The Price of Loyalty
Can one put a price on loyalty? At first glance, loyalty would seem to be little more than an abstract concept. However, the mathematical approach holds that anything that can be described in terms of presence or absence can be measured. And if loyalty can be measured, then it is a resource that can be traded for a price. One can pay to gain the loyalty of another, or to make someone forget their previous loyalties. But sometimes it is one's own loyalty that comes at the highest price...
Objectives
- Travel to the Dry Crossroads with GreyborMany stories start with a clandestine meeting... and just as many end that way. Greybor has asked the Commander to meet him somewhere, alone, but he refused to share any more details. Should the Commander trust {mf|his|her} companion?
- Reach the rendezvous point
- Attend the meeting and make preparations for a huntThe world is full of secret plots and mysterious intrigues. They spread through space like threads, binding individual mortals and forming intricate networks of grandiose and terrifying deeds. Some obscure plan has been set in motion, and Greybor is supposed to play his role in it by attending a secret meeting and doing everything that is demanded of him.
- Find the hideouts for the hunters along the road
- Find the leader of the hunters
- Get ready for the imminent attempt on the Commander's lifeAnyone who has felt the breath of their would-be assassin on the back of their neck must surely abandon the idea of preventing the inevitable — instead, they must make every effort to prepare for the strike and face their enemies head-on.
- Block the path of retreat
- Find a good position for a marksman
- Give orders to the hunters' leader
- Travel to the Dry Crossroads with GreyborThe laws of the universe hold that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. An attempt on the Commander's life has failed. It is time to make a countermove — during interrogation, the assassin has revealed where the one who ordered the assassination can be found. Greybor is willing to accompany the Commander to that place to put an end to the assassins' plots.
- Defeat HorzalahHorzalah came to Drezen as a hunter when she is, in fact, the hunted. The Commander intends to prove this to her. {mf|He|She} is about to defeat the strongest of the Lord of Beasts's children.
- Greybor expects that the assassination attempt will take place when the Commander is resting in {mf|his|her} chambers
- Find the assassin's accomplices
- Talk to GreyborFate drew the Commander and Greybor together back in those dark days when Kenabres, torn apart by demons, was fighting for its survival. Quite a lot of time has passed since then, {name} and Greybor have been through much together, and all those trials have shown the true price of loyalty. However, until now, the pair have not had a chance to discuss this candidly with one another. It is time to change that.
- Most likely, the Commander will find Greybor in Drezen's tavern
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