Duncan looked at Damien. "To be honest, rumours that one or more of the childeren were still alive have been going around on various places of the kingdom by different unrelated people, it were those rumours that set me off to find them in the first place." he said. When Rai snapped Duncans head turned to Noble. Noble hadn't told him while he knew his quests. While noble was trying to sort his confusion and focussed on what proved to be his long lost siblings Duncan could only wonder why Noble had chosen to keep it from him, they way he spoke made it seem that Noble knew he was a child of the murdered king and the rightful heir he just didn't know his brother and sister had survived too. Duncan glanced at the hermit to see if he backed up the claim Rai made and they were indeed who they said they were.

Crreessa looked with interest at the unfolding drama. When Rai exposed her brohters as the presumed dead childeren too she clapped again. Amused she looked at the astonishment of the two males. It was not an enexpected plot twist to her as their scent gave them away but still, it was a nice piece of family drama. She wondered if they would all fall in each others arms crying or that the rage Damien showed earlier would persist and that he would stomp away with Noble keep standing their confused. But since she saw Damiens shoulders relax she doubted Damien would walk away angrily. Crreessa hoped it wouldn't be an all crying and hugging end to this magnificent piece of revelations. 

RedClaws didn't pay any attention to what was going on with those humans, he couldn't care less. Human politics were boring as it was always the same in the lonf run. If they would approve Crreessa plan they could come along, if they didn't they would go alone. Simple like that.

Gnol listened as Damien and Rai went on. Astonished he listened how it unfolded further, his jaw dropped. Gnol blinked a couple of times before he closed his mouth again. He looked at Rai when Noble was done babbling "So Rai, you say that you are not only the presumed dead child of the murdered royal family but those two are your brothers?" He sat back and shook his head. "What are the odds to that." He looked at Mikhal. "Hope you got that young bard, this is gold."

Alan looked from one to the other of the siblings as Rai exclaimed they were all the offspring of the murdered king. He hadn't expected that. not at all, especially with Damien saying that they didn't want to believe her since the heirs were supposed to be killed. Why would he not belief if he were one himself. Could be a trick to keep to protect himself but Alan couldn't really understand the hostility if so. 
"So, now  we just have to find out if it is true that they are all the heirs or that they are all imposters." Alan said with a pensive look on his face as he studied them and their reactions carefully.

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Theo and Thea made their way to the secret passageThea shifted back in her wolf form, shaking the cape off. "The hermit." Theo said with a snarl. Neither of them wanted to go to the hermit, that area had a repelling effect on them. If they could avoid going there they would. 
"We have to choose wether we go to the hermit as wolfs and treathen him or go in our human form and try to get the information out as help seeking people." Thea said. Theo growled disgruntled. "He might guess we are shape shifters. I don't want my secret out. Those who know us in wolf form don't know our human form and vise versa. Let's just hope we pick up a scent in the area as we round it." the siblings nodded to each other and when they were back in the forest they trotted through the forest towards the area the hermit lived.