[@TheForgottenArc]

Kos sighed at the grim news. "It's not hopeless, but I have one thing to ask before we do anything else. If you turn into a lich or if there's no time left to save you, do you need me to kill you? I don't do mercy kills, so the only way I'm gonna put you down is if you were about to die anyway. The last thing we need is yet another lich running around these lands. Believe me, we've had more than a few in recent years. I don't mean to belittle your dire situation, but this is hardly unique in these parts."

[@Eviledd1984]

"Just one more thing. Will you be taking Smith back to your land for a time? Kara would want to join him. You have my permission to take her, but only if she wants to go" Adykon explained. "Also, when they marry, I'll be sure to deliver that dowry. I make sure all of my daughters are well-endowed." He paused for a moment and thought about that statement. "Not in how you are probably thinking, but if they take after their mother as adults, they will be that too."  

[@bloonewb]

Ternoc gave a warm smile. To a human, it might appear as if he was getting ready to eat someone, but reptilian races knew what that look on his snout meant. 

"I was hoping you'd say that, my dear. In return, we ask for free passage of our armies and merchants through the Talon Pass. This will give Hekaga an advantage in overland trade in the region and increase the value of our alliance with Xigyll. Furthermore, we wish to establish a permanent embassy in your city, raised at our cost. To sweeten the deal, we would also like to provide the plans, tools, and materials needed for a city bathhouse, along with the services of some of our most skilled artisans. Not to belittle your people or their crafts, but a dracon-style bathhouse requires some very specialized expertise. Carpenters to build the scaffolding, masons to cut the stones, plumbers to install the pipes, sculptors and painters to provide decoration, not to mention glaziers for the windows." 

He paused for a moment and inscribed another writ before continuing. "Most of the labor required for this endeavor will have to be kobold and be paid out of your city's budget. The majority of the workers on this project will not require much skill, needing only to follow the instructions of the supervisors to accomplish tasks such as grading the Earth, placing the stones, applying mortar, and transporting the materials to the construction site. Hekaga will pay for the wages of its workers. We only ask that they be given a place to live while they work on the bathhouse. In any event, the plans have already been drawn up. They provide for a bathhouse which is rectangular in shape and is about 280 meters long and 160 meters wide. By comparison, that's about three-quarters the size of the main one in Hekaga. There's more details to discuss about that, but I think I've droned on long enough about the baths. Any questions?"