It was a dark and stormy night, and you are having trouble remembering what you are doing here. But every flash of lightning reminds you of the note left to you from a- well, associate. As soon as you finished reading the note, your mind began thinking up the most bizarre of things. Who set him up? Why? Was it the centaurs? Or the nagas? You went home to your Keep, and seeing your eagle Hippogryph, you remember an old friend. So here you are, waiting for him. You shiver in the cold. Suddenly something taps your shoulder, and you nearly jump out of your skin! You were not even allowed to bring along protection. When you notice your old ally, you clap him on the back. "Forkins! How is life in retirement, old friend?" he responds with a boom of his special throaty laugh/roar, "Oh, it's been as good as it can be, I suppose. Now what is the 'important' reason for this meeting?" You blush as you say that the matter is not all that important, "Ah, well, I have a friend who is in a bit of a splinch. Perhaps you can help? I know of your experience in the whole conspiracy thing." You go on to explain the problem while avoiding saying Alethin's name directly. General Amadeus Forkins's face momentarily morons into a look of utter disbelief and sorrow, much to your surprise, but turns back into his normal poker face so fast that you MUST have imagined it. "Erm...well..I ah... I have
to go. Let me know of any updates on this whole thing so I can... You know, help out and stuff. Good luck and bye!" he proceeds to fly away upon his trusty winged steed, Buckly the Hippogryph, and leaves you alone in the cold.
"OK", you say to yourself as you examine last night's work. After the night a week ago with Forkins, you were feeling a bit uncomfortable. The chart and it's leads all seem to point to your BFF, Forkins, and your all-time least-favorite person in the world, Sigurd. After the slime found in the workroom next to the alley Alethin hangs out at, you got one step further. Sigurd is wiped off the list. "But that leaves...."
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