Under palace escort, Doku leads Veyra, the masked clerk, and the palace copyist from the receiving office into the tribunal chamber. Clerk-Marshal Odran follows in warded restraints, while the seized evidence travels in sealed sleeves.
The silver-nobled lord is summoned from his separate chamber, and Lady Merrow, an adult woman with a slender build, warm brown skin, dark braided hair, and a deep-blue court gown, from hers. They enter by different doors as presiding officials take their places beneath the palace crest.
The Masked Clerk
Register, altered order, correction slips, ink vial, and brass key, each placed according to witnessed custody. The testimony remains beside the marks it supports.
The masked clerk arranges the blackwood register and copied approval across the evidence table. Veyra records every transfer, while the palace copyist stands ready to identify Clerk-Marshal Odran’s hand.
The Silver-Nobled Lord
This tribunal will hear the complete chain, from the private commission to the falsified palace receipt. No sealed privilege will interrupt the record.
Lady Merrow
Then let the truth be preserved plainly. My life was nearly made a footnote in someone else’s ledger.
Doku stands at the head of the evidence table, her plum parasol closed at her side. The chamber falls silent, awaiting the first document and her presentation.
✓ Quest Accepted
Present the complete evidence record
“I present and explain everyone the evidence presented with my flawless speech.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Diplomacy, rolled +2)
Doku Nohara
This blackwood register records Clerk-Marshal Odran’s corrections and private deliveries. The concealed compartment, his key, and the copyist’s testimony establish custody beyond dispute.
Doku lifts each sealed sleeve in sequence: the altered approval, correction slips, dark ink, brass key, sealed packets, route ledger, duplicate signet, and half-impressed wax marker. Her flawless cadence binds every object to its witnessed place.
Doku Nohara
The chain begins with Lord Vaust’s private commission, passes through Corven and Hadrik Pell, and enters the palace through a borrowed seal. Odran corrected the receipt to make that unlawful route appear lawful.
The tribunal’s scribes record the explanation without interruption. The silver-nobled lord compares the marks, while Lady Merrow watches the evidence that nearly converted her life into a hidden transaction.
The Silver-Nobled Lord
The sequence is coherent, witnessed, and materially supported. The private account, palace alteration, and manor route form one chain of authority.
Lady Merrow
Then my stolen life was not an isolated crime. It was protected by an arrangement built to survive every honest review.
The presiding officials accept the complete presentation into the tribunal record. Odran’s custody, Vaust’s commission, and the falsified palace receipt now stand formally linked under Nohara’s evidence control.
Quest Complete
Present the complete evidence record