[color=A0A0A0][h2]Fleuri Jodeau[/h2][/color]

Fleuri wished he could be surprised to see Veileena Cal and her bodyguard there, but after the encounter with Damon, he could no longer be entirely sure that others in the family weren't also involved in dark dealings.  "That is Veileena Cal, daughter of the traitor Phoran Cal, scion of the Cal family, and the person whom I hoped would redeem the family's name," he answered Runa, opting to address their most immediate question.  It appeared that the others were already questioning Veileena, so it would be a good opportunity to bring Runa and Gerard up to speed.

"Here's what's going on," he turned to Runa.  "This morning, a message arrived requesting the Iron Roses' assistance at Fort Daelantine.  When we got there, we discovered the entire garrison was dead, and there had just been a battle between two groups of mercenaries, one of whom had disguised themselves in the dead soldiers' uniforms.  It was fortunate we had someone with a knowledge of mercenaries in our ranks," he said, looking at Gerard.  "Upon investigating, we learned a few very troubling things."  

Fleuri paused to take a breath.  "First, the fort wasn't attacked, the soldiers appear to have gone mad and killed one another in a frenzy."  Second, someone who wasn't insane apparently broke into the captain's quarters, killed the captain, and stole something from his desk.  Third, both mercenary parties were hired to retrieve a black shard from the fort.  We believe that it is a shard of the evil weapon Angroron, and that it was somehow involved in the entire garrison going insane.  This shrine was mentioned in a note on the corpse of one of the thief's victims just outside the captain's quarters.  Currently, we don't know who hired either of the mercenary bands, and we don't know how this place ties into whatever is going on.  I'm not sure why Veileena Cal is here," he paused, glancing at her for a moment before turning back to the Hundi knight, "But the fact that she's here makes me think we're on the right track."

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