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Friend Harper offered gave offer oft cards for play ast sat round table to talk. Ast play wast undertaken attempted to ask oft Friend Ashton ift honorific wast Miss for Elara, yet Friend Ashton replied simply 'yes Elara'. Makings such difficult to parse together. Wilt make guess and hope for best? Luckily for one such ast I Friend Mara clarified on mine behalf and Friend Ashton stopped to consider with great chin scratch. He made guess ast 'Miss Elarha' since not oft married yet.
 
After such, Friend ArlanVal reminded oft carts moving from place such ast this up to the academy. Seemed too wast Friend Velvet's goal. Carts coming from here to there then never again leavings being a most strange occurrence they wishings to investigate.
 
Friend Ashton learned from inn keeper that the Radiant Shield had patrols around town to look for ways to assist with squires making such travels. Also learned mostly stuck near to ports and keep when weret in town? Seems such an order favors no particular deity instead accordings to Friend Ashton art united by their cause. Friend Ashton claiming whole pantheon oft good gods made up their members. An odd thought givens pantheon known to one such ast I.
 
Made way through Old Southport to find temple oft one religion or another. The one found had large stone columns and dark grey almost wet looking outsides. Dark gray and blues clerics oft Kord weret found here in seated at desks to record all those who came and went from such a temple. With answering oft questions being yet another purpose to their presence. Friend Ashton took to askings man oft early forties question after givings gesture oft Kord. Spake wast looking for someone ast member oft the order oft Radiant Shield and received one such description oft man who came and went from the temple in recent times.
 
Taller man with chestnut hair and many scars upon his face claiming wast one oft Sacred Scabbards asking on information of ship coming through. So clerk turned away ast church didst not keep such records. Learned ast well that a Sacred scabbard reports directly to a Second shield whom in turn report to First shield. So there art four Sacred Scabbards in organization and making them third in command oft organization. Given that there art two Second Shields and each Second Shields haft two Sacred Scabbards in truth means this man ist between seventh and fourth in line to top, but still quite high.
 
Journeys followed to docks to try and find man by such description. This Sacred Scabbard oft order oft the radiant shield wast found afore a great ship that held his attention. Friend Ashton noted one such ast he had symbol on sword scabbard and spake for some time on the order and desire to join. Then oft search for friend Elara. Seemed ast ift wast to be dismissed afore Miss Elara comings down from the ship he stood afore. Friend Ashton met upon her, and found that Miss Elara took Friend Ashton's stories oft the Radiant Shield to be charming and chose to join thier ranks. Friend Ashton made offer to assist in whatever manner mayhaps couldst given their current endeavor. Seems Radiant shield wast there to investigate smuggled materials, but claimst did not haft rights to arrest the captain oft ship outright, but ift materials secured mayhaps made case to do oft such.
 
Offer wast accepted.
 
Seems most strange that an order in service to the king had not the power to board ship and confiscate goods such ast contraband. Even stranger that such an order in acting the leter oft the law couldst not go to port authority and impose will on such to do ast needed in boarding the ship and taking such goods. Most strange indeed.
 
Miss Elara wast displeased in meetings oft Friend Ashton. Agreed from there to speak at Sailors Rest oft such an operation.
 
Still not matter to one such ast I. Instead took oft this opportunity to find merchant willings to buy oft wine, sold many such bottles and repaid moneys invested by Friend Velvet.
 
Visited Tannersgate a slightly more rundown part of the town. Found small shrine built into a house. Light weret within and an open door with a sign above that displayed a single wing. Within found small place oft benches and podium. Short red haired younger woman wast only one present and in some sort oft prayer. Sat on pew by side oft woman receiving a curt greeting, and so did talk upon the woman. Spaking for a time to the Cloth and learning naught that hast been unheard afore.
 
With regrets such ist similar story to those told afore. Learned Lady Luisa wast in thrall oft very powerful demon. Felcelcious wast name.
 
Back at the tavern Friend Ashton spake with Miss Elara for a time. Wast most harming to nerves to listen upon their tense conversings. Friend Ashton tried to justify his decisions. Friend Harper suggested mayhaps Miss Elara wast looking for chance for Friend Ashton to sweep her oft feet and romance her. To this Friend Ashton claimed such wast pointlessly complicated but agreed to ask miss Elara what one such ast she thought oft the arraigned marriage.
 
Friend Velvet spent night out most late. Seemings with sacred scabbard Cyrus? Mayhaps beginnings oft good relationships? Canst only hope she finds what she seeks. Be such friendship or otherwise?