The Letter Paid For In Blood
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[The letter bears the seal of the Black Rose]
Moth of the Archives,
Vice Baron Requias requests you acquire a specific text from your collection: “Noble Attestations and Protocols of Presence”, the ceremonial registry from King Norimaz’s reign. Your position grants you unfettered access where others would face questions. Questions that can’t be asked in your halls.
He’s particularly interested in the coronation attendance ledgers. Says he needs to verify “which bloodlines honored their oaths of presence and which found convenient absence.”
We are aware this is his third request for pre-catastrophe documentation in as many weeks and the peril complying with each request puts you in. Find comfort in knowing the ground your loyalty has allowed us to cover does not go unnoticed.
Requias builds toward something. When I asked why these dusty records matter, he only said: “The dead leave trails the living can still follow.”
- Q
Hand-in Dialog(beware: possible spoilers)
[Reading the letter, his fingers trace the elegant script]
Such refined penmanship. There’s nobility in these words. Not your petty thief’s ransom letter, no…
[He sets the letter down, pausing a breath before meeting your gaze with frightening intensity]
Requias is pulling on threads from attendance records. He may already know more than we suspected.
Understand this… if Requias cannot be redirected, if his investigation continues unchecked… then the Black Rose becomes a liability we can no longer afford. We’ve toppled organizations far older, far richer, and far more powerful than Karos’ band of brigands.