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Kara screamed, leapt back, eyes wide and deeply afraid. It took her several minutes to calm down, but she eventually did. While she knew some spells to defend herself with, she knew little which could protect herself from a blow, and her healing spells wouldn't be able to save her if the assassin had slit her throat. 

"Is every day going to be like this?!" Kars shreiked, still not entirely calm. "S-sorry. Sorry. I- that was a little too close for comfort." She ran over to Smith and gave him a hug, not letting go for almost a whole two minutes. 

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"That's him. My ancestor never did things halfway, that's for sure. He was said to have taken revenge for the death of one of his sons in a war against a kobold tribe. Shot him clean dead with an arrow to the eye, or so they said. They couldn't resurrect him because he had already sold his soul to... well, point is, he wasn't coming back, so Eudoxus took revenge for one of his offspring." Ternoc did his best to choose his words carefully, given that he descended from a long line of tyrants, mass murderers, conspirators, and megalomaniacs. Some of them were all four at the same time. 

"He was also known for bringing in demonologists who- and I won't hide from this- summoned some powerful creatures from planes of the the nine hells that I hadn't even heard of before. In fact, just about the best thing I can say about him is that he died. His son was far more merciful, and actually curved some of his father's worst excesses. And introduced the short-lived but bizarre fashion of wearing togas to formal events. Anyway, let's continue the tour. No point in dwelling on the past of my atrocious ancestors. How about we tour a few more rooms in the palace, then see if preparations for a trip through the city are ready?"