The Next Step Forward

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa looks at the servant and sighs.

"I'm glad you're alright Madala. Does he have a family?"

[Anastasia]

"I don't know." Madala says, "Wrong place, wrong time. I'll make sure his family's taken care of, if he has one." She closes her eyes and exhales heavily, "Bastards."

[Iron Dragoon]

"We all will make sure, though the empty honor of it will be yo--"

She breaks off with a blink and turns to Jarem.

"Can you resurrect him? Or has his soul been taken as well?"

[Anastasia]

"I can ask the Red Knight," Jarem says, "But it's in the hands of the divine to grant that spell and honor it," he finally says, "Resurrections are seldom allowed. I'll pray and see if she chooses to grant it in the morning." His voice is heavy, "He may well be on pace to a better place, one he wouldn't come back from for anything."

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa nods. "If not, please try to find out if his soul is safe. Or if he has a last message for his family."

[Anastasia]

"Yeah, least I can do," Jarem agrees, "Queen, we'll get it taken care of. You need me here? He wasn't a member of the faith, but any who die in battle are entitled to last rites and a ceremony from us."

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa nods.

"Check him over, also. See if there was any poison or the like used. We'll find his family and see what they want done for a funeral."

[Anastasia]

"No poison this time. Don't need one when you get the heart," Jarem shakes his head. As priests take the body away and Jarem follows, Emily stepping in. After a few murmured apologies at it, "What happened?"

[Iron Dragoon]

"That damn assassin again. Went after Regent Madala here, but that servant was in the wrong place at, I suppose, the right time to save her. We need to find that assassin. Did you happen to see anything of the person, Madala?"

[Anastasia]

"Male," Madala says, "Average height, maybe. He was wearing a white face mask and dark clothes. Tsch, I couldn't see anything more in the moment I had."

[Iron Dragoon]

Uh, what level magic is Madala capable of?

[Anastasia]

7th. Make a note of that on her mini bio you have in investigative reports.

[Iron Dragoon]

I can't recall any off the top of my head, and I did a little bit of searching, but is there a spell besides Bibliotheca Arcana that enhances memory?

[Anastasia]

Not that I can think of offhand.

[Iron Dragoon]

"Hmm... I'm betting that there's a divination curse laid on this event... Emily, do you have any ideas on how to detect it?"