The guild doors swing inward. Sergeant Veyra, a broad-shouldered human woman with weather-brown skin, a hard-faced middle-aged woman with iron-gray hair, a weathered jaw, and a red-banded coat, enters between two armed city guards, both young adult men in matching dark-blue uniforms and plumed helmets waiting outside.
Her polished breastplate bears the city seal. She crosses to the clerk while every adventurer remains seated, and the brass key lies plainly between Alex and Elle.
Sergeant Veyra
By authority of the city watch, I demand Elle's immediate questioning regarding the murder of a guard at the north watchtower waystation.
Sergeant Veyra places a sealed warrant on the scarred table. Its red wax is unbroken, but the accusation is absent from the commission's parchment.
guild clerk
Murder? That charge was not disclosed when this contract was witnessed or paid. Sergeant, the guild requires proper jurisdiction.
Elle
They waited until the key was in our hands.
Sergeant Veyra
The warrant is proper. Elle comes with me now, while her companion remains here unless separately named.
✓ Quest Accepted
Prevent Elle from being taken into city-watch custody
✓ Quest Accepted
Clear Elle of the murder charge