i], surely you do not mean to let such a suspicious creature escape! Defense will not be enough--there are no dwarves among our group and so they will assume we side with the Concilium. Whatever happened at the diplomatic meeting--"

Her blue eyes went wide, her face pale. [i]Monseigneur[/i] Leandre would have been at that meeting, no doubt to support King Wilmgard's diplomat. If something had happened and war was breaking out, he might already be...

"[i]Nom de Dieu! Monsieur[/i], if that man was right, something must have happened to the Arcadia representatives and the dwarven leaders! We must tell their captains to stop fighting and investigate, [i]non[/i]?"