[quote=Grey]
*le points at myself* Good, in character way to get Gareth as an ally, and I imagine that the Heretic would like to give a giant middle finger to the Dark Lord.
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Or what if word of the heretic's escape caused mass panic and a salem witch trial style event to occur (where everybody strange was being burned at the stake at the accusation of being a witch), but instead of being burned, they were beheaded. And Gareth was about to be publicly beheaded, and then they saved him?