[1.06] The Queen's Scapegoat
This time Field Marshall Cressida had come out of the watch HQ and travelled to visit the adventurers personally. They meet at a local tavern and she slips a gold piece across the bar and leads the group to a private back room. Once safely away from prying ears she turned her somber face to the adventurers and spoke.
"You've doubtless heard the stories that the king's killer has been named. Yet there's something more going on here, I'm afraid. Queen Ileosa could have quietly had this Trinia Sabor arrested at any time yet she has instead let the news leak and letting the mobs get enraged. It seems to me like she wants the riots to come back. Certainly with the mob and the Hellknights out on the street hte girl doesn't stand a chance at a trial. They'll lynch her the moment they find her. And even if she did kill the king, mob justice isn't the way. Worse, if she's innocent then the real killer can use this distraction to throw us off the trail forever.
Before Trinia is murdered we need to be absolutely sure she did this thing. That means we need to catch her . before the mob. We know where she lives, a flat at Midland and 42 Moon Street, but it's only a matter of time before hte mob finds her. The Hellknights don't seem to care about containing the mob, something about the "order of law" makes it a greater priority for them to antagonize the mob instead of defusing the situation and its only making things worse. The mob's covering most of Midland now and Trinia's flat is near the middle of the mess. I've got every available guardsmen trying to keep things contained and under control but if I were to send a squad right into the heart of the mob it would trigger a riot.
I'm sure you can see where this is going. I need you to get into Midlan, find Trinia, and bring her back to me so we can deliver her, safe and sound, to somewhere where she can be interrogated, preferably with magic so we can be absolutely sure of her role in Eodred's death. Get in there, catch her, and get out without letting the mob get its hands on her. I'll have agents and officers nearby. If you can get her to one of the checkpoints we'll be in the clear. Any questions?"